Ryan in Paris 2019

Paris (2019)

Who am I?

I'm a globetrotting worldly thinker who loves discovering new ideas and cultures. I have a broad liberal arts background making me a deep critical thinker and logical problem solver. Also, I take my fitness, video games, and web design very seriously!

I'm currently doing design consulting for varying clients at Slalom Build . I've also had experience doing design research, product design, and product delivery in sales enablement, education, travel and hospitality, and financial services.

Résumé

Relevant Experience

Experience Designer

2021 - Current

Slalom Build

Experience designer consulting on design-driven discovery and delivery for technology-minded clients.

Product Designer

2021

Loopio

Product designer working on B2B features within the sales enablement space.

Product Designer

2018 - 2020

Prodigy Education (formerly Prodigy Game)

Product designer building and iterating on education features for teachers and school leaders. Started Prodigy's design system: Backpack.

User Researcher

2014 - 2018

Questrade

User researcher with UX design skills building product features for leads and clients and contributed to the growth of user research at Questrade.

Education

User Experience Design Certificate

2016 - 2017

George Brown College

A part-time certificate program that taught the basics of UX/UI design.

Technical Communications Graduate Certificate

2013 - 2014

Seneca College of Applied Arts And Technology

A full-time graduate certificate program focused on technical writing and editing, user experience, content strategy, and instructional design.

Bachelor of Arts (Honours)

2005 - 2009

Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University)

A four-year arts program focused on studies about significant ideas that have shaped the world in media, entertainment, history, sociology, communications, and many other areas.

Technical Skills & Abilities


High-fidelity mockups


Usability testing


Information architecture


Wireframes


Researcher


Problem solver


Team player


Technical writer

Personal Interests


World traveller


Tech enthusiast


Fitness enthusiast


Gamer