About Ry

I am a designer  based in Brooklyn, NY.

I love to help businesses succeed in telling their own personal story through design, research, parsing out the details, and grasping the bigger picture.

In my undergrad at UMass Amherst, I studied Environmental Design, with an emphasis on Urban Studies. Urban planning is inherently human-centered design, and requires ample research. I learned the importance of balancing the needs of the people who use space, with the needs of the environment for a more sustainable future. 

After moving to NYC, I found myself working in media production in the art department. As an assistant Props stylist and set designer, I am able to utilize my creative sensibilities. Production depends on active cross-functionality and collaboration. I have learned so much about working creatively with other people, how to work towards the bigger picture.

In my free-time I can be found learning new knitting patterns, tattooing people, or doing Cross Fit!

Expertise

I am a curious and results-driven product design and UX generalist. I am fascinated by the complex processes at work in crafting comprehensive design solutions to the problems people face in both a digital interface and the physical world.

User Journey Mapping

Heuristic Analysis

Wireframing

Prototyping

Style Guides

Usability Testing

Hi-Fidelity Prototyping

Webflow

Visual Design

Agile Workflow

Resume

I am a data-driven Product Designer steeped in research looking for opportunities to excel in mission-driven workplaces.

EDUCATION

General Assembly, NYC
UX Design Immersive, Certificate, 2022
University of Massachusetts Amherst
B.S. Environmental Design: Urban Studies, 2012

WORK EXPERIENCE

UX/UI Product Designer: Freelance
New York City, 2023 - Present
  • Design user experiences for mobile and desktop, I collaborate closely with clients to offer a design process that incorporates frequent iterations and feedback, following human-centered design principles.
  • Generated a 20% increase in daily sales for Pinko Magazine within a 3 months period.
Product Designer: Fathead Productions
(Contract) August 2023 - present
  • Facilitated biweekly meetings, including presentations of research, and final design iterations, to the stakeholders over the past 6 months.
  • Designed a new website with 7 unique pages based on insights from user research
  • Created a portfolio of photo production work, as well as a portfolio of 70 unique locations for future shoots, utilizing CMS to generate unique pages for each location.
Props Stylist: Freelance
New York City, 2021 - Present

Assist multiple freelance props stylist to build elegant, brand specific innovative set designs for e commerce and campaign media production for brands such as Eileen Fisher, Garnet Hill, Anne Taylor, Aeropostale, E. Braun & Co, Maybelline, and more.

volunteer experience

Out in Tech: Digital Corps
March 11, 2023, New York, NY https://outintech.com/

Collaborated with a cross-functional team of volunteers to design an elegant new brand logo and scalable design system for a simple Wordpress website for an LGBTQ specific legal services organization based in Malaysia.