Ryan Thies
Design Engineer
About
With over a decade of design experience, I'm currently implementing an AI first process between design and development to reduce handoff friction and maintaining brand/platform consistency.
Jobs
Senior Product Designer@Opendorse
Apr 2021 - Current|Remote
Leading end-to-end product design for mobile and web platforms, driving user-centered solutions through workshops, testing, and design systems in an agile environment.
UI/UX Designer@Camping World
Jun 2019 - Mar 2021|Chicago, IL
Drove strategic initiative to build out a scalable and unified design system, incorporating continuous user research to inform design decisions.
UI/UX Designer@QuikOrder
Jan 2016 - Jun 2019|Chicago, IL
Iterated on legacy functionality, prototyped new user-centered design, and pitched solutions to stakeholders. These solutions supported the company's acquisition by Pizza Hut.
UI/UX Designer@Grainger
Jan 2015 - Jan 2016|Chicago, IL
Collaborated in simplifying and refocusing the company's strong visual brand. Worked alongside with researchers, architects, devs, PM's, and other designers.
UI Designer@OfficeMax
Jan 2014 - Jan 2015|Naperville, IL
Designed weekly promotional emails for loyalty customers, curated internal reporting presentations for stakeholders, handled nominal HTML updates.
UI/UX Designer@deck5
Jan 2013 - Jan 2014|Chicago, IL
Supported design leadership in crafting responsive web and native mobile solutions, delivering cohesive experiences for internal tools and client products.