Ryan Wilson

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Director of Product | Expert in Discovery, UX, & Digital Product Creation | Mentor & Speaker | SaaS Solutions for B2B & B2C @ Callibrity
Ryan Wilson's Location
Loveland, Ohio, United States, United States
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About Ryan Wilson

UX Leader with over 12 years of experience in research and user testing and 22 years in interaction design and shipping products. I have created end-to-end solutions for clients at large and small companies and start-ups (SaaS, B2B, B2C). I design not just with their user in mind but tested, iterated, and validated with users. I enjoy working directly with stakeholders, users, and cross-teams to run workshops, define and refine requirements, ideate and iterate user flows and feature timelines, wireframe, prototype, and develop and run tests with users.I enjoy:* Working directly with stakeholders* Collaborating across teams to define and refine requirements* Establishing great relationships with developers to iterate and vet user flows and feature timelines* Creating wireframes, prototypes, and developing and running user tests–––Specialties:Lifelong learner, Magnificent manager, Product discover-er, Research performer, User flow-er, Wireframe wizard, Prototyping professional, User test-er, Client collaborator, Usability understand-er, Empathy emitter, Stakeholder satisfier, Figma fanatic, Axure ally, end-to-end SaaS, B2B, B2C, …and I love HTML/CSS

Ryan Wilson's Current Company Details
Callibrity

Callibrity

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Director of Product | Expert in Discovery, UX, & Digital Product Creation | Mentor & Speaker | SaaS Solutions for B2B & B2C
Ryan Wilson Work Experience Details
  • Callibrity
    Product Practice Lead
    Callibrity Dec 2023 - Present
    Cincinnati, Ohio, Us
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  • Lpl Financial
    Product Experience Lead
    Lpl Financial Jul 2023 - Dec 2023
    San Diego, Ca, Us
    Collaborate with Product team to get alignment, define, and execute the product vision and strategyConduct research, user interviews, and usability testing to gain insights resulting in data-driven design decisionsImplement a user-centered design approach, driving iterative design improvements and incorporating user feedbackto enhance the overall product experienceChampion usability and accessibility standards, promoting best practices in design
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  • Simple Thread
    Principal Ux Consultant
    Simple Thread Sep 2022 - Jul 2023
    Richmond, Virginia, Us
    • Lead end-to-end product design projects for clients like Caris Life Sciences and Dominion Electric, driving successful product conceptualization• Collaborate with stakeholders and developers to define product requirements and ensure alignment throughout the design process• Conduct workshops to capture information, gain consensus, and create engaging user experiences• Develop user interface wireframes, mockups, and prototypes to effectively communicate concepts and processes• Plan and execute usability testing, analyze results, and iteratively improve user experiences
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  • Kroger
    Senior Product Consultant
    Kroger Aug 2021 - Aug 2022
    Cincinnati, Ohio, Us
    • Led my team in a build versus buy discovery and was awarded five million dollars to purchase and improve an Android application for intaking Direct Store Delivery products, representing ~40% of all Kroger products• Soley keeping project momentum while interviewing and onboarding Tech Lead and Product Manager roles• Researching and documenting user and stakeholder feedback to achieve stakeholder buy-in and approval• Facilitating meetings, workshops, and onsite observations• Creating user flows and prototypes to visualize, communicate and refine product complexity• Ideating and iterating through concepts to improve, clarify, and increase intake time for DSD Receivers
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  • Bitovi
    Director Of User Experience
    Bitovi Jul 2019 - Aug 2021
    Libertyville, Il, Us
    Director of UX team• Created and led the User Experience (UX) department for a SaaS (B2B & B2C) consulting agency• Recruited senior-level talent, mentored, and managed a team of ~10 Senior UX Consultants• Committed to establishing team values and growing and nurturing a welcoming, supportive team culture• Focused on giving new team members support and a direction by developing successful onboarding processes including creating individual skill assessments to identify gaps to focus training• Advocated for my team’s product-led process with clients and within the company• Dedicated to creating documentation and training to improve UX process and user testing methods with the team• Maintained over a 90% utilization rate for all team members engaged on contracts• Supported UX sales calls, created project proposals, and increased UX sales quarter after quarterly
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  • Bitovi
    Senior User Experience Consultant
    Bitovi May 2016 - Aug 2021
    Libertyville, Il, Us
    In my role as Senior UX Designer, I had the privilege to work with many notable clients (Apple, Winklevoss Capital, Lowes, and more). Client engagements varied by contract and budget, ranging between four weeks and six months. For two years I acted as a Product Owner and UX Specialist with Yum! Brands on an internal product for use with Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, and Kentucky Fried Chicken, helped create a logic-based tax tool to more easily provide US taxes to all Yum! Brand stores, and helped Yum! dot Dev built their own internal UX team.• Led projects in a client-facing role, performed end-to-end product design, and shipped applications for clients like Apple, Lowe’s, Yum! (Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, KFC), and Winklevoss Capital, startups, and small companies• Improved products by capturing qualitative and quantitative data, defining flow and interaction improvements, partnering with Devs to add features and streamline processes to improve functionality, and retesting/vetting• Collaborated cross-functionally with stakeholders, business analysts, and developers to define requirements• Ran Agile ceremonies – project and sprint planning, stand up, story writing, backlog grooming, demos, and retros• Facilitated research, developed empathy, and advocated for the user resulting in direction for feature improvements• Conducted workshops to capture information and gain consensus with stakeholders and team membersIdeated and iterated user flows to communicate concepts and processes to stakeholders and vet with developers• Created user interface sketches, wireframes, mockups, and both click-through and advanced prototypes• Wrote scenarios and tasks, performed user testing, and analyzed quantitative and qualitative results• Worked with the development team to see the product through to production, including writing HTML (Stache and Mustache), CSS (LESS and SCSS), and creating design systems for products that were highly focused on component-based, modular design
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  • Marshall University
    Assistant Professor
    Marshall University Aug 2014 - Aug 2016
    Huntington, Wv, Us
    Assistant Professor of Graphic Design in the School of Art and Design. Managed three courses per semester of classrooms of ~20 students per class – a total of 18 courses in two years. Taught undergraduates principles of typographic composition, structure & hierarchy through packaging design and short- and long-term identity campaigns. Encouraged students to design through understanding the user/audience, and how to perform research. Taught technical courses in responsive web design (HTML/CSS), print, motion graphics, and interactive design.
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  • Ryan G. Wilson, & Goodarts Dot Net
    Product Consultant, Ux Specialist, Graphic Designer, Web Designer, & Motion Graphics Designer
    Ryan G. Wilson, & Goodarts Dot Net Sep 2000 - May 2016
    Worked with many clients to design products and offer creative solutions for:• Website design (HTML/CSS)• Logo designs• Marketing material creation• Motion graphics• Animations (interactive and linear animations)Clients ranged from dieticians, professional organizers, bands, non-profits, etc. Major projects are called out within my profile and/or listed on my portfolio.
  • Legal Visual Services, Inc.
    Consulting Interactive Product Designer, Legal Demonstratives & Web Designer
    Legal Visual Services, Inc. May 2009 - Jun 2015
    Aurora, Illinois, Us
    Design responsibilities included marketing efforts, such as website design and maintenance (HTML/CSS), marketing materials design, and email outreach efforts.Collaborated with attorneys to design creative, educational, interactive demonstratives products to use as demonstrative evidence in trial, from concept to final presentation. Products were designed with user interface/usability in mind for the legal client user to easily and seamlessly present during trial. The demonstrations were prepared to help tell the story of the case with an understanding of a jury user.
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  • Legal Visual Services, Inc.
    Art Director / Interactive Product Designer, Legal Demonstratives
    Legal Visual Services, Inc. Sep 2006 - May 2009
    Aurora, Illinois, Us
    Lead and managed a staff of designers, videographers, trial techs, production team, and freelance talent. Coordinated projects, facilitated meetings and interviewed prospective employees. Design responsibilities included marketing efforts, such as website design and maintenance (HTML/CSS), marketing materials design, and email outreach efforts.Collaborated with attorneys to design creative, educational, interactive demonstratives products to use as demonstrative evidence in trial, from concept to final presentation. Products were designed with user interface/usability in mind for the legal client user to easily and seamlessly present during trial. The demonstrations were prepared to help tell the story of the case with an understanding of a jury user.In 2009, due to the poor economy, the company made some financial decisions resulting in me leaving a full-time position but being retained as their sole contract Product Designer.
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  • Iowa State University
    Graduate College It Staff
    Iowa State University Aug 2012 - May 2014
    Ames, Iowa, Us
    Created interactive web-based products to improve processes for graduate students like accessing information and speeding up form submission. Designed and updated all web pages associated with the Iowa State University Graduate College and its entities. Pages were developed using PHP, HTML, and CSS. This work also required regular MySQL database management. Additionally, general IT workers performed for the Grad College office when necessary - e.g. computer support, installing new software and hardware, etc.
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  • Iowa State University
    Graphic Design Instructor
    Iowa State University Aug 2012 - May 2014
    Ames, Iowa, Us
    Taught undergraduate sophomores, juniors,and seniors principles of typographic composition, structure & hierarchy through packaging design and short- and long-term identity campaigns. Encouraged students to design through understanding the user/audience. Taught technical courses in responsive web design (HTML/CSS), print, motion, and interactive design.
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  • Iowa State University
    Teaching Assistant, Hci 595Xe, Human Interaction As It Applies To Design
    Iowa State University May 2013 - Aug 2013
    Ames, Iowa, Us
    Taught both Summer 2012 and Summer 2013. Kept in contact with students in tandem with the professor, Debra Satterfield, on a biweekly basis. Answered course related questions via email. Developed an online depository for students to store, share and submit their projects. Created supplemental course instruction videos on how to use design programs, including Illustrator and PhotoShop.
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  • Courseavenue, Inc.
    Interactive Product Designer, Elearning
    Courseavenue, Inc. Jun 2009 - Mar 2012
    Warrenville, Il, Us
    Produce Flash online educational module products for training purposes. I worked with the Cisco Systems client creating eLearning IT and network systems training modules.
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  • Readymade Magazine
    Digital Designer & Event Manager
    Readymade Magazine Aug 2009 - Nov 2011
    • Created designs for publication and marketing• Managed and scheduled a contracted staff for promotional events
  • Im3 Llc / Trainingu247
    Art Director
    Im3 Llc / Trainingu247 Jan 2010 - Jun 2010
    The products we created were eLearning modules for clients like Franke Coffee Systems. I oversaw the design of interactive training module products, crafted user flows and interactions based on an understanding of the audience. I was responsible for establishing on-brand UI design concepts, or in the case of unbranded products set the design standards. As Art Director, I maintained a leadership role where I tasked and supervised a team of 3D designers and animators, tracked deadlines, quality-checked, and touched up the final project.
  • Trialgraphix
    Interactive Product Designer, Legal Demonstratives
    Trialgraphix Aug 2005 - Jul 2006
    Designed Flash animations for legal clients to use as demonstrative evidence in trial, from concept to final presentation. Products were designed with user interface/usability in mind for the legal client user to easily and seamlessly present during trial. The demonstrations were prepared to help tell the story of the case with an understanding of a jury user.
  • Stages Metro
    Product Designer, Ui Designer, & Developer
    Stages Metro May 2002 - Aug 2005
    Chicago, Il, Us
    Designed the interactive concept for, crafted the UI design, and implemented (HTML/CSS) the website of a high-profile music venue in Chicago, Illinois, “The Metro.” This work led to them giving me their secondary website for their dance venue, SmartBar, and retained me for 3 years for continued website upkeep and maintenance.
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  • Administrative Resource Options
    Director Of Creative Services (Art Director)
    Administrative Resource Options Mar 2004 - Jul 2005
    Schaumburg, Illinois, Us
    Led and managed a staff of creative talent, including print designers, web designers, and copywriters. Established lasting relationships with clients to ensure timely execution of projects. Designed and oversaw marketing design projects, such as logo creation, promotional materials, and trade show displays. Created the UI concepts for and developed and maintained (HTML/CSS) the ARO company website. Produced interactive product demos products for use at trade shows.
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  • Kinko'S
    On-Staff Graphic Designer / Production Operator
    Kinko'S Dec 2002 - Mar 2004
    Designed business card layouts, brochures and invitations. Performed all functions normally performed by a Production Operator, such as managing projects, making copies and working the counter.
  • Intellinex
    Product Designer, Elearning – Flash Animator
    Intellinex May 2002 - Sep 2002
    Created eLearning products for a high-profile international client. Crafted different interactive training games in Flash. Focus was on clarity, usability, and communication. Worked extensively with ActionScript as well as linear, keyframe animations.
  • Plum Productions
    Product Designer, Animation / Production Assistant
    Plum Productions Jan 2002 - May 2002
    Chicago, Il, Us
    Designed promotional interactive animations. Researched, wrote script drafts, and created lower thirds in for educational video products. Other duties included offline editing, gaffing, boom operator, and gopher. Since holding this position in 2002, I have worked with Plum on several occasions as a contractor to produce interactive user interfaces for websites, created banner ads for their own promotion, and researched, interviewed for, and produced meeting video products for the Sara Lee brand.
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  • Image Source Creative
    Product Designer, Video Production & Motion Graphics
    Image Source Creative Nov 2001 - Jan 2002
    I created and edited videos, and designed motion graphics for clients to use in corporate and trade show presentations.
  • Time Warner Communications, Road Runner
    Product Designer, Video Production & Web Design
    Time Warner Communications, Road Runner Jun 2001 - Sep 2001
    Produced, wrote scripts, scouted locations, found talent, ran the camera, did the rough and final edits, and created lower thirds and onscreen digital graphics for an early web video product, Close Up On... The series focused on day trips around the greater Columbus, Ohio area. In addition to my video work, I also designed web banner animations for marketing purposes, as well as performed basic HTML & CSS maintenance on Road Runner home page.

Ryan Wilson Skills

User Interface Design Graphic Design Illustrator Indesign User Experience Photoshop Web Design Interaction Design Rapid Prototyping Paper Prototyping Wireframes Graphics Css Html5 Mockups Web Development Flash Flash Animation Logo Design Adobe Creative Suite Layout Dreamweaver After Effects Typography Cinema 4d Html 5 User Centered Design Creative Direction Visual Communication Motion Graphics Animation Usability Testing Multimedia Html Database Driven Websites Php Wordpress Art Direction Brochures Posters Adobe Creative Cloud Jquery Microsoft Office Information Architecture Mysql Visual Design Human Computer Interaction Heuristic Evaluation User Scenarios Iterative Design

Ryan Wilson Education Details

  • Iowa State University
    Iowa State University
    Human Computer Interaction
  • Iowa State University
    Iowa State University
    Graphic Design
  • Iowa State University
    Iowa State University
    Human Computer Interaction
  • Ohio University
    Ohio University
    Visual Comminucations
  • Ontario High School
    Ontario High School
    General Studies

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