Ryan Arnell
Verified Expert in Design
Designer
Austin, TX, United States
Toptal member since November 11, 2022
Ryan is a user experience engineer with a master's degree in multimedia, a bachelor's degree in computer science, and 15 years of well-rounded experience. He is skilled in user-centric design with a background in front-end development. Ryan has conducted many workshops as a design thinking advocate and is passionate about photography, videography, and animation.
Portfolio
D&B Web App Redesign
IBM Power Enterprise Pools 2.0
D&B Design System
Work Experience
Senior User Experience Designer
Dun & Bradstreet
- Created and defined a modern design system for product teams to align the disparate experiences our customers face when engaging with us.
- Collaborated with the product design leads and their users to improve the unified software experience throughout the company.
- Facilitated design thinking workshops for different teams.
- Helped other teams design their product to move into the new design system.
User Experience Engineer
IBM
- Conducted technical research and interfacing with architects and stakeholders.
- Liaised between the worlds of user-centered design and engineering to help solve challenging problems.
- Generated early and late, low and high-fidelity prototypes quickly.
- Documented and promoted best practices for UX standards.
- Contributed fresh ideas and diversified styles in projects worked.
- Collaborated closely with the in-studio design team and off-site engineering team.
- Facilitated design thinking workshops within IBM to help teams start their projects.
Front-end Developer
Springbox
- Wrote clean, reusable markup in HTML (utilizing libraries when appropriate), CSS, and JavaScript.
- Worked alongside UX team to define functional elements of an application interface.
- Used code libraries and tools frequently, such as Grunt, Sass, Less, Compass, Angular, Bootstrap, and jQuery.
- Owned tasks on a project from beginning to end. This includes working with other teams to resolve issues, presenting work to clients, and delegating work to other developers when help is needed.
User Interface Designer
St. Edward's University
- Enabled the university's website to be responsive for different mobile devices.
- Created the user interface for the mobile app that the university was developing.
- Worked with the current Drupal-based website and fixed design and browser issues.
- Provided overall interface design for a cleaner and more modern appearance.
Senior Web and User Interface Manager
Singapore General Hospital
- Managed all activities related to the operations and maintenance of mainframe computer, web-based applications, and peripheral networked ones throughout the organization.
- Managed and increased the effectiveness and efficiency of support services (HR, IT, and finance) through improvements to each function and coordination and communication between support and business functions.
- Collaborated with the management team and worked on developing and implementing organizational strategies, policies, and practices.
- Managed the web development team and both the in-house and web-based solution software used by the company.
Web Designer (Team Leader)
Evoknow
- Managed a full-service user interface design team for a US company, Bangladesh division.
- Designed all the user interfaces of the web-based applications and websites created in PHP.
- Designed fully div- and CSS-driven websites collaborating with developers.
- Worked on flash movie making with action scripts and integrating with PHP and XML.
- Implemented search engine optimization with the best strategy to improve ranking.
- Oversaw fully server-side development, including customizing WordPress blog, phpBB forum, Coppermine photo gallery etc.
Web Designer
E. B. Solutions
- Worked as a full-time web designer in this web, software, network, V-Sat, and automation solutions company.
- Designed HTML-based websites with Flash animations.
- Worked on making presentations and company brochures.
Education
Master's Degree in Multimedia
St. Edward's University - Austin, Texas, United States
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
Khulna University of Engineering & Technology - Khulna, Bangladesh
Certifications
Accessibility Advocate
IBM
Enterprise Design Thinking
IBM
Skills
Tools
Photoshop CC, Jira, Google Analytics, Hotjar, Illustrator CC, Sketch, InVision, Adobe Experience Design (XD), Apple Keynote, Adobe Flash, Flash, Adobe Dreamweaver
Languages
HTML5, JavaScript, CSS, HTML, C++, Python, XML
Platforms
Figma, WordPress, WooCommerce, Web, Shopify, Mobile
Industry Expertise
Banking & Finance, Professional Services
Other
Branding, Illustration, UI Design, Design Systems, Mobile UX Design, UX Audits, Research, Wireframing, UX Research, Mobile App Design, User Flows, Heuristic Review, Heuristic Analysis, UX Design, Product Design, Prototyping, UX Wireframes, Interactive Prototypes, Web Design, Vector Illustration, eCommerce, Responsive Web Design (RWD), Design Ops, Process Optimization, Service Design, User Journeys, Team Leadership, Design Leadership, Consulting, User Interface (UI), Web UI, Web UI Design, Visual Design, CRM Design, User Experience (UX), Style Guides, Mockups, SaaS Product Management, UI Components, Customer Portals, Design Strategy, A/B Testing, User Feedback, Web Accessibility, ADA Compliance, Mobile UI Design, eCommerce UI, Conversion Rate, Enterprise SaaS, Enterprise, User Validation, User-centered Design (UCD), User Research, User Interviews, Case Studies, B2B, Stakeholder Interviews, Journey Mapping, Data Visualization, Design Consultation, Notion, UX Strategy, AI Design, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Business, Business Law, Multimedia, Accounting, Mathematics, Very-large-scale Integration (VLSI), Accessibility, Design, Design Thinking, Global Strategy, Global Business, Ad Design, App UX, Web UX, Creative Methods, Videos, Google SEO, Material UI, Responsive, Responsive UI, Responsive Layout, Responsive Web Apps, Responsive Design, Responsive Coding, Mobile UI, Mobile UX, Technical Design, Web Technologies, Tech Conferences, UX Thinking, Productivity, Modular Design, Management, IT Management, Risk Management, Coppermine, Product Strategy Consultant
Experience
- Responsive UI - 14 years
- Responsive Web Apps - 14 years
- HTML5 - 13 years
- CSS - 13 years
- Design Thinking - 7 years
- Accessibility - 7 years
- Figma - 4 years
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