Ryan Hill

About Ryan Hill

I am a versatile, goal oriented team leader striving for perfection while completing projects on time and within budget. Current areas of focus are product design, UX research and elegant UI solutions based on that research. I have successful experience as a product design team lead working across multiple time zones with international partners to produce successful products with an ego free collaborative approach. Demonstrable experience working with enterprise and startup software development, deployment, and management. Adept in prototyping technologies, UX methodologies, Agile, user research, and global team management.

Experience

1. Director of User Experience

   Smartlinx

   Feb 2022 — Present · NJ, US

   Building an internal user-centered culture at Smartlinx to promote successful teams and product delivery. Incorporating empathy and compassion in the design process, and with our customer first mindset, we use research studies, insights and usability testing to ensure our experiences exceed user expectations. Also, defining the UX vision and user-centered strategy across B2B and B2B2C SaaS applications. Provide leadership on all phases of the product life cycle, including priorities definition, scheduling, scoping, selecting relevant design activities and research methodologies, allocating resources, guiding design process, and offer constrictive feedback on the proposed design solutions. Hands-on work on personas, user journeys, workflow diagrams, wireframes and prototypes to ensure highly effective outcomes that drive performance and profitability. Hire, mentor, motivate and lead a cross-functional UX team that varies in experience.

Education

• Milwaukee School of Engineering

  Java Programming and Website Design

  2002 — 2004