It's a thing of beauty, honestly. Ryan is creating the organizational best practices that is future proofing the library as we grow to include more design patterns, but also how we organize these different ideas for external education and documentation. These are the models that establish a new team's ability to navigate and learn to use the system independently, without the dependency of IO/Foundry support. The work established here = time, calories, and money saved down the line.
If you are lucky you get to work with really talented people. If you are truly fortunate, you get to work with really good humans. Ryan has both those bases covered for me. Always taking care of design business, but more importantly, taking care of those around him. Ryan has been an outstanding team member. His efforts to design, document, and deliver on Bayer’s design system have been outstanding. Overall, he is a great person that is collaborative and a great communicator.
Working alongside Ryan has been a pleasure. Ryan is an empathetic, thoughtful, and strategic thinker. We worked together on a variety of design and research efforts during his time at New Balance. Working with Ryan never felt like work. One thing that stands out to me about Ryan besides his awesome design skills is his openness to other perspectives. It’s very refreshing to work with someone with his level of experience/willingness to see others’ viewpoints. To be a great UX designer you have to be open and willing to see all angles of a potential opportunity, and Ryan is great at this. Ryan will make a great addition to any UX or Design Team out there. So glad to have met him and have a new friend in the industry.
I hired Ryan during the start-up phase of South Central Media’s digital division. All through those early days, I was able to count on Ryan to be there to deliver the highest quality design/development work without any of the drama that surrounded some of the other initial hires. Ryan is one of those rare individuals that has incredible design AND technical talents. He comes up with original design concepts and executes them to perfection. In addition to his incredible talent, the best part about Ryan is that he is so easy and fun to work with! He’s a genuine, caring human being that cares as much about the people he works with as the work that he creates.
Ryan’s process begun with immersing himself in our values and impact and then creating our powerful brand to reflect this and the character of our audience served. A senior voice within the organization, Ryan balances focused strategy alongside our resource. Throughout, Ryan has woven into the brand management his skills in visual design and web development, bringing our work to life online.
Wow, I have so many great things to say about Ryan. First of all, he had me at his portfolio. Ryan does outstanding work. When we hired Ryan (which I consider actually one of my greater accomplishments during my tenure at ERE) I was doubly pleased. Ryan is a personable, respectful, easygoing, attentive individual. When I’d explain what a project was about and discuss what I had in mind, he’d listen thoughtfully and ingest it all. My favorite part of working with Ryan, though, was the results. As head of web development, I’ve worked with many designers over the years and the process of moving from creative idea to design reality was often painful and disappointing. Not so with Ryan: He would take the vision we had discussed and make it BETTER than I had envisioned it would ever be. Seriously, designers who do this are worth their weight in gold. In short, Ryan is a wonderful designer and human being and is one of the people I miss most from my time at ERE Media!
It’s not every day you come across a designer as talented as Ryan. He can take an idea and turn into a reality with his visual and interactive design skills. Ryan exudes professionalism and personality. I really enjoyed working directly with Ryan and appreciated his insight, creativity and his humor! I personally vouge for Ryan – not only does his work speak for itself but his work ethic and integrity are something to be admired. Some of the projects we’ve worked on together in the past required a lot of finesse and hand-holding for the client, and he would go above and beyond to make sure their ideas and his creations were in-line with each other. I truly miss working with Ryan and recommend him for anyone looking to take their website or graphic design project to the next level.