Design Systems Lead

→ Principal Product Designer

→ Principal UX Engineer
→ Product Manager

Contact Information

Email: [email protected] LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/ryanbelisle Phone: (401) 855-2799 Portfolio: On request

Summary

Extremely passionate Design Systems Lead with extensive Product (UX/UI) Design and UX Engineering (Front-end Development) professional with more than 20+ years of experience in agency, corporate and remote settings. Focused on solving valuable customer-driven problems by way of user-centered design principles and visually delightful / functional experiences via Design Systems.

Skills

Product Design

Design Systems, UI Kits, Design Architecture, Creative/Visual Direction, Design & User Research, Design Strategy, User Interface Design, User Experience Design, Interaction Design, Responsive Web & Native Mobile Design, Inclusive Design, Information Architecture & Sitemaps, Scenario & Systems Design, Usability Testing, A/B Testing, Design Specifications (Annotations & Redlines), Design Documentation, Prototyping (Static & Interactive), and Wireframing (Low, Mid & High Fidelity).

Engineering

Design Systems, Component Libraries, Technical Architecture & Direction, HTML, CSS (Sass), JavaScript, BEM, ITCSS, SMACSS, Bootstrap, Foundation, Nunjucks, Twig, Accessibility Compliance, Reusable Components, Atomic Design Methodology, Mobile-first Responsive Web Development, QA, Browser, and Accessibility Testing, Node JS, NPM, Gulp, BrowserSync, Chrome Dev Tools, Joomla!, Craft, Wordpress, Shopify.

Product Management

Lean UX & Agile, Scrum, Kanban, Product Vision, Product Strategy, Product Discovery, Product Delivery, Opportunity and Product Backlog, Prioritization, User Stories, Job Stories, Leading Cross Functional Teams, Hypothesis Driven Design & Development, Rapid Prototyping, MVPs, and Experimentation.

Soft & Behavioral

Leadership, Organized, Assertiveness, Meticulous; Impeccable Attention to Detail, Integrity, Trust, Managing and Planning Systems, Focus on Problem Solving, Highly Collaborative, Communication, Negotiation, and Influence.

Applications & Tools

Sketch, Abstract, Figma, Pen & Paper, Whiteboarding, Zeplin, Flinto, Principle, Invision, Whimsical, Adobe Creative Suite, Fractal, Pattern Lab, Style Dictionary, VS Code, Git Version Control, GitHub, BitBucket, JIRA, Confluence, Notion, and Coda.

Experience

Design System Lead, Principal UX/UI Designer & Principal Front-end Developer

Citizens | April 2019 to Current | Johnston, RI + Remote