United States

Graphic Design

Industrial Design

Motion Design

Branding and Identity Design

3D Design

Design Operations

Product Design

Branding

Program Management

Project Management

Hardware Design

BFA Industrial Design/Transportation

Miami University

Ryan Paul

Chief Design Officer

Tone consistency

Relationship management

Public Speaking

Product strategy

Prototyping

Communication

Collaboration

Problem-solving

Critical-thinking

Empathy

Team player

Presentation skills

Conflict resolution

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Project management

Brand positioning

CAD design

Product roadmap

Solidworks

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

Blender

Figma

Adobe Creative Suite

Adobe After Effects

Brand strategy

Design systems

Introduce yourself, define mentoring expectations and goals. Learn and grow together.

General mentorship

Understanding factors that lead to a motivated team - recognition, communication and more.

Keeping team members motivated

Understand the process of training, motivating and directing your team members.

Managing people

How to create a positive workplace culture that drives collaboration and productivity?

Fostering a good team culture

Steps to building and maintaining a strong, cohesive and effective team.

Building an effective team

How to determine what is a good balance of skill sets for your organization's needs

Building balanced teams

Get actionable feedback on your resume or portfolio.

Resume and portfolio review

Best practices for running productive design critiques.

Running effective design critiques

How to define and execute a successful launch and managing stakeholders expectations. (eg. MVP)

Launching new products or features

Methods of prototyping and solution validation. When to use which kind of prototype (eg. Webflow, Notion, etc)

Prototyping methods and tips

Tips on how to work and collaborate with designers.

Working with designers

How to work with team members with different skill sets but towards a common goal?

Working cross-functionally

Methods and models of exploring, deciding and delivering design.

Building a design process

Managing being the only designer at your company and working with non-designers.

Being the only designer

Ways and resources to improve your design skills.

Improving design skills

Navigating the working relationship with PM's and engineers as a designer.

Working with product and engineering

How to create personas, and leverage them in design.

Creating and leveraging user personas

Ways to provide constructive feedback to team members.

Giving effective feedback

How to define an ambitious product vision and how to best communicate it to stakeholders?

Creating a product vision

Tips on how to work and collaborate with engineers and developers.

Working with engineers

Best practices for documenting projects, epics, and stories

Writing product requirement documents

How to think about design career paths and what progression looks like for designers?

Design career path

Designing a socially-impactful electric vehicle company from the ground up.

Going places that may include space stations. Focusing and launching a brand that had lived on the edge, but should live in the center.

Creative Director at Y Studios from 2012-2016, leading our design team's work with diverse clientele, designing award-winning and world-class products and experiences. 
From Fortune 100s to startups, we had your needs covered. Some highlights were Activision's Trap Team Portal, which was a $1BB/year title, and AJA Video Systems' first dive into the cinema camera world.

Designer and project manager. Product design, design strategy and research, presentation, client contact. Too many clients to list; creative horsepower.

Custom aircraft and architectural interior design for VIP clients around the world.

Industrial design and design concepts on award-winning programs.

One of four interns selected from the US, designing an AC Cobra for 2007.

Ryan Paul🇺🇸