Chelsea Rio is a Lead Product Designer with 13 years of experience crafting intuitive SaaS interfaces, design systems, and marketing experiences from concept through implementation. She blends an MFA in Graphic Design with a BS in Zoology and a BA in English, giving her work a rare mix of visual craft, scientific curiosity, and clear technical writing. At companies from startups to enterprise she’s led brand redesigns, established reusable component libraries in Figma/MUI, and improved usability through testing and documentation. Equally at home sketching hand-drawn pet caricatures as she is architecting product UX, she’s known for translating complex requirements into elegant, accessible solutions that non‑technical teams can maintain. Based in Frederick, MD, she repeatedly turns cross-disciplinary insight into designs that drive adoption and customer delight.
13 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Fine Arts (MFA) Graphic Design, Master of Fine Arts (MFA) Graphic Design at Savannah College of Art and Design
Bachelor of Arts - BA English Language and Literature General, Bachelor of Arts - BA English Language and Literature General at University of Maryland Global Campus
Bachelor of Arts (BA) Fine and Studio Arts, Bachelor of Arts (BA) Fine and Studio Arts at University of Maryland
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