Ryan Mclaughlin
Member Of Design Staff at OpenAI
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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SeniorRyan Mclaughlin is a multi‑disciplinary product designer and engineer with 13 years of experience building thoughtful, testable interfaces and systems across web and native platforms. Currently a Member of Design Staff at OpenAI, he previously led link design and product initiatives at Stripe and founded a design studio, blending hands‑on prototyping, front‑end development, and design systems work. He collaborates closely with research, engineering, and brand teams to translate user needs into forward‑looking product strategy and high‑quality, composable UI components. Known for a humble, attentive approach to teamwork, he advocates code standards and uses motion and interaction design to communicate intent. Unusually for a designer, he treats coding as a primary research tool—rapidly iterating prototypes to validate assumptions before scaling them into products.
13 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Stackoverflow
21,857reputation
1.9mreached
6answers
26questions
Github Skills (102)
sketch10
html10
css10
sketch-plugin10
responsive10
frontend10
google-maps9
design-patterns9
gmail9
maps8
parser8
coinbase-api8
chrome-extension8
mapview7
firebase7
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
ryanmclaughlin/styledrop
Feb 2016 - Apr 2019
A plugin for Sketch allows you to easily copy styles from one layer to another.
Contributions:27 commits, 3 PRs, 29 pushes in 3 years 1 month
sketchsketch-plugin
ryanmclaughlin/blap
Feb 2015 - Jul 2015
Contributions:4 PRs, 22 pushes, 14 branches in 4 months
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