Ryan Smith is a Senior Product Designer with 11 years of experience crafting user-centered mobile and internal tools, currently shaping product experiences at Alaska Airlines from Seattle. He brings end-to-end expertise across research, prototyping, visual design, and developer collaboration, having shipped features at scale for airlines, healthcare, and Disney Parks. Ryan’s background includes accessibility auditing and hands-on Framer prototypes for turn-by-turn navigation at Disney, and he’s regularly partnered with engineering to implement designs directly in Xcode and Android Studio. Comfortable as a solo designer or part of a cross-functional team, he has launched dozens of app enhancements and built internal tooling that improves employee workflows. His work blends strategic product thinking with practical execution—often filling gaps between product, design, and engineering to move ideas quickly from concept to store release.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
BA, BA at University of Washington
UX Design Level 1 + 2, Project Managment for Design, Branding, UX Design Level 1 + 2, Project Managment for Design, Branding at School of Visual Concepts
Adafruit Macropad RP2040 examples in CircuitPython
Contributions:1 review, 1 PR, 4 pushes in 3 years
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Ryan Smith - Senior Product Designer at Alaska Airlines