About

Hello there! This is the professional curriculum vitae site for Ryan R. Smith. I am a user experience designer and have a passion for making the web a better place by ensuring accessibility and usability best practices maintain the priority they deserve. After all, it doesn't much matter if your web site or app looks great if a large percentage of the population can't access it or navigate through it.

User Experience Designer

A bit about my skills, experiences, and breadth of knowledge.

Core Skills: UX/UI Design, Content Strategy, Interaction Design, Information Architecture, Responsive Web & Mobile First Design, Testing (Usability, A/B, Browser), Prototyping, Wireframing, User Flows, Design Systems & Style Guides, Front-End Development, and Performance Optimization

Tools & Technologies: Figma, Sketch, Invision, Balsamiq, Adobe Creative Cloud (Acrobat, Photoshop, Illustrator, XD), HTML5, CSS3/SCSS, JavaScript, WordPress, Drupal, Git (GitLab, GitHub, BitBucket), Cross Browser Testing (Lighthouse, WAVE, NVDA), and Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Accessibility/Usability: ADA (Section 508), A11y Project, WAI-ARIA, WCAG 2.2 AA, Web Standards, User Testing

All links above are personal selections to my favorite sites and resources. No affiliate links, just good, solid, industry-standard references.

I am equally comfortable digging deep into content strategy and information architecture as I am designing E2E screen-based experiences, from napkin sketches to high fidelity mockups or implementing UI interactions in code. I am an advocate for web standards and accessibility, building responsive, user-friendly web sites and apps, as well as testing them against usability best practices.

In my free time I enjoy woodworking, hunting, fishing, coaching archery, and I'm involved in my local community's Scouting America troop.

Take a look around at my recent work, say hi, or let me know if you see something interesting or would simply like to talk more.

I'm glad you're here!

#UXD, #A11Y, obsessed w/ #HCD and #typography. Dad of 16 and 18 yo gentlemen, youth archery coach, lifelong scouter, hunter, fisherman, waterskier, woodworker, audiophile; all in #Wisconsin.

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