Ryan Huber

Contact Info

Education

BFA in Graphic Design

  • University of California, Santa Barbara

Certifications

NN/g UX Certification - UXC#1051946

  • Interaction Design (30+ hours)
  • UX Management (30+ hours)

Skills

Design Tools

  • Figma
  • Lightroom
  • Photoshop
  • Affinity Photo
  • Illustrator
  • Affinity Designer
  • InDesign
  • Affinity Publisher
  • Procreate

Design Specialties

  • Sketching
  • Prototyping
  • Branding
  • Design Sprints
  • Design Systems
  • Wireframing

Development

  • HTML
  • CSS
  • JavaScript
  • SCSS / LESS
  • Tailwind
  • Git
  • NPM
  • TypeScript
  • Vue
  • Nuxt
  • React

Other Tools

  • Mural
  • Miro
  • Figjam

Personal / Soft Skills

  • Team player
  • Detail-oriented
  • Organized
  • Collaborative
  • Adaptable
  • Leader
  • Mentor

Work Experience

Kiewit

UI/UX Designer / Front-End Developer

Sept 2018 - Present
  • Spearheaded company-wide adoption of Figma as the primary UI design tool, enhancing design collaboration and consistency across teams and products.
  • Conducted heuristic evaluations within Fig-Jam s to track design inconsistencies between the design and the developed product.
  • Developed and maintained component libraries for Kiewit Design System.
  • Migrated design system documentation from Zeroheight to Storybook to streamline developer integration as well as reducing company subscription expenses.
  • Introduced, created, and applied design tokens across our design system to enforce UI consistency across multiple enterprise applications.
  • Facilitated UI critique meetings to discuss design inconsistencies with product teams to ensure the end product follows design standards and best practices.
  • Mentored junior designers and interns; contributed to UX for internal HR platforms and job-site planning tools to support workforce development.
  • Coordinated a design sprint to create a streamlined solution for end-users ordering and delivering cable to job sites, which helped eliminate cable waste and expenses.

Sandhills Global

Interactive Designer / Web Developer

Jul 2017 - Sept 2018
  • Designed web mockups, print ads, and social media assets tailored to client branding in collaboration with sales reps and stakeholders.
  • Created and designed new websites and redesigned existing websites with more modern UI, accessibility compliance, and responsive layouts.
  • Implemented SEO strategies to improve organic search rankings and online visibility for clients.
  • Ensured cross-browser and device compatibility using HTML, CSS, and responsive frameworks.
  • Managed client communication, gathered feedback and ensured projects were delivered on schedule

Conagra Brands

Visual Learning Developer / Media Designer

Jan 2015 - Mar 2017
  • Collaborated with executive leadership to produce multimedia content for internal training, campaigns, events and strategic company initiatives.
  • Designed and standardized interactive PDFs for employee performance reviews.
  • Filmed, edited, and delivered video content for executive communications and internal promotions.