Roxanne Ravago
Designer
Location
New York, NY, United States
Toptal Member Since
March 4, 2019
Roxanne has contributed to teams in a variety of roles throughout her professional history and now focuses on strategic design thinking, product design, UX/UI/IxD, and visual identity. In taking an unconventional path and learning to learn, she has gained valuable skills and confidence navigating and leading through uncertainty.
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Waggle.tv Web Platform
Mobile-first DesignPlatform DesignVisual IdentityWriting & EditingWeb DesignInformation Architecture (IA)+ 6 more
Cengage Unlimited e-Learning Service
User ResearchHuman-centered Design (HCD)Design ThinkingInformation Architecture (IA)UX DesignUI Design+ 6 more
Work Experience
2018 - 2018
Mobile Product and Visual Designer (Freelance)
Five Four Ventures
- Designed iOS app branding and visual identity for reading chat fiction stories for underrepresented women of color and LGBTQ individuals.
Technologies: Interaction Design (IxD), Product Design, iOS, Mobile, Art Direction, Visual Identity, Branding, User Interface (UI), User Experience (UX), Information Architecture (IA), Design Thinking, Adobe Photoshop, InVision, Sketch
2017 - 2018
Lead UX/UI/Interaction Designer (Freelance)
Cengage Learning Inc.
- Led user research and design of new e-learning subscription service for signup/activation, onboarding, engagement in course dashboard, and checkout flows during the free trial period.
- Led user research and design of Cengage.com experience, content discovery, and engagement for 1.1 million instructors.
Technologies: E-learning, Dashboard Design, Web Design, Information Architecture (IA), Interaction Design (IxD), User Interface (UI), User Experience (UX), Usability Testing, User Research, Design Thinking, Validately, Optimal Workshop, Adobe Illustrator, InVision, Sketch
2016 - 2018
Web Product and Visual Designer (Freelance)
Waggle Ventures Inc.
- Designed MVP of Waggle.tv, a community-driven digital media platform (responsive website and platform) with 1.4+ million users sharing educational pet and animal content, incubated by Broadway Video Ventures (SNL, Jimmy Fallon) and backed by Raine and Lowercase Capital.
- Designed branding, HTML emails, and custom character illustration for Waggle.tv's newsletter series.
Technologies: Jira, Chrome Developer Tools, Procreate, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, InVision, Sketch
2016 - 2017
Lead Web Product and Visual Designer (Freelance)
Collabera Inc.
- Designed iOS app, branding, and visual identity for enterprise clients as PoC of an all-in-one platform for hiring talent just in time.
- Led product design and visual identity of job search platform and responsive website for a company that matches 15,000+ professionals to 250+ organizations worldwide.
Technologies: Chrome Developer Tools, Procreate, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, InVision, Sketch
2016 - 2016
Web and Visual Designer (Freelance)
Uplift Humanity
- Redesigned and rebranded website of a nonprofit that has educated 500+ incarcerated children across India.
Technologies: Chrome Developer Tools, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, InVision, Sketch
2015 - 2016
Product Manager and UX Designer
Nulab Inc.
- Led distributed product team in design and implementation of growth analytics infrastructure.
- Led user research and designed prototypes of website and web app to improve customer lifecycle and retention for web wireframing app used by 1.5+ million users.
Technologies: Analytics, Mixpanel, Intercom, Google Analytics, Chrome Developer Tools, Adobe Illustrator
Education
2018 - 2018
Continuing Education in Machine Learning Literacy
School for Poetic Computation - New York
2015 - 2016
Continuing Education in Full-stack Software Engineering
Hack Reactor - Remote
2008 - 2012
Bachelor of Science Degree in Industrial and Labor Relations
Cornell University - New York
Experience
Product Design - 5 yearsSketch - 5 yearsUI Design - 5 yearsUX Design - 5 yearsHuman-centered Design (HCD) - 5 yearsVisual Identity - 4 yearsDesign Thinking - 4 yearsInVision - 4 yearsLocation
