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Oakland, CA

+1 925 785 7363
joel@ryerson.design

Joel is an Oakland, California based Senior Product Designer currently at StartupOS. He focuses on balancing user needs and stakeholder initiatives to help translate complex problems into thoughtful, measurable, and approachable design solutions.

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Industry Experience

MUSIC
ADVERTISING
HEALTHCARE
SALES

Relevant Experience

2020
2020

UC Berkeley Extension

UX/UI Certificate

Highlights: Foundations of UX, UI, product management, front-end web development, and articulating user-centric design decisions. Utilized industry-standard best practices and tools to create group projects that ended with clickable prototypes and case study group presentations.

2018
2018 - 2020

Salesforce

Enterprise, Business Development Representative - Quip

Key Accomplishments: sourcing and driving key deal stages that led to a $2.5 million closed deal inFY20 and a $3.6 million closed deal in FY21.

2011
2011 - 2013

Havas Edge

Traffic Coordinator & Assistant Media Buyer

Traffic Coordinator: Facilitated all infomercial (a.k.a. Direct Response TV Advertising) media traffic and distribution from our ad-agency to television stations nationwide.

Assistant Media Buyer: Assisted in analyzing, negotiating, and purchasing media commercial time slots being offered up by television stations nationwide to air infomercials (a.k.a. Direct Response TV Advertisements).

2009
2009 - 2014

EMT & Caregiver

Caregiver: Assisted individuals living with quadriplegia, Alzheimer's, and dementia with advanced nursing practices and care: bathing, grooming, dressing, toileting, exercise, feeding.

EMT: Assessed patient condition through physical and verbal practices to signal signs and symptoms of injury or illness. Gathered patient information at the scene and provided care and monitored vital signs to ensure stability of patients during transportation to the intended location.

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My Work

Adobe/Oxfam Design Challenge

Top 10 Finalist for Adobe/Oxfam America's Creative Jam

Carbon Footprint Mobile App Design

Reducing your Carbon Footprint with Mindful Air Travel

ELL Mobile App Design

Equity for English Language Learners in the United States

Mentorship Mobile App Design

Increasing Workplace Readiness for Underprivileged Young Adults Entering the Fourth Industrial Revolution