# Dave Richard

> Design Director / Product Design Lead

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/daverichard

## Work Experience
### Product design lead / design manager @ Found
Jan 2022 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States
Found is on a mission to make self-employment easier. Like having your very own finance department, Found handles business banking, taxes, invoicing, and bookkeeping. We believe in doing what you love—which probably isn’t paperwork.

### Visual Systems - Product Design @ Meta
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco, California, United States

### Design Directior / UX / Visual Design / Product @ FreeAssociation
Jan 2011 – Jan 2022 | Brooklyn, NY, San Francisco, CA
Concept and designing ui, ux, and visual for automotive, desktop, iOS, Android, and tablet experiences. Also concept and design system iconography for companies such as eBay and StubHub, along with various data visualization and illustrations.

### Owner / Design Director / Product Designer @ Popsicle Riot
Jan 2008 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco, CA
Principal / Creative

Founded Popsicle Riot as a branding and interactive studio. Art direct and design numerous projects for a diverse array of clients, from large interaction brand agencies to small independent shops. A typical Popsicle Riot day include's not only discussing a project's vision with clients, elevating their expectations; but also art directing and designing each project from concept through development, bidding on projects, writing proposals, scheduling projects to adhere to strict deadlines, and hiring and working with developers to ensure the final product functions and appears precisely as intended.

In addition, contracts with large agencies included managing press checks, art directing photo shoots, supervising design teams, as well as concept and design UI, UX, and Visuals for complex iOS/Android mobile and tablet systems.

### Freelance UX / Visual Design / Product Designer @ Punchcut
Jan 2015 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco, CA
Concept and design UI, UX, and Visuals for complex iOS/Android mobile and tablet systems. Prioritize and deliver the visual/ui system, iconography, illustrations, and detailed documentation while adhering to strict timelines.

### UX / Visual Designer / Design Director @ Little House
Jan 2014 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco, NYC
Concept and design UI, UX, and Visual for educational responsive websites and iOS mobile games and quizzes.

Design and concept complete brand systems for brick and mortar furniture and lighting firm. Including identities, jewelers marks, brand guidelines, websites, and promotional booklets.


## Education
### Bachelor of Fine Arts & Design (BFA) in Graphic Design
The Art Institute of Boston


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/dave-richard-982b95
- Portfolio: http://manyoftheobjects.com

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Last updated: 2026-04-13