# Julie Russo Ryan > Design Lead - Women’s Health at ŌURA Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/julierussoryan I design products that help people better understand their bodies and make more confident decisions. At ŌURA, I lead women's health, turning messy, nuanced data into clear, meaningful experiences, and helping my team do their best work along the way. Before this, I spent years in fast-paced, high-growth environments working on complex, multi-sided marketplaces, which shape how I navigate ambiguity and connect big-picture strategy to hands-on craft. I'm naturally curious, lately diving head first into AI, and I'm at my best unblocking teams, connecting dots, and pushing the work towards something that genuinely helps people. ## Work Experience ### Staff Product Designer @ ŌURA Jan 2026 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area ### Senior Product Designer - Women’s Health @ ŌURA Jan 2023 – Jan 2026 | Los Angeles, California, United States ### Lead UX Designer @ Soothe Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | Los Angeles, California, United States Create a design system from scratch that has sped up design and development time, in addition to more consistent, cleaner products across all verticals Cultivate a Design Operations environment and tech stack, removing redundant tools, saving Soothe in recurring monthly costs Co-lead the research, strategy, and design of all B2C products including responsive web Client app, iOS and Android Client app, iOS and Android Provider apps Design the B2B Partner Portal, a responsive web app, enabling Soothe to scale into new revenue streams beyond B2C, resulting in deals with companies such as AirBnB, Peloton, and Lululemon Collaborate cross-functionally with executive leadership, marketing, operations and sales departments to create cohesive user experiences that strategically align with company objectives Key highlights: Led the research, ideation, and redesign of SoothePass, doubling subscriber count within 2 months of product launch ### UX Lead @ HyreCar Inc. Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Los Angeles, California, United States Evaluated the return on investment and led the company adoption of both user behavior tracking and usability testing tools, resulting in a 27% reduction in user frustrations within 6 months Collaborated across product, marketing, data and architecture teams to create cohesive solutions and drive alignment Lead projects from start to finish across three individual delivery teams, each with 5+ developers and one project manager ### UX/UI Designer @ HyreCar Inc. Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | Los Angeles, CA Designed and successfully shipped the Driver app on iOS and Android, the Owner responsive web app, and HyreCar for Business SAAS product Created the company’s first style guides, resulting in cohesive design across product development, marketing and branding assets Introduced the Design QA process into the product development lifecycle, which encouraged co-designing with engineers and resulted in reduced technical debt ### Project Manager @ RW Holdart Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Los Angeles, CA Inventoried and created a digital database of more than 1000 artworks Coordinated incoming and outgoing logistics for nearly 30 high profile art collectors, galleries, and museums Worked directly with the business owner to reduce operational costs ### Exhibitions Manager @ GAVLAK Gallery Jan 2015 – Jan 2018 | Greater Los Angeles Area Led a team of installers, shippers, and artists to produce commercial gallery exhibitions Created visual renderings and 3D models to aid the gallery owner, sales team, and installers strategize physical exhibitions Project managed 12 yearly exhibitions across both Los Angeles and Palm Beach galleries, plus several domestic and international art fairs Designed all digital marketing assets including emails, invitations, catalogs and print advertisements in the top art magazine, Artforum ### Studio Assistant @ Kelly Lamb Studios Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Silverlake, Ca Strategized content for the artist website, e-commerce, and social media Crafted ceramic artworks using hand building and casting techniques Researched and wrote grant and residency proposals ### Gallery Assistant @ Guggenheim Gallery Jan 2011 – Jan 2014 Photographed and edited images of exhibitions to translate a physical exhibition into an online experience Maintain the gallery website using HTML, CSS and Javascript Assisted the head curator in coordinating with artists and planning several exhibitions from research, logistics, installation and reception ### Intern @ Young Projects Gallery Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | Los Angeles, California Maintained gallery space daily by monitoring projectors in an all-video gallery Designed marketing portfolio of exhibitions and artists to send to potential collectors and grant applications Supported the director in daily operations ### Intern @ Utah Museum of Contemporary Art Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | Salt Lake City, Utah Experience in museum work in Publicity, Curatorial, and Education departments Installed the "New Frontier" exhibition as part of the Sundance Film Festival ## Education ### Certificate in UX/UI UCLA Extension ### Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) in Contemporary Art, Minor: Advertising Chapman University ### Art/Art Studies in General Lorenzo de Medici Scuola of Art and Design ### UCLA Extension ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/julierussoryan - Portfolio: https://julierussoryan.com - Portfolio: https://superpeer.com/julierussoryan - Portfolio: https://adplist.org/mentors/julianne --- Source: https://flows.cv/julierussoryan JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/julierussoryan/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13