# Ramiro Chico

> Design: interaction • visual • systems • strategy • leadership

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/ramirochico

Seasoned hands-on design visionary with history of successfully managing and leading pillars, projects, and people through V1 launches, redesigns, and iterative releases for consumer facing digital products in start-up, agency, and Fortune 100 companies.

## Work Experience
### Design Systems Lead @ SurveyMonkey
Jan 2021 – Jan 2024 | San Mateo, CA
Sole designer responsible for creating, driving, and executing Design System UX strategy, component UI Kits, documentation, collaboration methods, contribution processes, and governance models across Design and Engineering teams.

### Product Design Manager @ Walmart Global Tech
Jan 2017 – Jan 2021 | San Bruno, CA
Managed and led multiple design teams, projects, and domains across the Walmart customer shopping journey on Responsive Web and Native Android & iOS app platforms.

Domains: Core Shopping (Product Detail Pages, User Generated Content), Holiday Shopping, Transactional Communications (Emails, SMS Push Messages), Vertical Experiences, and Design Systems.

### Product Design Principal @ Mojio
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Palo Alto, CA
Managed and led a design team working on emerging technologies for IoT, connected car, asset tracking, and location based mobile products and experiences.

### Senior Design Lead, User Experience @ Sam's Club
Jan 2014 – Jan 2017 | San Bruno, CA
Design Strategy, Product Definition, and UX interaction + visual design for Sam’s Club mobile Android & iOS native apps. Led project team of designers, researchers, and content strategists on design solutions and deliverables.

Sam’s Club Scan & Go v1.0 launch - v1.4.5 (Android & iOS),
Product Design owner responsible for:

• Product Requirements & Feature Definition
• All UX (strategy, interaction, visual, production)
• Quality Assurance
• Usability Validation Studies

### Mobile Design Lead @ YP - AT&T Interactive
Jan 2011 – Jan 2014 | Sunnyvale, CA
Led visual experience design for current and emerging mobile local search apps for Android & iOS ensuring brand identity, usability, and consistency between platforms (web, mobile web, and native apps) through numerous version releases and a brand redesign.

App Releases:
* YP Local Search, v3.4 to v4.2
* Gas Guru, v1.0 launch to v1.3

### Senior Visual Designer, Mobile User Experience @ Barnes & Noble
Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 | Palo Alto, CA
NOOK Devices and Apps for Android & iOS.

### Senior Designer @ Razorfish
Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 | Chicago, IL
JCPenney Mobile rebrand-redesign for Android, iOS, and Mobile Web.

### Innovation Consultant @ Doblin
Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 | Chicago, IL
Partnered with a small team of Design Strategists to work on UX Ideation and Service Design plans for a Loyalty and Rewards program for a major U.S. airline.

### Visual Designer @ Motorola Mobility (a Lenovo Company)
Jan 2010 – Jan 2010 | Chicago, IL
Conceptualized the visual design language of user interfaces for mobile and handheld devices on the Android platform such as MP3 players, fitness, and Bluetooth devices from concept to final deliverables during the product life cycle and beyond.

### User Interface Designer @ ProPhotoApps
Jan 2010 – Jan 2010 | Milwaukee, WI
Redesigned the user interface and added new features to the company’s suite of iPhone applications to improve usability, visual experience, and marketability.

### User Interface Designer @ Motorola
Jan 2008 – Jan 2010 | Libertyville, IL
Create and define the Operating System UX and Visual Design for various pre-smartphone keypad and touch-screen mobile devices on the Brew, CDMA, and Android platforms.

Devices Shipped:
• Motorola Rival A455
• Motorola Barrage V860
• Motorola Grasp
• Motorola Droid 1

### Graphic Designer @ Freelance
Jan 2005 – Jan 2008 | Chicago, IL
Custom digital artwork ranging in the creation of icons, logos, and graphic designs for use on high quality poker chips. Designs were used to manufacture custom inlaid, gold foiled, hot-stamped, or full-face ceramic poker chips for clients’ private and personal home use via licensed manufacturers of gaming tokens to North American casinos.

### Founder — Graphic, Web, Audio Designer @ RedBox Records
Jan 2001 – Jan 2005 | Chicago, IL
Founded and operated an independent online music label releasing local recording artists’ audio projects focused in the electronic, experimental, noise, and sound collage music genres. Created web sites from concept to implementation and provided all graphic design needs from album artwork, packaging, and various promotional materials. Additionally, provided audio production and film scoring services.


## Education
### Bachelor of Fine Arts - BFA in Design and Visual Communications
American Academy of Art


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/ramiro-chico

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Last updated: 2026-04-13