# Riz Zaki

> Designer at Verily

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

I'm an SF-based Interaction designer currently helping make health technologies better serve people at Verily. With a love for working in ambiguous spaces and emerging technologies. Please send me a message if you are interested in seeing my work.

## Work Experience
### Interaction Designer @ Verily
Jan 2021 – Present | South San Francisco, CA

### Design Lead @ IBM
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | New York City Metropolitan Area

### UX Designer @ IBM
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Greater New York City Area
Working across research and design, I work with IBM clients to design digital tools and systems related to IBM hardware. 
-Design web tools, mobile apps related to machine learning and analytics tools. 
-Conduct research with IBM clients to refine, validate and generate new ideas. 
-Present design work to developers,  executives and clients.

### User Experience Designer @ 3M
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | St Paul, Minnesota, United States

### SCADpro Sponsored Collaboration | UX Designer @ Google
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Savannah, Georgia, United States

### User Experience Design Intern @ 3M
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
- Reimagined industrial safety product from research to high-fidelity prototypes and user testing.  
- Presented final vision illustrating concepts and rationale to reduce customer churn and maximize scalability to design and development leadership.

### SCADpro Sponsored Collaboration | UX Designer @ Ford Motor Company
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Savannah, Georgia Area
-Designed experiences for digital assistants within autonomous vehicles and transportation as a service. 
- Conducted market research, user testing and co-creation activities.
- Delivered high-fidelity branded visual designs and VUI experiences.

### UX Intern @ Lexica
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Hong Kong
Worked with Hong Kong startup in creating user flows, defining products and interfaces. Developed products for Facebook Messenger Platform alongside engineers.   Worked to create a machine learning solution for Hong Kong University Library.

### Sales Associate @ Goorin Bros., Inc.
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016

### Counselor @ Savannah College of Art and Design
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Savannah, GA
Acted as part of the Summer Seminar team to assist and direct high school students through SCAD summer programming.


## Education
### User Experience Design in Human Computer Interaction
Savannah College of Art and Design

### Physics
Bucknell University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/rizaki
- Portfolio: https://rizaki.com/

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Last updated: 2026-04-13