# Rúnar (Roo) Guðbjartsson II

> Building the next generation tools for the next generation of entrepreneurs.

Location: New York, New York, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/rnar

## Work Experience
### Sr. Lead Product Designer @ GoDaddy
Jan 2024 – Present

### Lead Product Designer @ GoDaddy
Jan 2021 – Present

### Senior Product Designer @ WeWork
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | New York, New York, United States

### Product Designer @ WeWork
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Greater New York City Area
Designing for the intersection of digital and real-life experiences at a company that is disrupting the real estate world. Lead design across the Member Experience Guest/Check-in team, utilizing human-centered design, UX research, animation and prototyping, and usability testing to solve the most crucial digital and environmental user problems across the WeWork member journey. Transform data insights and research into sharp concepts. Collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders to align, plan, design, and deliver high-quality user experiences. Conceptualize how to integrate and translate branding into our digital products.

### Product Designer @ PayPal
Jan 2015 – Jan 2019 | San Jose
As a Product Designer on PayPal's new consumer product I focused horizontally on design efforts to add consistency and illustrate how animation and transition with the a new design language would connect and unite the product overall. Additionally, I got to work with a number of the design teams and got a broad sense of the challenges and processes involved in launching a global and scalable app.

### CCO & Co-Founder @ uTapp LLC
Jan 2014 – Jan 2018
Led the design for the uTapp mobile application on both iOS and Android. In charge of creating the uTapp brand along with website, banners and any other marketing components. Setting the art direction principles and guidelines when designing and creating for the brand.

### UX Designer @ TM Software
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Iceland
Solving problems in a creative way. Mockups,
wireframes, data visualization along with working
closely with my team, and other developing teams.

### Project Manager @ The City of Reykjavik
Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 | Iceland, Reykjavik
Project Manager and an Icelandic tutor. Helping 
international children to adapt to the Icelandic culture.

### Instructor @ The City of Reykjavik
Jan 2010 – Jan 2012 | Iceland, Reykjavik
Supervisor and an instructor of children who work for 
the city during the summer.


## Education
### Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Web Design & New Media
Academy of Art University

### University of Tampa

### High School in School of Physics
Menntaskolinn vid Sund, Iceland


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/roogud
- Website: http://roogud.com

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Source: https://flows.cv/rnar
JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/rnar/resume.json
Last updated: 2026-02-23