# Ryan Clouser

> Product Designer

Location: New York City Metropolitan Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/ryanclouser

Product Designer with experience in creating user-centric digital experiences that drive engagement and growth. With expertise in gamification, usability testing, and iterative design I have been able to build cohesive design solutions across the Fintech, Health, SaaS and Fitness industries. With a commitment to continuous improvement, I strive to enhance product usability and accessibility, ultimately driving user satisfaction and product success.

## Work Experience
### Senior Product Designer @ Colgate-Palmolive
Jan 2023 – Jan 2026
At Colgate-Palmolive, I lead end-to-end product design across both internal enterprise tools and consumer health experiences. I designed an internal AI image generator from user research through high-fidelity prototyping, accelerating content creation while improving brand compliance. I also built a cohesive design system for Colgate’s internal platforms by auditing existing products, identifying inconsistencies, and reducing design debt to enable faster, more consistent cross-team execution. On the consumer side, I shipped habit-forming and gamified features that increased brushing frequency for Colgate Health users from 1.3 to 1.82 times per day, and I designed a real-time pressure gauge indicator that improved brushing technique by 20 percent through clearer feedback and healthier brushing behavior.

### Senior Product Designer @ Allocations
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022
- Exchange Marketplace Design: Led the design of an exchange marketplace for private equity investors, resulting in a 30% increase in transactions by optimizing the user flow and making the platform more intuitive and accessible.
- Deal and SPV Creation Process: Improved the deal and SPV creation process, enhancing completion speed by 40% through usability improvements and streamlined workflows.
- Shipped and iterated upon 20+ features across 5 different products on the platform
- Led the design of an investor profile, streamlining the investment flow for all deals on the platform through "one click" investing
- Developed and pitched prototypes directly to users aimed to solve complex problems
Exchange Marketplace Design: Led the design of an exchange marketplace for private equity investors, resulting in a 30% increase in transactions by optimizing the user flow and making the platform more intuitive and accessible.

### Product Designer @ Allocations
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022
- Designed a syndicate platform to facilitate deals between fund managers and their limited partners in over 1000 private funds
- Developed a deal page information architecture, increasing deal completion speed by 40% 
- Implemented gamification elements such as investor rankings, progress bars,  and badges to promote more deals on the platform
- Created a deal building platform for fund managers to build deals in less than 1 hour

### Product Designer @ CreativeX
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021
- Led the design on 3-person team to develop new filtering system improving filter capabilities
ability by 90%
- Brought designs from user interviews to wireframes and high fidelity mocks
- Developed new components to fit within the CreativeX design system to enable greater functionality of the filtering system

### Product Designer @ FitTripper
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Thailand (Remote)
- Redesigned the beta app to improve gym discoverability and the booking functionality through the use of interactive maps and card sorting
- Identified 3 major pain points through 10 user interviews, providing insight on how to improve overall user experience
- Completed a handoff that included; competitor analysis, user interviews, wireframes, high fidelity mocks, style guide, and UI kit

### Founder @ Apollo Mousepads
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021
- Started a mouse pad company offering large designed pads to consumers after noticing a gap in the computer hardware market and a growing interest highly stylized PC setups
- Sourced designers from social media and paired with overseas manufacturers to provide a large mouse pad at a reasonable cost
- Organically grew TikTok and Instagram to over 65k followers combined, and leveraged audience as the main driver of sales
- Exited with a sale to an e-ccomerce acquisition company


## Education
### Certification in Computer Science
Columbia University

### UI/UX Design in User Interface Design
Flatiron School

### Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Management and Operations
Saint Joseph's University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/ryan-clouser
- Portfolio: https://www.ryanjclouser.com/

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Last updated: 2026-03-29