# Ryan Grantier > Product Design Leader Location: Seattle, Washington, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/ryangrantier Systems Logic. Human-Centered Design. Coastal Perspective. I’m a Lead Product Designer with 14 years of experience figuring out the connective tissue between big, complex technical systems and the people who use them. From the high-stakes enterprise worlds of Microsoft and AWS to navigating a $3B health-tech merger at Personify Health, my focus has always been the same: making sure the structural logic of a product is as sound as the visual design. I’m at my best in the "0-to-1" phase—taking a high-level business goal and turning it into a design framework that actually scales. Recently, I’ve been working at the intersection of health and wellbeing, looking for ways to use AI to help people get better health outcomes. By partnering with other leaders across the business, I help ensure that even a massive company merger feels like one unified, easy-to-use experience for the millions of people relying on it. How I work: - Systems & Scaling: I don’t just design screens; I look at the underlying UX and UI frameworks. My goal is to make sure a product can grow across mobile, desktop, and web without losing its way or becoming a mess for the user. - Balancing AI with Intuition: I’m interested in the harmony between human-centered design and machine intelligence. With PercyIQ, I focused on making AI feel like a trustworthy assistant rather than just another tech feature. - Collaborative Leadership: I like to lead by guiding the vision. Whether I’m mentoring other designers through early AI explorations or owning a long-term roadmap, I’m focused on getting stakeholders aligned and making sure the final product works in the real world. - Speaking "Engineering": Because I have a background in HTML/CSS/jQuery prototyping, I can bridge the gap between a "North Star" design and what’s actually buildable. I make sure performance and accessibility are baked in from the start, not added on at the end. Beyond the Screen: When I’m not de-risking a product roadmap, you’ll usually find me tending to my "living system" of 50+ houseplants or exploring the tide pools on the Oregon coast. I’ve found that great design is a lot like a thriving ecosystem—it needs the right balance of structure, empathy, and room to grow. I’m always up for a chat about: Systems thinking, the future of health-tech, or the best hidden coffee spots in the PNW. ## Work Experience ### UX Design Lead @ Personify Health Jan 2022 – Jan 2026 Guiding the visual and interaction strategy for the core platform experience, I led the modernization of the homepage and mobile endpoints and defined the discovery of AI integrations within the platform to drive better user outcomes. * Product Strategy & Architecture: Collaborated on the UX evolution following a $3B merger, leading the design vision for the platform’s "front door" (Home) to support multiple health and wellbeing SKUs; maintained high-altitude architectural oversight to ensure visual and structural consistency across the desktop and mobile ecosystem. * AI Branding & Strategic Alignment: Partnered with a select leadership group to lead the design of the PercyIQ and Transform branding; secured sign-off from the ELT and collaborated with Marketing to deliver final assets and vision for commercial launch. * PercyIQ & Discovery Strategy: Directed the end-to-end "Discovery" journey (Catalog, Smart Recs, and Navigation) by aligning with PM, Engineering, and Content teams to modernize product taxonomy; led early-stage AI explorations to define the UX roadmap for PercyIQ designs and craft the interaction patterns that would drive future user outcomes and trust. * Systemic Scalability: Supported the early evolution of the Groove design system to maintain WCAG 2.1 AA compliance and collaborated with UX leadership around two major product rebrands; refined core design foundations to allow for future product flexibility and patterns for AI-assisted user journeys. ### Senior UX Designer @ Personify Health Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 ### UX Designer II (QuickSight) @ Amazon Web Services Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | Seattle, WA Led the end-to-end mobile design strategy for Amazon QuickSight (Business Intelligence), translating complex desktop data visualization tools into a responsive, native mobile experience (iOS & Android). * 0 to 1 Launch: Designed and shipped the foundational architecture for the QuickSight mobile app, enabling enterprise users to access secure dashboards on the go. * Visual Systems: Standardized the visual language for data reporting on mobile (charts, graphs, KPIs) to ensure readability and accessibility across varying device sizes. * Feature Scaling: Expanded the product ecosystem by designing key retention features, including Favorites, Sheet Tabs, and Onboarding and Educating. ### UX Designer II (WorkLink) @ Amazon Web Services Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 Primary designer for the initial work of Amazon WorkLink, a secure mobile access solution for enterprise employees. * Prototyping & Validation: Created high-fidelity prototypes and wireframes to validate workflows, balancing strict enterprise compliance with consumer-grade usability. * Cross-Platform Parity: collaborated with engineering to ensure seamless feature parity between Android and iOS implementations in early building phases. ### UX Designer II (WorkDocs) @ Amazon Web Services Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 UX partner for the AWS Productivity suite (WorkDocs, Chime, WorkMail). * Rebranding & Unification: Collaborated with visual design leadership to execute a holistic rebrand of Amazon WorkDocs, unifying the experience across desktop, web, and mobile endpoints. * Visual Alignment & Shared Language: Partnered across product teams to ensure visual consistency and component alignment between WorkDocs, Chime, and WorkMail, creating a cohesive "Productivity Suite" identity within the AWS ecosystem. *Experience Retooling & Standards: Owned extensive UX retooling to modernize legacy patterns, ensuring all product components aligned with industry standards, global localization needs, and WCAG accessibility guidelines. ### Interaction Designer II (Windows Maps App) @ Microsoft Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Redmond, WA Responsive Map Canvas Design: Designed adaptive UI components and map interactions that scaled across the Windows 10 ecosystem, ensuring a seamless experience between touch and mouse input. POI & Micro-interactions: Owned the interaction logic and visual states for Points of Interest (POIs), focusing on high-detail micro-interactions that enhanced discoverability on the map canvas. Dynamic Color Architecture: Managed complex color logic for user-defined system colors applied to the app, ensuring POI remained distinct from system-defined indicators (traffic, construction, landmarks) while maintaining accessibility across High Contrast modes and system-wide UI changes. Design Collaboration: Partnered with the Drive Mode lead to define core map interactions, color systems, and contrast ratios for navigation overlays to ensure visual harmony. Prototyping: Developed HTML-based interaction prototypes of the full Windows Maps App to validate user journey, interaction design concepts, and multi-level UX patterns. ### User Experience Designer (Office Content Publishing) @ Microsoft Jan 2012 – Jan 2015 | Redmond, Washington Visual and interaction designer for the Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) and TechNet properties. * Technical Information Design: Designed complex technical diagrams and visual assets for TechNet and IT Pro documentation, translating intricate system architectures into clear, digestible visual guides. * Brand Evolution: Collaborated on the visual update of Microsoft’s technical library, leveraging and evolving the icon library to reflect the modern brand identity across all help and support platforms. * Motion Design Strategy: Led early explorations for motion design direction for animated new user onboarding. This vision was leveraged to guide agency partners in executing a consistent visual experience across Word, PowerPoint, and Excel on a new generation of touch tablets. * Standardized Visual Language: Partnered with content teams to ensure visual consistency across global documentation, ensuring that technical diagrams met strict brand and legibility standards for a professional audience. ### Web Designer & Graphic Designer @ CKA Creative Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 | Seattle, WA Full-stack designer responsible for the end-to-end lifecycle of digital client projects, from brand strategy to frontend implementation. * End-to-End Delivery: Managed client relationships and executed design deliverables for web and branding initiatives. * Frontend Development: Hand-coded responsive websites using HTML, CSS, and WordPress, ensuring cross-browser compatibility and SEO optimization. ## Education ### BFA in Visual Communications in Graphic Design, Multimedia Northwest College of Art & Design Jan 2007 – Jan 2010 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/ryangrantier - Portfolio: http://www.ryangrantier.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/ryangrantier JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/ryangrantier/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-30