I'M
RYAN MURPHY.
PRODUCT DESIGNER AT FACEBOOK
I'm a senior product designer driven by my passion to create beautiful, intuitive, and useful tools that empower and delight end users while meeting business goals and driving growth for businesses large and small.
I specialize in supporting products and services from conception to implementation. Representing design across a multidisciplinary team, I'm responsible for driving strategy, scoping, planning, and realizing the design vision while ensuring quality control over the end product. I currently drive product initiatives, tactical and strategic, for Consumer Integrations Platform at Facebook.​
MY APPROACH
Outline User Goals
After gaining empathy by walking in people's shoes, I work with my multi-disciplinary team to outline product goals to help in directing our design and product decisions.
Absorb + Learn
Before diving into a project, I take the time to understand people's needs by familiarizing myself with their pain points, current tools, usage patterns, and competitive landscape.
Sketch + Prototype
Once we've identified the people problems and jobs to be done statements, I will iterate in low fidelity to illustrate end to end flows which I build into prototypes to test with end users.
Share + Iterate
While partnering with research, I continuously iterate within low fidelity prototypes. We use the prototypes in user research to collect feedback which informs the next set of iterations. This process is repeated until we feel the design has been validated.
Scope + Define
I continue working with my product team to finalize the design strategy which I share the validated designs with leadership to ultimately land the minimum viable product while also working to establish the product roadmap.
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Build + Ship
Once we gain support from leadership, I work with engineering to hand off final design specs. From this point, I work with to address user and partner feedback coming from the test builds.
MY LATEST WORK
MY EXPERIENCE
2018-Present
Facebook News Feed
2017-2018
Skype
Senior Design Manager
Managing a small design team, I specialized in supporting products and services from conception to implementation. Representing design across a multidisciplinary team, I was responsible for driving strategy, scoping, planning, resourcing, and quality control. I supported Skype Integrations across Microsoft products as well as bringing 1st and 3rd party services and tools into Skype.
2012-2017
Outlook + Office 365
2010-2012
Windows Phone
UX Designer II
Joining the team after the fall of Microsoft KIN, I was placed on the Services Team to help extend the Windows Phone Ecosystem. During my time on the team, I helped launch Windowphone.com as well as delivered a number of companion experiences to the phone, i.e. Windows 8 companion and Windowphone.com Marketplace. Based on the work I did in web, I was given the opportunity to drive UX responsibilities for the App Marketplace across web and mobile, all while working with PM and Engineering to land the experience across all endpoints.
Senior UX Designer
When I first joined the team, my focus was to deliver Outlook Web Access 15. Since then, the team quadrupled in size and I found myself in many roles. Some of which include; Framework, Reading pane, Compose, Groups, Mobile app incubation, and People. My last assignment was to to deliver a coherent experience across People and Groups.
2008-2010
Microsoft KIN
2006-2008
MSN Entertainment
UX Designer
Contributed within a close knit design team creating web experiences for MSN Original Programing. I drove the user experiences for MSN Music, Road Trip Nation, and various film festivals to name a few. I also played a supporting role in contributing to other MSN Original programing; such as, Live Earth, 2008 Olympics, The Big Debate, etc.
UX Designer
Worked within a start up like culture, I collaborated within a small team to envision the product brand that would span across mobile ui, web services, marketing, and packaging. My primary focus was to translate the brand into ui while partnering with feature designers, motion designers, program managers, and engineers to insure the vision landed in the end product.
2003-2006
Core Innovation
2002-2003
Zango Creative
Designer
Worked a within a small design firm producing a variety of materials from print to web.
Senior Designer
Drove design into many newly acquired products while working for a team of venture capitalist investors. This gave me the opportunity to create all facets of the brands I worked with; to include, identity, packaging, print, web, and marketing.
Product Designer
Supporting products and services from conception to implementation. Representing design across a multidisciplinary team, I'm responsible for driving strategy, scoping, planning, and realizing the design vision while ensuring quality control over the end product. I currently drive product initiatives, tactical and strategic, for commenting and reacting to content on News Feed. My latest assignment has been leading design efforts for the Conversations and Feedback Team.
CONTACT
Thank you for visiting my site and showing interest in my work. I'd love to hear from you if you're interested in connecting. Please send me a message to connect.
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Tel: 1-206-234-9591
MY LATEST WORK
MY EXPERIENCE
2019-Present
Facebook Consumer Integrations Platform
Senior Product Designer
Leading efforts to evolve Facebook Login while creating new product offerings connecting Facebook services to third party apps and websites, bringing additional value to businesses and people.
2017-2018
Skype
Senior Design Manager
Managing a small design team, I specialized in supporting products and services from conception to implementation. Representing design across a multidisciplinary team, I was responsible for driving strategy, scoping, planning, resourcing, and quality control. I supported Skype Integrations across Microsoft products as well as bringing 1st and 3rd party services and tools into Skype.
2010-2012
Windows Phone
UX Designer II
Joining the team after the fall of Microsoft KIN, I was placed on the Services Team to help extend the Windows Phone Ecosystem. During my time on the team, I helped launch Windowphone.com as well as delivered a number of companion experiences to the phone, i.e. Windows 8 companion and Windowphone.com Marketplace. Based on the work I did in web, I was given the opportunity to drive UX responsibilities for the App Marketplace across web and mobile, all while working with PM and Engineering to land the experience across all endpoints.
2006-2008
MSN Entertainment
UX Designer
Contributed within a close knit design team creating web experiences for MSN Original Programing. I drove the user experiences for MSN Music, Road Trip Nation, and various film festivals to name a few. I also played a supporting role in contributing to other MSN Original programing; such as, Live Earth, 2008 Olympics, The Big Debate, etc.
2018-2019
Facebook News Feed
Senior Product Designer
Supporting products and services from conception to implementation. Representing design across a multidisciplinary team, I'm responsible for driving strategy, scoping, planning, and realizing the design vision while ensuring quality control over the end product. I currently drive product initiatives, tactical and strategic, for commenting and reacting to content on News Feed. My latest assignment has been leading design efforts for the Conversations and Feedback Team.
2012-2017
Outlook + Office 365
Senior UX Designer
When I first joined the team, my focus was to deliver Outlook Web Access 15. Since then, the team quadrupled in size and I found myself in many roles. Some of which include; Framework, Reading pane, Compose, Groups, Mobile app incubation, and People. My last assignment was to to deliver a coherent experience across People and Groups.
2008-2010
Microsoft KIN
UX Designer
Worked within a start up like culture, I collaborated within a small team to envision the product brand that would span across mobile ui, web services, marketing, and packaging. My primary focus was to translate the brand into ui while partnering with feature designers, motion designers, program managers, and engineers to insure the vision landed in the end product.
2003-2006
Core Innovation
Senior Designer
Drove design into many newly acquired products while working for a team of venture capitalist investors. This gave me the opportunity to create all facets of the brands I worked with; to include, identity, packaging, print, web, and marketing.
2002-2003
Zango Creative
Designer