Ryan Sims
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Ryan Sims

Design leader in Pittsburgh, PA, he/him/his

Always curious to learn more about design

4 years ago

About

Born and raised in the Midwest, I developed a fascination for design when I got my first computer and a copy of Photoshop as a high school graduation gift. For nearly two decades my appreciation for gradients and whitespace, layout and type has yielded products that are elegant yet approachable.

Writing

2013

On the improbable connections among the old-school MP3 player, Mandy Moore, and the hippest streaming music service.

Features

2020

As part of their series looking at in-house design teams, Design Week talks to the heads of art and design about harnessing the creativity of illustrators, graphic designers, and product designers.

Work Experience

2018 — Now
Pittsburgh, PA

Leading all groups in Design, including Product Design, Design Ops, Animation, Illustration, Content Design, Brand Design

2017 — 2018
San Francisco, CA

Formed the first group, Product Design, inside of Design; hired and managed all the product designers.

2015 — 2017
San Francisco, CA

Led emerging initiatives and projects for Creative Cloud.

2011 — 2015
San Francisco

Designed the first version or Rdio. Eventually ran the Design team and defined the visual strategy for product and product marketing.