Ryan Snowden

Experience


I’ve worked in different roles in several countries throughout my career.


Most recently at a B2B SaaS startup, taking it to commercialisation. This gig let me use my full skillset and required a high level understanding of ML, CV, HCD, HCI, product strategy and service analysis.

Chief Design Officer/Principal Product Designer

Advanced Health Intelligence – Perth, AU

Jun 2017 – Sep 2023 (6 years 4 months)


Roles: Product manager, product owner, product designer, consultant, UX/UI designer, video editor/director/producer, web designer/developer, user researcher, customer success, product training, documentation, graphic designer (digital, print), researcher, marketing & communication, business development – pre-sales.


My role(s) were intensely hands-on, blending responsibilities from Product Leadership and Management to UX/UI Design and Research, driving the end-to-end development of B2B SaaS products. This involved leveraging strong business acumen to align product strategy with company VMOS and a technical foundation in AI/ML/CV.


Collaboratively, I worked with teams to ask critical questions, define approaches, and execute solutions by applying expertise in: strategic communication and research; information architecture; comprehensive user experience and interface design; impactful visual design; and aspects of front- and back-end web development. My direct contributions included everything from user journey mapping and persona creation to detailed UX/UI prototyping (Figma, React), maintaining a design system, producing editing/directing/producing video content, pre-sales, international travel to major events (CES) and investor roadshows.

Creative Director, UX/UI Designer, Project Lead

Glide Agency – Perth, AU

Mar 2016 – May 2017 (1 year 3 months)


  • → Led design projects for a variety of clients, encompassing graphic design, HTML5 banner ads, UX/UI design, and front-end development using Wordpress, Webflow, CraftCMS.
  • → Managed project timelines, budgets, and client communication, ensuring successful project delivery.

UX/UI Designer, Front-end Developer

Crush – Perth, AU

Oct 2015 – Mar 2016 (6 months)


  • → Designing, developing, and maintaining responsive websites, customer support, content strategy, proposals, QA, and animated banners.

UX/UI Designer, Front-end Developer

The Quote Company – Perth, AU

Apr 2015 – May 2015 (2 months)


  • → Designed and developed landing pages using WordPress and Sketch, conducting geo-based A/B testing to optimise performance.

UX/UI Designer, Front-end Developer

The West Australian - Perth, AU

Mar 2015 – Apr 2015 (2 months)


  • → Designed and developed an EDM portal for publications in the UK and Australian markets.

Managing Partner, CTO

Crystal Asia - Beijing, CN

May 2007 – Mar 2015 (7 years 11 months)


  • → Grew a startup to a successful business with 24 employees, overseeing all aspects of technology, operations, and product development of brochure websites in Wordpress and large scale CakePHP projects.
  • → Managed and trained a team of developers and designers, fostering a collaborative and high-performing work environment.
  • → Navigated complex business challenges in a dynamic international setting, demonstrating strong leadership and problem-solving skills.
  • → Created and managed sub-brand travel agency for foreigners and international schools in China (QuTravel, Red.travel) with 3 staff and booking agency.
  • → Acted as CTO, designer, developer, sales, trainer, support.

TVC Production Editor, TVC Director, Web Designer, Web Developer

Paul McCarthy Advertising – Sydney, AU

Mar 2005 – Mar 2007 (2 years 1 month)


  • → Created, edited, produced, and directed TV commercials.
  • → Designed and developed brochure and e-commerce websites using WordPress and Joomla for clients such as Harvey World Travel, Hawaiian Airlines, and Captain Cook Cruises.

TVC Production Editor, TVC Director, Web Designer, Web Developer

Advertising Advantage – Sydney, AU

Mar 2004 – Mar 2005 (1 year 1 month)


  • → Created and edited direct advertising TV commercials from stills and video.
  • → Designed and developed brochure and e-commerce websites using Joomla and custom platforms.

UX/UI Designer, Front-end developer, Game designer, Production editor

Warthog Games – Manchester, UK

Mar 2002 – Mar 2004 (2 years 1 month)


  • → Held a multi-faceted role supporting marketing and game teams encompassing web design and development, game design, and capturing and editing game footage for E3 and other promotional events.
  • → Head of the social club.

Network/Security Consultant, ASP Developer

Logicom Ltd – Stevenage, UK

Structural Draftsperson, System Administrator, IT Support

Steelplan Australia – Perth, AU

Jan 1996 – Jan 2001 (5 years 1 month)


  • → Studied structural engineering part time while working on high-rise & mining structures with AutoCAD.
  • → Other responsibilities included document management and issuing prints to partner firms.
  • Shifted careers to Windows NT, Network & System administrator with Cisco and Novell.

Education

  • Graduate Certificate of Change Management | Victoria University | 2024-2025

Skills

  • Product & Organisational Strategy: Product vision & roadmap, stakeholder management, market analysis, competitive analysis, business process improvement, change management, organisational design.
  • Product Design & Development: User-centred design, interaction design, service design, prototyping, user research, agile methodologies.
  • Leadership & Communication: Team leadership, cross-functional collaboration, communication, problem-solving, decision-making.

Critical thinking, UX/UI Design, Product strategy, Service design, Product design, Interaction design, Product discovery, Design thinking, Problem solving, User personas, User research & testing, User journey maps, Journey maps, Prototyping, Design systems, Emerging technology, HCI, HCD

Stack

  • Software: Figma, Sketch, Dovetail, Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Final Cut Pro, Terminal, Sublime Text, VSC, NeoVim, CraftCMS, Wordpress, Webflow
  • AI related: Research and AI Agents with Gemini advanced, Gemini studio, Perplexity, ChatGPT
  • Code: JavaScript, TypeScript (basic), Python (basic), PHP, HTML, CSS

Figma, Apple HIG, Material 3, Dovetail, ProtoPie, HL7 FHIR, Open Health Stack, ClickUp, Notion, LLM's (efficiency), Adobe Creative Suite, Affinity, Pixelmator Pro, Sublimetext, Visual Studio Code, Office365, MS Teams, Zoom, Flutter, FlutterFlow, Final Cut Pro, After Effects, Webflow, JS, PHP, Github, Terminal