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I'm Ryan Fortune.
I have over 10 years experience building customer-facing web and mobile products, taking initiatives from concept to launch, and force multiplying design impact – creating experiences for millions while working for Reddit, Amazon, 3M, and a handful of startups.
Currently /Â Sr. Product Designer at Reddit
Not actively exploring new opportunies.
I'm currently at Reddit improving safety experiences.
"Ryan is the rare blend of both thoughtful and strategic mixed with a workhorse who can produce an impressive amount of quality work. His impact is exponential in his ability to drive his colleagues to match his level of work in all aspects."
Robert Quintero - Design Leadership at Amazon, 3M
“Ryan is a very thoughtful and user-focused design expert, and an amazing collaborator. He generated great designs quickly while taking the time to understand customers and collaborated with necessary stakeholders like product and engineering to gain buy-in.”
Daniel Hong - Sr. Product Manager at Amazon Games
“Ryan is relentless in his pursuit to deliver quality experiences and has the design and communication skills to fulfill his vision. His energy and drive for self-improvement are a constant source of inspiration to me as a leader.”
JTÂ Williams - Former Director of UXÂ Design at SportsEngine
“Ryan has been instrumental in creating a design review process that ensures we get eyes on each others' work and hold each other accountable for following our design patterns.”
Rachel "Rew" Wasilewski - Senior UXÂ Architect at Yardstik
"Ryan has upleveled the Safety team and its tooling by relentlessly pushing the work forward, reorienting toward a systems mindset. His comms are "top-notch", and wowed both product and UX leadership as a presenter across forums."
Holly Ulasovich – Design Manager at Reddit

So much can be uncovered by questioning assumptions and thinking differently.
I am a system-minded, self-starting, and meticulous problem solver with a (lite) development background. I have been driving impact as a people-first digital designer for over 10 years.
IÂ like to focus my energy in elevating product thinking and design cross-functionally, exploring workflows in Freehand (slowly embracing FigJam), and obsessing over pixels and prototypes in Figma to solve meaningful problems for people.
To dive deeper, view my resumé or hit me up on LinkedIn.
- Reddit
Sr. Product Designer
- Amazon Games
UXÂ Designer II - Amazon TRX
UXÂ Designer II
- 3M
Lead Product Designer
- SportsEngine
Product Designer
- Life Time, Inc.
Product Designer
- Storyworks1
Product Designer
- MentorMate
Front-end Web Development / Digital Marketing / SEO
