Product Designer

I design
products
people trust.

I turn complex systems into experiences people actually trust, from first click to daily habit.
9+ Years of
experience
8+ Products
shipped
5+ Industries
served
Epic MegaGrant recipient · Shipped to DoD · 4 design systems built
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Selected Work

Work that shows
how I think.

Each project is a real problem, a clear process, and a measurable outcome.

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Ricardo E Vargas
Ricardo E. Vargas New York City
About

Designing with intention.

Pratt-trained graphic designer and art director, postgrad in Information Experience Design. Epic MegaGrant recipient. Nine years across B2B and B2C SaaS, defense tech, and XR — with a strong opinion about type and a gouache habit on the side.

I do my best work where the problem isn't fully defined yet — partnering with founders and engineers to shape vision, build systems, and ship things that hold up. Fast environments, high ambiguity, real stakes.

Design

  • Product & UX Design
  • Design Systems
  • Interaction Design
  • Visual Design
  • Product Motion Design
  • Prototyping with Cursor and Claude code

Tools

  • Figma / MPC
  • Claude Code
  • Cursor
  • Webflow
  • Adobe Cloud
  • Jitter Video/Canva

Domain

  • B2B & B2C SaaS
  • Data Heavy Workflows
  • Design Ops

Awards

  • Epic Games MegaGrant
  • Rosenfeld Media Advancing Research Scholarship
  • Pratt Institute Circle Award
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How I Work

Built on curiosity.

01

Discover

I start by listening — to users, stakeholders, and data. Good design begins with the right questions, not assumptions.

02

Define

Research becomes direction. I map journeys, identify friction, and frame the real problem worth solving.

03

Design

From rough sketches to polished prototypes, I iterate fast and stay close to feedback throughout.

04

Deliver

Handoff is a checkpoint, not a finish line. I stay close to engineering to make sure intent survives implementation.

Let's build
something great.