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I’m a Senior Web & Product Designer focused on clean, accessible, dev-ready interfaces. I’ve shipped 2 global redesigns and 30+ sites, mentored 300+ designers with 5-star ratings, and created Color-Ramp.com to guarantee WCAG 2.2 AA/AAA ramps in OKLCH/HSL. I also co-created AspireMap.ai to guide students and career-changers toward careers that fit their profiles.…

Ricardo Zea

Product Designer, Web Designer, UX Designer, +3

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I’m a Senior Web & Product Designer focused on clean, accessible, dev-ready interfaces. I’ve shipped 2 global redesigns and 30+ sites, mentored 300+ designers with 5-star ratings, and created Color-Ramp.com to guarantee WCAG 2.2 AA/AAA ramps in OKLCH/HSL. I also co-created AspireMap.ai to guide students and career-changers toward careers that fit their profiles.…

Available to hire

United States

I’m a Senior Web & Product Designer focused on clean, accessible, dev-ready interfaces.

I’ve shipped 2 global redesigns and 30+ sites, mentored 300+ designers with 5-star ratings, and created Color-Ramp.com to guarantee WCAG 2.2 AA/AAA ramps in OKLCH/HSL.

I also co-created AspireMap.ai to guide students and career-changers toward careers that fit their profiles.

Skills

Experience Level

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

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Intermediate

Language

English

Fluent

Spanish; Castilian

Fluent

Work Experience

Technical Design Interviewer at Arc.dev

February 1, 2022 - November 14, 2025

Conducted 300+ structured interviews; produced calibrated hiring signals for product/design roles; delivered actionable feedback to candidates; improved re-interview pass-through by 15–20%; standardized interview rubric for consistency across 1–4 interviews per week.

Sr. Web /Product Designer at Node Source

December 1, 2020 - November 14, 2025

Led UX/UI for Node Source features and NodeSource.com redesign; standardized components and tokens to reduce design/dev rework by 25–30% and speed delivery by 20–25%; participated in weekly exec/PM/Eng reviews; used Zeplin for dev handoff, improving implementation pace by 25–35%.

Online HTML/CSS & Web Design Expert Mentor at Codementor

April 1, 2016 - November 14, 2025

Online HTML/CSS & Web Design Mentor with 5.0 (140+ reviews); 1:1 mentoring covering HTML/CSS, web design, accessibility, typography, color, career advice; coached 100+ mentees; typical outcomes include solving layout bugs in under 60 minutes; created repeatable snippets/patterns that cut mentees’ dev time by 20–30%.

Sr. UI/UX Designer at Willis Tower Watson

August 31, 2024 - August 31, 2024

Redesigned data-heavy screens (dashboards, tables, forms) to improve task completion by 15–25% and reduce errors by 10–20%; built modular components; reduced design handoff by 20–30% and front-end rework by 15–25%; presented iterations daily to stakeholders; accelerated approvals from multi-day to same-day.

Senior Web / Product Designer at Node Source

December 1, 2020 - November 14, 2025

Led UX/UI for N|Solid features and NodeSource.com redesign; standardized components and tokens to reduce design/dev rework by ~25–30% and speed delivery by ~20–25%; led weekly executive/PM/Eng reviews; used Zeplin for handoff; improved implementation pace by ~25–35%.

Online HTML/CSS & Web Design Mentor at Codementor

April 1, 2016 - November 14, 2025

Online HTML/CSS & Web Design Mentor; 5.0 (140+ reviews); 1:1 mentoring; topics include HTML/CSS, web design, accessibility, typography, color, responsive design; coached 100+ mentees; typical outcomes include solving layout bugs in under 60 minutes and building repeatable snippets that cut mentees’ dev time by 20–30%.

Sr. Web / Product Designer at Node Source

December 1, 2020 - November 14, 2025

Led UX/UI for N|Solid features and NodeSource.com redesign; standardized components/tokens to reduce design/dev rework ~25–30% and speed delivery ~20–25%; weekly executive/PM/Eng reviews; better and more solid decisions and ~30% fewer late-cycle changes; used Zeplin for dev handoff, improving implementation pace by ~25–35%.

Senior UI/UX Designer at Willis Towers Watson

August 31, 2024 - August 31, 2024

Redesigned endpoint data-heavy screens (tables/dashboards/forms) to lift task completion ~15–25% and cut form errors ~10–20%; built modular components; reduced design handoff ~20–30% and front-end rework ~15–25%; presented iterations daily to stakeholders; accelerated approvals from multi-day to same-day for critical tasks.