I am a design systems oriented product designer with 15 years of experience, passionate about collaborative approaches, building teams, and uplifting others in their development while pushing my own design acumen. Throughout my career I have led cross-functional design efforts, defined design tokens and UI core components, mentored junior designers, and championed accessibility and scalable design systems across product teams.

Todd R. Lewis

I am a design systems oriented product designer with 15 years of experience, passionate about collaborative approaches, building teams, and uplifting others in their development while pushing my own design acumen. Throughout my career I have led cross-functional design efforts, defined design tokens and UI core components, mentored junior designers, and championed accessibility and scalable design systems across product teams.

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I am a design systems oriented product designer with 15 years of experience, passionate about collaborative approaches, building teams, and uplifting others in their development while pushing my own design acumen.

Throughout my career I have led cross-functional design efforts, defined design tokens and UI core components, mentored junior designers, and championed accessibility and scalable design systems across product teams.

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Work Experience

Staff Product Designer - Design Systems Lead at Ridgeline
April 1, 2023 - Present
Lead across-functional team of designers, engineers, and PMs; maintain and advance the core component library; identify, build, test, and implement AI tooling, processes, and workflows into the design system; connect with product teams and conduct research testing to establish a road map for the design system; design, build, and maintain a documentation site and content for the site; directly supporting UI Frameworks and Experience teams to maintain and build the UI core components; define, build, and maintain design tokens for designers and engineers; mentor and educate junior designers on design systems, UX/UI design, token methodology, and accessibility; facilitate design reviews and sign-off; create design guideline templates for AI tooling and agent coding for design prototypes, and documentation; define guidelines and best practices across multiple ecosystems; create, maintain, and evolve design system components and patterns; foster collaboration across the complete product spac
Staff Product Design - Design Systems Lead at Ridgeline
April 1, 2023 - Present
Design Lead for a cross-functional team of designers, engineers, and PMs. Maintains and advances the core component library; identifies, builds, tests, and implements AI tooling, processes, and workflows into the design system; connects with product teams, conducts research testing to establish roadmaps; designs, builds, and maintains a documentation site; directly supporting UI Frameworks and Experience teams; defines design tokens and onboarding processes; mentors junior and mid-level designers; facilitates design reviews and sign-off; evangelizes the design system to executives.
Senior Staff / Design Systems Lead at Reva Technology
April 1, 2020 - June 1, 2021
Led design systems strategy and implementation, aligning UI components, tokens, and workflows with product roadmaps; partnered with engineering and product teams to drive scalable, accessible design decisions across applications; mentored designers and contributed to cross-functional design reviews and governance.
Senior Experience Designer, VP - Experience at Wells Fargo
August 1, 2015 - April 1, 2020
Directed experience design for complex enterprise platforms; led cross-functional teams including designers, researchers, and engineers; produced UX strategy, design documentation, and validation through usability testing; improved user adoption and satisfaction across product lines.
Senior Experience Designer, VP - Team Member Experience at Wells Fargo
August 1, 2015 - April 1, 2020
Directed experience design efforts for enterprise-scale programs focused on employee experience, driving cohesive UX across multiple platforms; collaborated with product, engineering, and research teams to optimize journeys and deliver value to internal users.
Lead Visual Designer at Moody's Analytics
October 1, 2014 - July 1, 2015
Led visual design efforts, shaping branding and visual systems for analytics products; partnered with product teams to translate complex data into accessible, visually compelling interfaces.
Founding Designer / VP of Design Operations at Cole Print & Marketing
October 1, 2011 - September 1, 2014
Founded and led design operations, establishing processes, design systems, and scalable workflows; built a design team and aligned design output with business objectives.
Freelance Visual Designer at Self Employed
January 1, 2006 - December 31, 2011
Provided visual design and graphic services to a diverse client base, delivering branding and collateral across multiple industries.
Freelance Visual Design & Graphic Artist at Self Employed
January 1, 2006 - December 31, 2011
Provided visual design and graphic services across a range of clients, delivering branding, print, and digital assets with a focus on clarity and impact.

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Software & Internet, Professional Services, Financial Services, Media & Entertainment