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Hello,

I am Ryan O. Hicks
a UX/UI designer and photographer.

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What can I do?

I am a UX designer with 13+ years of experience and photographer with 17+ years of experience. Bachelor’s degree from Purdue University in Computer Graphics Technology. I have designed for a variety of industries ranging from healthcare, human resources, mortgage industry, education, customer relationship management, marketing, SaaS, and retail. Worked in numerous environments from agile small startups, agencies, and large corporations, and have been a part of new product development teams.

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A little more about me...

I am originally from Monticello, Indiana a small town about an hour and a half north of Indianapolis. Grew up there for 19 years then moved to West Lafayette, Indiana to attend college at Purdue University. Lived there for 5 years while getting my Bachelor’s degree in Computer Graphics Technology with a core concentration in interactive and multimedia market. As well as a minor in Organizational Leadership and Supervision.

After graduating at Purdue I had the opportunity to move to Jacksonville, Florida with my Mom and Dad. Lived and worked in Jacksonville for six years and then moved to Denver, Colorado in Nov 2016—which is where I am currently enjoying life.

Proffesionaly I am UX designer with 13 plus years of experience and a photographer with 17 plus years of experience. I have a hunger for problem solving, and I am always on the lookout for creative challenges and exciting opportunities.

Outside of work I enjoy a wide range of activities and hobbies—  scuba diving, skydiving, health concious on various topics related to nutrition and exercise, kiteboarding, music, hiking, cyclying, paddleboarding, and a vast amount of other interests.

Selfie image of Ryan O. Hicks.

Press

  • 9/12/2008, Vector Hot Rod Line Art, Muse Art Gallery – Lafayette, Indiana
  • Feb./Mar. 2010, Published Fashion Photos in Helen Magazine
  • 5/23/2011, Published Author Photo, Sisyphus’s Joy by Michael Gilbert
  • 1/18/2012, Published Author Photo, Adieu: The Eternal Verity by Michael Gilbert
  • 1/27/2012, Published image on upper half 1/2 of book cover – Niceville by DuMont Buchverlag GmbH & Co. KG
  • 6/13/2012, Published Author Photo, Modern Happiness by Michael Gilbert
  • 10/31/2012, Published Image of Tim Tebow on TMZ.com

Certifications

  • 4/2012 – Present, NAUI Open Water Scuba Diver, Atlantic Pro Divers, Robert G. Bunkley, License hick022586ryasd
  • 9/2012 – Present, PADI Advanced Open Water Scuba Diver, Michael J. Thompson, License 12090E1379
  • 9/2012 – Present, PADI Enriched Air Scuba Diver, Michael J. Thompson, License 12090E1420
  • 9/2013 – Present, USPA A License, License A-68385
  • 9/2015 – Present, USPA B License, License B-42770

Organizations

  • 1/2013 – Present, The United States Parachute Association
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Website Colophon

This website is intended to be an area for me to publicize my ideas/writings, opinions, beliefs, and to showcase some of my selected works. All of my work is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License unless stated otherwise. If you plan to share any content found on this site you must credit me and link to the original source.

This website is hand coded by myself. It uses Zurb Foundation as the underlying front-end framework. I used Sass and Compass to author the css, and coded it with Sublime Text. It is typeset in Arimo and Source Sans Pro. Hosting is provided by Hostmonster, and I use Google Analytics to track my visitor statistics.