
Validity EngagePassword protected
Modular, on-demand fixes for an AI email QA platform
Ryan Magalhaes · Boston, MA
Senior product designer with 10+ years across product, brand and web. I lead 0-to-1 work on complex, technical products.
Side projects, mostly to learn a new tool by building with it.
A small browser game starring Sage, my one-ear-up island dog, who will chase a tennis ball until the sun goes down.
A working drum machine in the browser, modeled on classic hardware like the 808. I grew up playing drums.
A tool for logging design decisions as they happen and sharing them with a link. Since retired, but worth the lessons.
I'm a senior product designer with more than 10 years of experience, most of it spent making complicated things clear. Today that means 0-to-1 product work on an AI platform at Validity. Before that, I designed developer onboarding at Akoya and led brand and web projects at agencies.
That range is how I work. I can run the research, set up the design system, prototype in code, and design the identity and website that carry a product to market. Alongside full-time work, I still take on brand, web and product projects.
Unified website for a Napa Valley luxury resort
The Estate's hotels, spa and experiences lived on separate websites, so visitors couldn't see how they fit together. We brought them into one site and one brand.

The Estate is a 22-acre Napa Valley property with two hotels, a spa and wine country experiences, spread across separate websites. Stakeholder interviews, surveys and analytics showed visitors couldn't tell how Hotel Villagio, Vintage House, The Villa and The Estate connected: it felt like separate brands, not one destination. That shaped five priorities:
We started with mobile-first wireframes to test navigation and hierarchy, including the booking flow below. Moving between hotels had to feel easy.
Accommodations → Hotel Villagio → Room → Book Now

Note: The Estate has since updated its brand colors and marks.
A neutral gray base, with maroon for Hotel Villagio and lavender for Vintage House, gave each property its own identity. A serif brought elegance, a clean sans kept things clear, and photography-led layouts let Napa speak for itself.



The site launched as one brand on a scalable design system. For the first time, visitors could see how the hotels, spa and experiences connect.
Less than a year later, The Estate sold in what was reported as the most expensive hotel transaction in Napa Valley history (December 2021). The redesign wasn't the reason, but it helped raise the brand's profile.