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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.
Brand and website for a residential community in Everett, MA
A brand and website that sold renters on Everett, a city known for its casino and scrapyards, as a home for Boston's modern adventurers.

Post Road Residential was building an amenity-rich community just outside Boston, and needed renters to see Everett as more than an afterthought. Instead of sidestepping its reputation, we leaned into its history: early pioneers settled the area, so The Pioneer became an invitation to explore.
The launch brochure, a travel journal inspired by LIFE and National Geographic, won a Hatch Merit Award for Company Literature.





The website carried the same editorial energy, guiding visitors through The Pioneer's spaces like an illustrated field journal. It won a Hatch Award for Digital Design.



The brand took Everett from overlooked to aspirational, helping Post Road attract renters who might never have considered it.

