Ryan Johnson
Founding Designer at Ideogram
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolRyan Johnson is a product designer with 11 years of experience building AI-native products and creative tools, currently a Founding Designer at Ideogram after shaping AI design at You.com. He has led design teams at Dribbble and Kickstarter and held senior roles across consumer and enterprise experiences, blending product strategy with hands-on interface craft. Based in Ottawa, he pairs a background in front-end development and brand design with deep expertise in productizing creative workflows. Ryan’s career shows a pattern of moving from technical implementation to leadership, often joining companies at pivotal growth stages. He’s especially fluent in translating AI capabilities into intuitive user experiences—a skill sharpened by consecutive roles focused on AI-driven products. Unusually for a designer at his level, he maintains a strong developer sensibility from early freelance web development through full-stack work at Canvaspop.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelors Degree Information Technology & Multimedia Design, Bachelors Degree Information Technology & Multimedia Design at Algonquin CollegeBachelor of Information Technology and Multimedia Design, Bachelor of Information Technology and Multimedia Design at Carleton University
Github Skills (4)
sketch-plugin10
sketch10
cocoascript10
plugin10
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
ryanjohnson-me/Sketch-Artboard-Navigator
Mar 2017 - Mar 2018
Contributions:13 commits, 12 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year
ryanjohnson-me/Sketch-Copy-Paste-Shadows
Dec 2015 - May 2018
Copy & paste only shadow styles from layers without others styles getting in the way.
Contributions:24 commits, 2 PRs, 22 pushes in 2 years 5 months
sketch-pluginsketchdesignplugincocoascript
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