I'm Richard, a product designer who finds creative ways to turn giant messes into intuitive experiences.

I'm Richard, a product designer who finds creative ways to turn giant messes into intuitive experiences.

A BRIEF HISTORY

My design career in a nutshell

I was the first designer at a healthcare startup where I led the design of a patient scheduling platform used to keep 250,000 patients healthy, as well as a real-time hospital notification app used by over 3,000 physicians. As Senior UX Designer at an enterprise social healthtech company, I redesigned a referral platform used to connect 10 million people to food and essential services and designed a new internal tools platform that saved my co-workers hundreds of hours of work (and even made a cool promo video to go with it!)


My expertise lies in transforming complex workflows into intuitive, user-centered experiences. I'm passionate about knowledge sharing, mentoring and building up strong design cultures within organizations.


When I'm not designing, I enjoy cooking, paddleboarding, karaoke, and catching up to my friends in Pokémon Go.

WORK EXPERIENCE

WORK EXPERIENCE

All roads lead to design

My core ethos of crafting an excellent customer experience has guided me through several different careers.

2022 - 2025

Senior UX Designer @ Unite Us

2017 - 2022

UX Designer, Product Support Manager @ PBACO

2016 - 2017

Video Game Localization Specialist @ Kinsha

2014 - 2016

English Conversation Instructor @ NOVA

2012 - Present

Freelance Manga Translator @ YKS Services

©2025 Richard Akina

©2025 Richard Akina