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Rick James Chatas

Lead UX Designer at PayPal

Reno, Nevada

Overview 

Rick James Chatas is a highly experienced designer with a background in leading UX design at PayPal and serving as the Design Systems Lead at Medium. He has also founded FriendFund and worked with companies like Stash and Plaid on product design and design systems. With a Bachelor of Science degree from The Art Institutes, Rick has excelled in creative direction and leadership roles, contributing to the development of innovative design solutions in various organizations, including PayPal and Medium.

Work Experience 

  • Lead UX Designer

    2024 - Current

  • Design Systems

    2023 - 2024

    Contract Design Systems work for Franklin Templeton on their Performance Analytics Tool.

Geniant LLC provides information technology consulting services. It offers technology strategy, enterprise architecture, application

  • Education Mentor

    2023 - 2023

    Mentor for Dan Mall's Scaling Design Systems course on Dribbble.

  • Teaching Assistant

    2022 - 2023

    Teaching Assistant for Molly Hellmuth's Design System Bootcamps on Maven.

Maven Car Sharing is a smart alternative to traditional car rental.

  • Angel Investor

    2021 - 2023

    Actively investing and learning along the way. How can I help?

  • Design Systems Lead

    2022 - 2023

Medium is a social publishing network that connects ideas and perspectives on topics that matter.

Raised $162,967,569.00 from Andreessen Horowitz, Spark Capital and Google Ventures.

  • Lead Product Designer, Design Systems

    2021 - 2022

Stash develops a personal finance application to combine banking, investing, and advice into one platform.

Raised $519,972,000.00 from T. Rowe Price, Union Square Ventures and Goodwater Capital.

  • Design Systems

    2019 - 2021

  • Production Designer (Freelance)

    2019 - 2019

Plaid provides companies with the tools and access needed for the development of a digitally-enabled financial system.

Raised $734,300,000.00 from Bedrock, American Express Ventures, J.P. Morgan Growth Equity Partners, New Enterprise Associates, Silver Lake, Kleiner Perkins, Thrive Capital, Raed Malek, Index Ventures and Spark Capital.

  • Founder

    2017 - 2019

    Created and designed a new way to save up for group travel with your friends. Now available for iOS and Android.

FriendFund is the go-to savings and planning app for group travel, offering curated vacation packages and group discounts.

  • Freelance Designer

    2018 - 2018

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