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River Romney

I build the layer other designers build on. Ten years in design systems, decision tooling, and compliance-heavy enterprise UX. The work is making the rules, states and edge cases software buries legible.

How I work

  1. Name the cost in dollars≈$390K drift, priced and funded
  2. Adoption is advocacy, not enforcement6 teams, no mandate
  3. Foundations first, nothing pausesshipped with zero regressions
  4. Measure the claim, publish the failure95% vs 70%, machine-scored

Currently strong in

Design SystemsB2B / Enterprise UXCompliance UXDecision ToolingFigmaResearchPrototypingCross-functional Leadership

Experience

Designer & Design Engineer
Independent
Started during a career break for family bereavement.
2025 – present
Principal UI/UX Designer, Design Systems
Capital One
2024 – 2025
Lead Product Designer, Design Systems · Product Owner
OpenTable
2023 – 2024
Senior Product Designer
OpenTable
2019 – 2023
Product Designer
EPIC!
2018 – 2019
Interaction Designer
ExpertVoice
2015 – 2018

Open to senior IC and staff roles, based in San Francisco. let's connect on LinkedIn.