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Rick Butterworth
Rick Butterworth
Designer and Developer
Delivering highly executed front-end user experiences by paying close attention to the nuances of design, optimisation, and performance.
Founder/Co-Founder
  • Wakelet
  • RPB-Designs
  • SBS Resources
Media/Presentations
  • Ed3 Summit Session Presenter (2024)
  • Web 3 & the Evolution of EdTech (ISTE) (2023)
  • Digital Portfolios: The Future of CVs (ISTE) (2023)
  • Sketchnoting on Wakelet! Get Creative (2022)
  • SEE to Lead Podcast, House of EdTech Podcast (Episode 208) (2022)
Author
  • Today's Learners, Tomorrow's Leaders (2025)
Software
  • figma
  • xd
  • photoshop
  • illustrator
  • premiere
  • vscode
Tech
  • react
  • typescript
  • nextjs
  • tailwind
  • wordpress
  • github
  • html
  • css
Experience
wakeletSoftware Engineer2024 - present
  • Consolidated components used in the products core functionality
  • Improved feature consistency across the platform
  • Implemented improvements to onboarding process for new users
wakeletProduct Manager & Lead Product Designer - Mobile Apps2022 - 2024
  • Increased engineering productivity by over 15% by simplifying and restructuring the ticketing process
  • Identifying potential features and improvements to grow mobile app usage
  • Coordinating with all key stakeholders across the business
  • Manage engineering resource availability
  • Mobile app roadmap
wakeletHead of Product Design & UI Developer2018 - 2022
  • Implemented new design processes resulting in a 25% increase in team efficiency
  • Designed the mobile account setup to tailor content to the user's preferences resulting in a 40% for week 4 retention on both iOS and Android apps
  • Product managed and product designed mobile specific features, like draw, RSS feeds, and accessibility which increased iOS MAU by over 300% and Android MAU by over 700%
  • Introduced new features like templates, spaces, account set up, new collection layouts, and more, growing the MAU across all products from 500K to 6.1M from 2019 to 2022
  • Identified new opportunities and implemented into the company roadmap
  • Align and improve the company brand/design system across all products
  • Coordinated with key stakeholders in all departments
wakeletLead Product Designer & Web Developer2011 - 2018
  • Sole UX/UI designer for all products (web, mobile apps, and extensions)
  • Built the company's first design system for products
  • Identified product market fit within education and tailored all products for educators and students growing the MAU from 0 to 500K
  • Roadmap planning
  • Sole HTML & CSS developer
  • Coordination across the engineering and marketing team