Philip Rugamba

Product Designer

I fell in love with design practice in Architecture school, drawn to its perfect blend of creativity, logic and anthropology. My journey began in Uganda, where I digitized mobile games as a UI designer – watching our first title hit 1M downloads confirmed I'd found my calling.

This led me to lead design at Panya and Sellio, two ad tech startups where I experienced both the trials and triumphs of startup life. Wearing multiple hats taught me more than just design – it shaped my understanding of teams, business, and leadership.

When I'm not designing, you'll find me perfecting the same soup recipe I've been working on for years. Like good design, great soup is all about iteration!

Services

Design AI

Lead Product Designer

May 2024

Established initial design system and core user experience for a novel 2D-to-3D AI conversion platform, launched with first design partner. Architected key VisionOS interaction patterns for room scanning and object recognition, enabling intuitive 3D model creation.

Liquidity Services

Graduate Intern Designer

July 2023

Designed and validated a new ecommerce platform for nonprofit vehicle donations, uncovering $410M market opportunity. Conducted 50+ stakeholder interviews and analyzed data from 1M+ nonprofits using Python to inform product strategy and ux decisions.

PiCortex

Lead UI/UX Designer

Jun 2020

Led design strategy and built a 100+ component design system that cut development time by 50%+. Launched 5 validated MVPs by introducing Design Thinking as core process and scaled product from 5 to 200+ enterprise customers.

Sellio

Founding Designer

Feb 2016

As founding designer, shaped product vision through research with 140+ small businesses, leading to a chatbot-driven solution. Designed and launched user onboarding that scaled to 5,000+ businesses and drove $500K+ revenue through data-informed UX improvements.

Design AI

May 2024

Established initial design system and core user experience for a novel 2D-to-3D AI conversion platform, launched with first design partner. Architected key VisionOS interaction patterns for room scanning and object recognition, enabling intuitive 3D model creation.

Liquidity Services

July 2023

Designed and validated a new ecommerce platform for nonprofit vehicle donations, uncovering $410M market opportunity. Conducted 50+ stakeholder interviews and analyzed data from 1M+ nonprofits using Python to inform product strategy and ux decisions.

PiCortex

Jun 2020

Led design strategy and built a 100+ component design system that cut development time by 50%+. Launched 5 validated MVPs by introducing Design Thinking as core process and scaled product from 5 to 200+ enterprise customers.

Sellio

Feb 2016

As founding designer, shaped product vision through research with 140+ small businesses, leading to a chatbot-driven solution. Designed and launched user onboarding that scaled to 5,000+ businesses and drove $500K+ revenue through data-informed UX improvements.

Design AI

Lead Product Designer

May 2024

Established initial design system and core user experience for a novel 2D-to-3D AI conversion platform, launched with first design partner. Architected key VisionOS interaction patterns for room scanning and object recognition, enabling intuitive 3D model creation.

Liquidity Services

Graduate Intern Designer

July 2023

Designed and validated a new ecommerce platform for nonprofit vehicle donations, uncovering $410M market opportunity. Conducted 50+ stakeholder interviews and analyzed data from 1M+ nonprofits using Python to inform product strategy and ux decisions.

PiCortex

Lead UI/UX Designer

Jun 2020

Led design strategy and built a 100+ component design system that cut development time by 50%+. Launched 5 validated MVPs by introducing Design Thinking as core process and scaled product from 5 to 200+ enterprise customers.

Sellio

Founding Designer

Feb 2016

As founding designer, shaped product vision through research with 140+ small businesses, leading to a chatbot-driven solution. Designed and launched user onboarding that scaled to 5,000+ businesses and drove $500K+ revenue through data-informed UX improvements.

Education

University of Notre Dame

MS. Engineering, Science, and Technology Entreprenuership

2023 - 2024

University of Notre Dame

MS. Engineering, Science, and Technology Entreprenuership

2023 - 2024

University of Notre Dame

MS. Engineering, Science, and Technology Entreprenuership

2023 - 2024

Uganda Martyrs University

Architecture

2011 - 2015

Uganda Martyrs University

Architecture

2011 - 2015

Uganda Martyrs University

Architecture

2011 - 2015

Got questions?

I’m always excited to collaborate on innovative and exciting projects!

E-mail

rugambaphilip@gmail.com

Got questions?

I’m always excited to collaborate on innovative and exciting projects!

E-mail

rugambaphilip@gmail.com

Got questions?

I’m always excited to collaborate on innovative and exciting projects!

E-mail

rugambaphilip@gmail.com

©2024 Philip Rugamba

©2024 Philip Rugamba

©2024 Philip Rugamba