Howdy, I'm Richard Tran
Creative process is designing with intention.
PRODUCT DESIGNER
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
GRAPHIC DESIGNER
MATCHA ENTHUSIAST
UX RESEARCHER
FOODIE
BRAND CREATOR
HUSKY OWNER
PROBLEM SOLVER
GAME CHANGER
PROFESSOR
About Me
I’ve been a creative kid for as long as I can remember. But as I grew up, I realized my real passion wasn't just making things look good—it was using my creative skills to actually help people. Because of that, my approach always keeps one thing at the center: the user.
That love for helping others is also what led me to become a professor. Mentorship has been an eye-opening experience for me; it’s given me a completely different avenue to guide people and share what I know, which feeds right back into how I collaborate with my design teams.
At my core, I think I just love facing complex problems and finding creative solutions. My career has been defined by a natural instinct to adapt to those challenges. I started in graphic design and creative direction, but I pivoted to Product Design because I wanted to push my design thinking further. I wanted to learn how to research, how to design with the user, and how to build solutions that evolve. In product, you realize that your work is only a temporary solution; as people change, the design needs to grow with them.
That same curiosity is what led me into the world of AI. I didn't want to fall behind, so I wanted to see how far I could push its capabilities. Today, I use AI to optimize my creative process—shifting away from static images to present near-live versions of my work with ease. Most importantly, it frees me up to do what matters most: taking a deeper dive into user research.
Currently, I’m bringing this adaptive, people-first mindset to my role as an Associate Product Designer at Red Ventures, where I’m always looking for the next complex puzzle to solve.