A few things I’ve helped ship
I’m Adrian —
Recent work
Time simplified
A redesigned experience built for Rippling Time Standalone—fast to start, easy to edit, and clear to approve. Designed to scale from SMB Time basics to cross-sell into Payroll and HRIS.
Lead designer
Aug → Dec 2025
Top of funnel expansion
Time AI Copilot
A framework that explains policies, creates/edits with live compliance checks, and answers “why” outcomes. Platform rollout in Q1 2026.
Lead designer & contributor
Concept Jun‘25 → Build Q4 25
Explain/Create/Edit/Check
Platform primitives
Clock in. Done.
Ground-up tablet redesign with big targets and badge/biometric auth. Designed for sub-3s clock-ins; launched July ’25 and unlocked a new revenue with a Hardware solution for our clients.
Lead designer
Launch Jul 29, 2025
New hardware SKU
One trip, all spend
Trip-linked expense reports that unite bookings with every expense. Patterns seeded Rippling’s new mobile component library leading to a ground-up app redesign.
Design contributor
Apr’23 → 2025
User tested
New mobile components
A few things I’ve helped ship
I’m Adrian —
I design clarity for complexity at scale. My background in urban design taught me to think in layers, relationships and human flow. I now apply that lens to digital products shaped by constraint, ambiguity and real-world use.
Recent work
Time simplified
A redesigned experience built for Rippling Time Standalone—fast to start, easy to edit, and clear to approve. Designed to scale from SMB Time basics to cross-sell into Payroll and HRIS.
Lead designer
Aug → Dec 2025
Top of funnel expansion
Time AI Copilot
A framework that explains policies, creates/edits with live compliance checks, and answers “why” outcomes. Platform rollout in Q1 2026.
Lead designer & contributor
Concept Jun‘25 → Build Q4 25
Explain/Create/Edit/Check
Platform primitives
Clock in. Done.
Ground-up tablet redesign with big targets and badge/biometric auth. Designed for sub-3s clock-ins; launched July ’25 and unlocked a new revenue with a Hardware solution for our clients.
Lead designer
Launch Jul 29, 2025
New hardware SKU
One trip, all spend
Trip-linked expense reports that unite bookings with every expense. Patterns seeded Rippling’s new mobile component library leading to a ground-up app redesign.
Design contributor
Apr’23 → 2025
User tested
New mobile components
Currently at Rippling, designing systems that keep time, finance, and people connected
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A few things I’ve helped ship
I’m Adrian —
Recent work
Time simplified
A redesigned experience built for Rippling Time Standalone—fast to start, easy to edit, and clear to approve. Designed to scale from SMB Time basics to cross-sell into Payroll and HRIS.
Lead designer
Aug → Dec 2025
Top of funnel expansion
Time AI Copilot
A framework that explains policies, creates/edits with live compliance checks, and answers “why” outcomes. Platform rollout in Q1 2026.
Lead designer & contributor
Concept Jun‘25 → Build Q4 25
Explain/Create/Edit/Check
Platform primitives
Clock in. Done.
Ground-up tablet redesign with big targets and badge/biometric auth. Designed for sub-3s clock-ins; launched July ’25 and unlocked a new revenue with a Hardware solution for our clients.
Lead designer
Launch Jul 29, 2025
New hardware product
One trip, all spend
Trip-linked expense reports that unite bookings with every expense. Patterns seeded Rippling’s new mobile component library leading to a ground-up app redesign.
Design contributor
Apr’23 → 2025
User tested
New mobile components