RIO BUDIMAN
Senior Product Designer
Contact: 0415 645 680 | rioadityabudiman@gmail.com | riobudiman.com | github.com/riostudio | linkedin.com/in/riobud1man
Location: Melbourne, Victoria
Professional Summary
Over ten years designing web and mobile software, much of it for complex operations in regulated environments. I turn complex workflows and business requirements into user flows, prototypes and interfaces, working with product managers, BAs and engineers from discovery to delivery. Since April 2026 I have also been designing and building an AI documentation product for NDIS providers.
Core Strengths
- •Complex workflows: multi-role operational processes, user journeys, information architecture
- •UX and UI: user flows, wireframes, interactive prototypes, polished responsive interfaces
- •Facilitation: LUMA certified discovery sessions, design workshops and design reviews
- •Research: customer research, usability testing, analytics
- •Delivery: agile squads with PMs, BAs and engineers, making sure design intent ships
- •Design systems: component libraries, states and patterns
- •Regulated domains: designing within compliance and governance rules
Tools
- •Design: Figma, prototyping, design systems
- •Research: Usability testing, PostHog analytics
- •Collaboration: Jira, Confluence, Miro
- •Build: React Native, TypeScript, HTML, CSS
- •AI: Claude Code, Cursor, OpenCode, Qoder
Work Experience
Senior Product Designer (Founder)
Rio Studio | 2024 - Present
- •For Xephyr, designed internal tools for operations and reporting, turning operational requirements into workflows, prototypes and a design system
- •Founded Nueco in April 2026, an AI voice documentation product for NDIS providers, and own its research, design and build
- •Mapped how provider notes are captured, reviewed and used as evidence, and turned that into user flows, user roles and review steps
- •Prototype and build with AI coding agents, and use PostHog analytics to see how the product is used and inform design decisions
Product Designer (contract via Rio Studio)
Orbital8 | 09/2024 - 02/2025
- •Designed mobile features for iOS and Android in cross-functional squads, working with engineering leads through to release
Senior Product Designer
Kudosity | 12/2022 - 03/2024
- •Designed features end to end on a global SaaS platform, from problem framing and user flows to high-fidelity design and production
- •Extended the design system and component library, defining the states and patterns engineering built against
- •Worked with front-end engineers through implementation so design intent shipped as designed
- •Mentored other designers, and documented design workflows so quality held steady as the team grew
Product and Experience Designer
PlayHQ | 05/2020 - 11/2022
- •Designed operational tooling for a national sports platform used by thousands of league administrators
- •Mapped user flows and hand-offs across administrator, participant and organisation roles
- •Turned dense competition, participant and scheduling data into clear, usable dashboards
- •Ran discovery with product managers and engineers to shape the roadmap, then delivered it
Digital Experience Designer
Bupa | 02/2016 - 11/2019
- •Designed web and mobile experiences for members of a large regulated health insurer, simplifying compliance-heavy processes
- •Led customer research and usability testing that informed design decisions
- •Worked with product, engineering and compliance teams to deliver within operational and governance rules
Digital Designer
World Vision Australia | 01/2012 - 12/2015
- •Designed digital products and campaigns for a global nonprofit, building responsive websites in HTML, CSS and JavaScript
Education
LUMA Institute Certified Practitioner
Human-centred design methods and facilitation
Bachelor of Design (Multimedia Design)
Swinburne University of Technology