🔆 Available in Austin, TX / remote / relocation
// view résumé // holler at me
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Recent industries + platforms
Much of my work has been client-confidential, but here’s an idea of the types of verticals and platforms I’ve designed for:
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Case studies
8+ years of professional product design & service design for corporations and startups
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Side quests
More professional work samples and presentations
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Horseplay
Independent projects for fun or personal growth
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Laurels
Awards, talks, and community engagement
2023 Designit lunch & learn guest speaker
2022 Practice Makes Design + Sustainability panelist
2022 Arrive Logistics Hackweek Grand Champion
2021 AT&T Design Technology Bar-Raiser Award
Austin Design Week design conference
2020 panel host — “Austin’s Transit Moonshot: The Making of Project Connect”
2019 volunteer — Sustainability Lead
2019 workshop facilitator — “Roads are for People: Designing Austin Trips with Less Car and More Happiness”
2018 speaker — “Put Your Money Where Your Heart Is: Empowering Values-Based Consumerism” (showcase for the “Buoy web app)
Austin Fast Start pitch competition
2019 finalist — “Saddle” multimodal app (pitch video) (about)
Fjord Equinox internal conference
2019 speaker — “Put Your Money Where Your Heart Is: Empowering Values-Based Consumerism” (showing the Buoy web app)
2017 speaker — “Uncurated: The Side Effects of Personalization”
Fjord Design Voices corporate blog
2018 article — “Wrangling chaos, leaning into tension: SXSW learnings and how they reflect Fjord Trends 2018”
2018 alternate & attendee — Destiny app
Startup: Drive hackathon
2016 runner-up — Destiny app
“His palpable enthusiasm for good UX is infectious. I’m truly a better engineer because of him.”
— Ava, Data Engineer
“Robert is a practical, action-oriented designer with abundant energy and optimism that he shares with the team.”
— Bret, Design Director
“He is a thoughtful, enthusiastic designer who makes objective cases for his design decisions and is always looking out for others in the studio.”
— Ansa, Design Dir. + manager
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Let’s talk
🔆 You’re in luck! I’m actively seeking full-time UX design work. I'm always interested in impactful design challenges, especially around civics, education, or environmental sustainability.