“Life is too short to build something nobody wants.”

—  Lean UX

Hey, I'm Rob, a lead product designer with 15 years experience designing digital products and services. I've worked with many different clients, from small startups to billion dollar businesses.

As a full-stack designer, I like to work accross every stage the product design life cycle, from initial research and discovery, to building prototypes and testing, to handing-off and delivering finished designs and components for build.

WHAT I DO
Design workshops

Run and facilitate in-person or online design workshops with senior stakeholders, subject matter experts and users to identify and understand problems.

Product Design

Wireframe, prototype and design user-centric products and services, as well as having significant experience building and maintaining design systems.

User Research

Conduct research using quantitative and qualitative methods to understand more about user behaviour and have experience collaborating with dedicated user research practitioners.

Design Leadership

Lead and mentor other designers, working with them to help improve their design and problem-solving skills, and mentoring them on industry best practices.

CASE STUDIES
Abcam
Improving product search for scientists
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Gumtree
Car valuation and selling tools
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First Rail
Checkout and payments on iOS app
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Lightful
Increasing engagement for a non-profit startup
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Hometree
Prototyping a business idea to raise investment
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The RSPB
Optimising a sign-up journey with testing
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CLIENTS
get in touch

If you would like to get in touch to discuss a project or even grab a coffee, you can send me an email on rob@robertsmith.co or connect with me on Linkedin. To see my full list of work experience and clients, you can download my C.V.