Chris Aalid
Verified Expert in Design
Designer
Seattle, WA, United States
Toptal member since March 22, 2022
Chris is a product designer with five years of experience and expertise in UX strategy, research, and design; interaction design (IxD); high-fidelity design and prototyping; animation; and usability testing. He has designed world-class digital products for Trek Bikes, including eCommerce platforms, iOS and Android apps, IoT products, digital-retail hybrid experiences, and two-sided marketplaces. Chris excels at solving complex B2C, B2B, and enterprise problems with groundbreaking design.
Experience
- UI Design - 5 years
- Prototyping - 5 years
- UX Design - 5 years
- UX Strategy - 5 years
- Design Systems - 4 years
- Figma - 3 years
- User Research - 3 years
- Usability Testing - 3 years
Portfolio
Consumer Subscription Insurance Web Experience
Trek Digital Fit Station
Work Experience
Senior Product Designer
Apartment List
- Designed for the core logged-in renter experience on web, mobile web, iOS, and Android to help three million renters a year search for homes to rent.
- Revamped the login experience across iOS and Android to make it friction-free for users to log in and resume their apartment searches across devices.
- Grew key revenue metrics by 8% by shipping iterative experiments that drove higher contacting behavior from renters to leasing agents.
Digital Product Designer
Trek Bicycle
- Designed world-class digital products at Trek, a $3 billion+ outdoor brand represented in 90+ countries, including eCommerce, iOS and Android, and IoT devices.
- Launched Pedal, a design system that unites design tokens, components, and patterns between design and engineering across iOS, Android, web, mobile web, and IoT devices.
- Led the design strategy for Trek's core eCommerce experience to increase key consumer shopping metrics, driving $1 billion+ in annual revenue.
- Led the transition from Sketch to Figma for seven team members, including rebuilding Trek's design system in Figma.
- Designed and launched flexible fulfillment, allowing Trek's customers to order online and choose home shipping, delivery windows, or brick-and-mortar pickup.
UI/UX Designer
CUNA
- Designed end-to-end user experiences in the financial sector.
- Designed an eCommerce and event platform, driving $60 million in sales.
- Designed and online learning platform used by 300,000+ monthly.
Skills
Tools
Framer Prototyping, Usertesting.com, InVision App, Sketch, InVision, Framer X, Principle, Adobe Photoshop, ProtoPie, Adobe After Effects, Axure RP Pro, Google Analytics, Hotjar, Flinto, Google Optimize, Origami
Platforms
Figma, iOS, Axure, Mobile, Android
Languages
CSS, HTML, JavaScript, TypeScript
Other
User Testing, Web UX, UX Design, Prototyping, Research, UX Research, Qualitative Research, Remote Usability Testing, Mobile Mockups, Mockups, UX Flows, High-fidelity Prototypes, Personas, User Personas, Interaction Design (IxD), Remote User Testing, UX Strategy, Rapid Prototyping, Customer Journey, Customer Research, User Interviews, Customer Interviews, Usability Testing, User Flows, User Needs, User Research, Validated User Research, A/B Testing, High-fidelity Mockups, UI Design, Web UI Design, Mobile UI Design, Wireframing, UX Wireflows, Web Design, Design Systems, User Experience (UX), User Interface (UI), Responsive Design, Quantitative Analysis, Web Analytics, App UX, Quantitative Research, Ethnographic Interviews, Motion Interaction, Guerilla Usability Testing, Quantitative User Research, ClickTale, VWO, Multivariate Testing, iOS UI Design, iOS App Design, eCommerce UX, eCommerce UI, Optimal Workshop, Unmoderated Remote Usability Testing, Framer, eCommerce, UX Principles, React, UI Motion, Mobile App Design, Product Thinking, Product Strategy, Visual Design, Product Design
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