Robert Corrado
Verified Expert in Design
Product Designer
Toronto, ON, Canada
Toptal member since July 7, 2020
Robert is an insightful and detail-oriented product designer and educator with a bachelor of science in kinesiology. He specializes in design systems, interaction design, UX writing, and illustration. His input into the redesign of Canada Post's online shipping tool increased monthly revenue by (20%). At Autopilot, a company in Australia, Robert championed their first design system allowing the product and team to scale, positioning the company to add $20 million ARR in two years.
Portfolio
Canva: Responsive Landing Page
Illustrations and icons: A design System for Canada Post
Work Experience
Product Designer
Autopilot HQ
- Designed a responsive SaaS app that helps over 3,000 businesses create complex automated marketing strategies.
- Created and championed Autopilot's first design system, allowing the product and team to scale, positioning the company to add $20 million ARR over the next two years.
- Facilitated user interviews, usability testing, design critiques, and stakeholder workshops.
- Created UX writing guidelines and component documentation to allow our design team to scale and work efficiently.
- Worked closely with a team of developers to hand-off, test, and refine components, creating a scalable React framework.
Instructor, UX/UI Design
BrainStation
- Guided students through the fundamentals of user research, sketching, wireframing, and prototyping. Assisted them with their projects throughout this ten-week program.
- Supported the lead educator by teaching portions of the curriculum: Sketch fundamentals, typography, sketching, iconography, and illustration.
- Mentored four cohorts of UX designers, delivered two talks, and helped conduct two UX design workshops.
- Assisted in the management of BrainStation's Slack community by posting resources, giving feedback on students' work, and facilitating class discussions.
- Coordinated Tech Tours—presentations at various nearby tech companies—to help prepare students for the industry post-graduation.
Product Designer
Canada Post
- Acted as lead product designer on an agile team redesigning SnapShip, Canada Post's online shipping tool. Increased monthly revenue by $300,000 (20%) by addressing key user pain points.
- Collaborated with a team of 50+ designers, developers, product managers, and stakeholders to create Canada Post's first design system and launch their updated website and suite of digital tools.
- Created illustration and iconography guidelines and a library of 200+ assets, improving content quality and brand professionalism across all digital and print channels.
- Collaborated with the UX research team to conduct user interviews and usability testing on various projects to validate and improve designs.
- Ensured WCAG (web accessibility) compliance throughout our team's process and within Canada Post's design system.
Education
Bachelor of Science Degree in Kinesiology
York University - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Certifications
UX Design Immersive
BrainStation
UI Design
BrainStation
Skills
Tools
Sketch, InVision, Adobe Illustrator, Procreate, Jira, Confluence
Languages
HTML, CSS
Platforms
Figma, Axure, Visual Studio Code (VS Code)
Other
Product Design, Interaction Design (IxD), UI Design, Illustration, Writing & Editing, Visual Design, Design Systems, Icon Design, UX Design, UX Research, Abstracts, Mobile UI, Responsive Design, Landing Pages, Content Strategy, React, Shopify API, eCommerce UX, Accessibility, Mobile UX, User Research, Usability Testing, Onboarding, Business Analysis, User Flows, User Interviews, Agile UX, Scrum, Stakeholder Interviews, Responsive Layout, Sprint Planning, Stakeholder Engagement, Content, Web Accessibility, Responsive UI, Branding, Icon Sets, Logo Design, Data Analytics
Experience
- Writing & Editing - 8 years
- UI Design - 4 years
- Illustration - 4 years
- Visual Design - 4 years
- Icon Design - 4 years
- Interaction Design (IxD) - 4 years
- Product Design - 4 years
- Design Systems - 4 years
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