Trent Robertson
Verified Expert in Design
Designer
Dallas, TX, United States
Toptal member since September 30, 2025
Trent Robertson is an end-to-end product consultant who takes full ownership of your web app—from strategy to a polished, working, AI-built product. With an MBA and 11+ years of enterprise UX, he designs and builds it himself using Lovable, Claude, Codex, and Figma—concept to product in weeks, not quarters. For Microsoft (SaaS), Porsche (automotive), and Capital One (fintech), he's lifted bookings 30% and adoption 22%. He owns it end-to-end and ships a web app that moves your business.
Experience
- UX Design - 14 years
- UI Design - 14 years
- Research - 13 years
- Responsive Design - 13 years
- User Experience (UX) - 10 years
- Complex Prototyping - 6 years
- High-fidelity Wireframes - 6 years
- AI-enabled Applications - 4 years
Portfolio
Capital One Risk Management Platform
Work Experience
Microsoft Power BI Designer
Fiera Comox Partners Inc.
- Redesigned Fiera Comox's Power BI reporting suite, turning dense investment data into decision-ready visuals.
- Delivered a six-week project plan and client roadmap, aligning stakeholders on scope, sequence, and outcomes.
- Built a custom PM tool with secure client access, giving stakeholders real-time visibility into project status.
- Contributed to this project; due to NDA, I am providing a link to a similar project scrubbed of all client data: https://trentrobertson.com/work/kpi-dashboard (not the final deliverable to Microsoft, but fundamentally the same format and design).
Senior UX Designer (Contract)
Microsoft
- Redesigned Microsoft's SaaS DevOps Toolchain prototype experience with AI, driving a 22% lift in adoption across enterprise teams.
- Delivered prototypes and interaction flows, ensuring scalability and accessibility across enterprise use cases.
- Designed data interaction models and high-fidelity Power BI UI, improving visualization and decision-making.
Visual Designer
McAfee
- Optimized McAfee's in-app paywall and upgrade flows with contextual prompts, driving a $600,000 annual lift.
- Designed A/B and multivariate test variations that lifted conversion rates and informed product strategy.
- Created and iterated digital ads using data-driven insights, boosting engagement across subscription products.
Senior UX Designer
Arvest Bank
- Directed an enterprise onboarding redesign that saved $3.5 million and improved employee satisfaction by 15%.
- Led workshops, interviews, and surveys across teams to align onboarding solutions for 6,000 employees.
- Mapped 300+ teller software process flows and prototyped concepts to guide software replacement selection.
UX Designer & Researcher
Capital One Financial
- Led UX for the auto-lending risk platform to include AI toolset, turning an error-prone process into a clear decision workflow.
- Recognized by Capital One leadership for research strategy and usability testing that elevated the experience.
- Streamlined workflows and decisions through interviews, journey mapping, and service blueprinting in Figma.
UX Designer
Porsche
- Reimagined Porsche's global booking platform across iOS, Android, and web, reducing the process from 30 steps to 9, resulting in a 30% increase in bookings.
- Boosted satisfaction and booking conversion through in-depth domain research and UX best practices.
- Delivered a scalable design strategy that aligned loyalty programs across multiple Porsche domains.
Senior UX Designer
Johnson Controls
- Created the design system, vision, and strategy for VSOC, a machine-learning security operations platform.
- Shaped UX strategy and design direction through user research on UserTesting.com, lifting satisfaction.
- Built and user-tested high-fidelity prototypes that validated design direction with real users.
Manager of Product Design & Innovation
Ruby Red Frog Design Agency
- Delivered end-to-end web and mobile designs backed by user research, design systems, and motion graphics.
- Managed 35 clients, including Hotels.com, Sara Lee Deli, and King's Hawaiian, across eCommerce, SaaS, B2B, B2C.
- Produced motion graphics and marketing videos in After Effects and Premiere Pro for campaigns and storytelling.
Senior UX Designer
Verizon
- Identified an estimated $3 million in annual savings while modernizing Verizon's contracts management tool.
- Led the UX effort to modernize contracts management, simplifying complex workflows for enterprise users.
- Produced hundreds of wireframes, prototypes, and designs aligned with Verizon's design system.
Education
Master's Degree in Business Administration (MBA)
University of Dallas - Dallas, TX, USA
Bachelor's Degree in Advertising and Marketing
University of Texas - Austin, TX, US
Certifications
How to Elevate the User Experience of AI with Design Patterns
Interaction Design Foundation
How to Elevate Your UI Design with Fonts
Interaction Design Foundation
Design Sprints in 2025: What You Need to Know
Interaction Design Foundation
Inclusive Product Writing in an AI-Driven World
Interaction Design Foundation
How To Craft Immersive Experiences in XR
Interaction Design Foundation
Visual Design Fundamentals
Nielsen Norman Group
Designing Influence
Nielsen Norman Group
UX Leader: Essential Skills for Any UX Practitioner
Nielsen Norman Group
Designing Complex Apps for Specialized Domains
Nielsen Norman Group
How to Elevate the User Experience of AI with Design Patterns
nteraction Design Foundation
Design to Delight Every Generation: From Gen Z to Boomers
Interaction Design Foundation
Storytelling Strategies for Future Thinkers and Design Leaders
Interaction Design Foundation
Storytelling for Design Research: Influence Without Overexplaining
Interaction Design Foundation
How to Break into UI Design: Design Skills That Make You Irreplaceable by AI
Interaction Design Foundation
The No-Burnout Blueprint for a Successful Design Career
Interaction Design Foundation
Speak Strategy, Get Influence: How Designers Can Shape Product Decisions
Interaction Design Foundation
Influence Product Strategy with Design: Learn from a Booking.com Case Study
Interaction Design Foundation
Learning Experience Design That Delivers Impact
Interaction Design Foundation
Design Systems: How to Write Documentation People Will Actually Use
nteraction Design Foundation
Healthcare UX: Design for Patient Engagement and Technology Adoption
Interaction Design Foundation
Storytelling That Sells UX Design: Define Requirements and Engage Leadership
Interaction Design Foundation
UX Design Certification
Southern Methodist University
Skills
Tools
Illustrator CS5, AI Tools, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe After Effects, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Canva, Adobe Experience Design (XD), Adobe Creative Suite, Photo Editors, Google Workspace, Sketch, FigJam, Miro, InVision, Zeroheight, Zeplin, Slack, Final Cut Pro, Qualtrics, Affinity Diagrams, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Power BI, Claude, Axure RP Pro, Confluence, Jira, Cinema 4D, Blender, Adobe CC, Figma Make, Usertesting.com
Platforms
Figma, MacOS, Webflow, Desktop, Mobile, UserZoom, WordPress, Microsoft, Lyssna
Industry Expertise
Advertising, Real Estate, Cybersecurity, Product Ideation, Marketing, Healthcare
Other
Research, Advertising Design, Design Systems, Color Theory, Responsive Design, UX Design, Web Design, UX Research, UI Research, UI Design, Visual Art, Ad Design, Wireframing, User Interface (UI), Visual Design, Leadership, Business, SaaS, Web UX, App UI, eCommerce UX, App UX, Storyboarding, Storytelling, Experience Design, Web App UX, Mobile UX Design, Product Strategy, Prototyping, Collaborative Design, Component Libraries, Microsoft Teams, Interface Design, Journey Mapping, Whiteboarding, Rapid Interactive Prototyping, Adobe Creative Cloud, Workflow, Microinteractions, Motion Graphics, Iconography, Vector Graphics, Branding Assets, Ad Animation, Motion Design, User Testing, iOS Animations, Transitions, Visual Effects (VFX), Design, User Experience (UX), Collaboration, Design Leadership, Product Design, Design Management, B2B, B2C, Art Direction, Branding, Logo Design, Social Media Design, Graphic Design, Design Thinking, Discovery, Enterprise, Enterprise Design, Responsive Web Apps, Creative Design, Social Media, Web Application Design, Web UI Design, Marketing Design, Marketing Campaign Design, Digital Marketing Design, Web App Design, Videos, Usability Analysis, User Experience Design, Responsive Web Design (RWD), Brand Design, Brand Guidelines, Digital Design, Mobile App Design, Market Research, User Research, Qualitative Research, User Flows, User Journeys, E-learning, App Design, Apps, Applications, Responsive UI, Complex Application User Interfaces (UI), Websites, Data-informed Visual Design, Data Analytics, UX Wireframes, Website Redesign, Video Editing, Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO), Website Design, 2D Animation, Video Processing, UI Animation, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Artificial Intelligence as a Service (AIaaS), Data Visualization, Mobile App UI, Gamification, Dashboard Design, Brand Strategy, Landing Page Design, Mobile Design, Luxury, Form Design, Onboarding, Dashboards, Discovery Workshops, AI-powered Product Design, Web Dashboards, Stakeholder Management, Design Workshops, User Validation, Information Architecture (IA), Iterative Design, Agentic AI, Email Marketing, Marketing Collateral Development, Fintech, Presentation Design, Visual Identity, User Personas, Strategy, Interaction Design (IxD), Behavioral Design, UI Audits, UX Audits, AI Design, AI Chatbots, HIPAA Compliance, Marketplace Design, No-code Development, System Design, Complex Web Systems, Web Applications, Claude Code, MVP Design, Mobile UX, UI Motion, Ads, Desktop App Design, CRM, eCommerce Design, Instructional Design, Workflow Automation & System Integration, User Adoption, Framer, Data-driven Design, Reports, Data-heavy Design, Report Design, Business Strategy, Visual Storytelling, Systems Thinking, Mobile UI, Fintech Design, Rapid Prototyping, Mobile Banking, Service Design, AI Systems, Conceptual Design, Customer Journey, Enterprise SaaS, Custom CRM Modules, Personas, UI Prototyping, UX Prototyping, Redesign, AI-enabled Applications, Layout Design, Chatbots, High-fidelity Mockups, Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI), Research Synthesis, User Behavior, User Interviews, User Onboarding, Visual Hierarchy, Information Design, Design Specifications, Financial Modeling, Navigation Design, Design Guidelines, Mockups, Financial Software, Brainstorming, Design Strategy, High-fidelity Prototypes, Vibe Coding, Interactive Prototypes, Enterprise Software, User Journey Maps, Claude Design, Conversational AI, Software as a Service (SaaS), Articulate Rise, Mobile Apps, Accessibility, Forms, Digital Brand Identity, Agile, User-centered Design (UCD), Usability, Design Reviews, Cross-functional Team Collaboration, AI Prompts, Data Reporting, Tablet Design, Typography Systems, Optimal Workshop (card sorting, tree testing, and information architecture research), Microsoft 365, Animation, Illustration, UX Management, Presentations, Business to Business (B2B), Team Leadership, UX Leadership, Business to Consumer (B2C), eCommerce, PowerPoint Design, Statistics, Web Marketing, B2C Marketing, Travel, Computer Security, Software, Career Coaching, UX Writing, Content Writing, Business Writing, Interaction Design Foundation, UX Strategy, Big Data UX Design, Typography, UX Deliverables, Workshops, Ideation, Design Collaboration, Stakeholder Feedback, Remote User Testing, Remote Usability Testing, User Feedback, Component Governance, Design System Documentation, Developer Handoff, Storybook, Branding Identity Systems, Creative Advertising, SurveyMonkey, A/B Testing, Communication, Interdisciplinary Collaboration, Landing Pages, 3D Animation, Video Workflows, Data Synthesis, Optimal Workshop, Card Sorting, IA Validation, Tree Testing, Surveys, Analysis, Reporting, SaaS Design, 3D Design, Bioinformatics, Print Marketing Design, Print, Kajabi, Meta Ads, Conversational UX, Mobile Applications, Checkout, eCommerce Web Design, SEO Tools, Sales Enablement, Learning & Development, Training & Training Content Development, Training, Brand Logos, Rebranding, Early-stage Startups, Workflow Design, Technical Writing, Product Leadership, Research Design, Fig Jam, Web UX Design, Healthcare Software, Design Sprints, AIOps, X Reality (XR), Extended Reality (XR), UX Flows, Complex Prototyping, High-fidelity Wireframes, Design Documentation, Backlog Tracking, Workflow Management, Web UI, Web Development, Product Roadmaps, Codex, Gemini, Lovable, HTML/CSS/JS, ADA Compliance, Maps
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