About

Robert Riopel.

Senior Product Designer · Ottawa & Vienna

Robert Riopel

Location

Ottawa, Canada · Vienna, Austria

Languages

English · French

Currently

Senior Product Designer at Ottawa based tech startup

I'm the sole designer at Canada's largest RV rental marketplace. I own everything visual: product UX, UI, design systems, lifecycle campaigns, marketing, and brand.

In the past three years, my work has contributed over $8M in measurable business impact, helping the company move from a $6M deficit to $1.5M EBITDA positive.

I also build tools. I wrote an AI-powered Figma plugin that generates on-brand components from natural language, synced 1:1 with our coded Tailwind design system. Before that, I built the design system itself using OKLCH color tokens, Vue components, shared typography and spacing scales.

I studied Graphic Design (Advanced Diploma), earned a Bachelor of Design, and hold an MSc in Technical Management, which pairs a designer’s eye with how technology products are planned, built, and run.

Outside of work, I ship side projects. Most recently DateNight, a React Native dating app I co-founded and took from concept to public beta, and AI-generated video campaigns. I learn by building.

I’m based between Ottawa, Canada and Vienna, Austria, and I work in English and French. I’m open to conversations about senior product design roles in Vienna, in Ottawa, or remote, especially at product teams that care about measurable outcomes.

Capabilities

How I work.

Design & Craft

Figma, prototyping, interaction design, visual systems, responsive web & native mobile, illustration, motion

Strategy & Growth

Conversion optimization, A/B testing, lifecycle design, SEO, data-informed iteration, stakeholder alignment

Technology & AI

Figma plugins, Claude API, React Native, Tailwind CSS, Vue.js, Supabase, AI-assisted design workflows

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration, design ops, mentoring co-op designers, executive presentations, roadmap influence

Get in touch

Let's talk about building something that matters.

Open to conversations about product design roles, AI tooling, or interesting problems.