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Travis is a Designer who lives in Toronto and has a background in Art and Graphic Design. Previously a full-time contract Visual Designer at RBC Digital for 4 years focusing on mobile-first user-centred products for iOS and ANDROID. Before that he worked at Havas, Critical Mass, and Sapient working on digital campaigns, mobile-first applications, and marketing websites.
Employers
RBC Digital
February 2022 – May 2026
Working for RBC mobile, as a Visual Designer, designing and managing customer journey flows with product and development, contributing to the evolution of the RBC mobile design system by creating scalable and reusable components to the existing library. Led the visual and interaction design for key mobile banking features, translating complex financial workflows into intuitive, user-centred experiences. Partnered closely with product managers and engineers to ensure design integrity was maintained from concept through to final implementation. Documented repeatable design patterns and guidelines, enabling faster onboarding for new designers and more efficient handoffs to development.
HAVAS
August 2019 – February 2022
Integrated quickly into cross-functional squads, adapting to existing workflows and contributing to sprint planning to ensure design milestones were met efficiently. Delivered high-fidelity, developer-ready UI designs under tight deadlines, ensuring seamless handoffs and clear documentation for engineering teams. Worked for clients like TELUS, RBC Wealth Management, and TD as a Visual Designer. Designing for responsive web experiences, and mobile-first experiences on iOS and ANDROID using design systems and contributing to system libraries.
CRITICAL MASS
April 2016 – Aug 2019
Contributor to the Citi Bank account as a Visual Designer. Designing for responsive web and mobile-first experiences for iOS and ANDROID utilizing design components and contributing to system libraries. Delivered high-fidelity, developer-ready UI designs under tight deadlines, ensuring seamless handoffs and clear documentation for engineering teams. Work consisted of updating user journeys and creating new products for customers. Worked in a POD structure of UX, Visual, and Content. Contributed to user research and leveraged data to identify unmet needs, translating insights into actionable design hypotheses and product features. Key contributions were owning the end-to-end design process from concept to launch, rapidly iterating on prototypes based on user feedback and usability testing.
SAPIENT
April 2014 – 2016
Contributor as a Digital Designer. Delivered high-fidelity, developer-ready UI designs under tight deadlines, ensuring seamless handoffs and clear documentation for engineering teams. Designed campaign and product-driven web pages across desktop and mobile with direction from Art, and Creative. Clients: FCA, McDonalds, Kids Help Phone, Cadillac Fairview and TD. Collaborated closely with developers to ensure that design concepts were implemented accurately and efficiently.
Education
DURHAM COLLEGE
Advanced Diploma, Graphic Design
Certificate, Foundations in art and design