I am a Toronto-based designer with in-depth experience building web and mobile apps for startups and nonprofit organizations. I am a big believer in the power of design craft, attention to detail, and consistency to drive business success. On the side, I enjoy making forays into web development and interactive data visualization.

Justin Chiu

I am a Toronto-based designer with in-depth experience building web and mobile apps for startups and nonprofit organizations. I am a big believer in the power of design craft, attention to detail, and consistency to drive business success. On the side, I enjoy making forays into web development and interactive data visualization.

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I am a Toronto-based designer with in-depth experience building web and mobile apps for startups and nonprofit organizations. I am a big believer in the power of design craft, attention to detail, and consistency to drive business success. On the side, I enjoy making forays into web development and interactive data visualization.

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Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Product Designer at Springloaded (software development agency)
July 1, 2025 - September 30, 2025
Designed education nonprofit College Advising Corps' mobile app to help high school students apply for college and self-report application data to their advisers, reducing advisers' administrative burden. Streamlined development of the app by creating mobile-friendly design patterns that repurpose existing Radix/Tailwind components built for College Advising Corps' desktop CRM application.
Product Designer at Springloaded (software development agency)
July 1, 2025 - September 30, 2025
Designed education nonprofit College Advising Corps' mobile app to help high school students apply for college and self-report application data to their advisers, reducing advisers' administrative burden. Streamlined development of the app by creating mobile-friendly design patterns that repurpose existing Radix/Tailwind components built for College Advising Corps' desktop CRM application.
Career Transition at Self-directed
February 28, 2025 - September 30, 2025
Resigned from previous position to focus on portfolio website and skill development.
Career Transition
February 1, 2025 - September 30, 2025
Resigned from previous position to focus on portfolio website and skill development.
Product Designer at Drip Studio
September 1, 2024 - September 30, 2025
Designed Raspberry's fashion design software product for a B2B AI SaaS startup, saving retailers and fashion houses 3-5 hours per garment and three months per year in production. Reduced development time by creating a flexible system of 100+ consistent components, helping ship 16 tools in a year and increase monthly active users from 49 to 234 in six months. Overhauled Powerline's EV charging rewards app, resolving architecture issues and establishing a visual design to reduce friction, increase conversions, and attract investors. Nurtured client relationships and optimized collaboration by establishing standard procedures, documenting requests, communicating priorities, facilitating internal design reviews, and performing quality assurance.
Product Designer at Drip Studio
September 1, 2024 - September 30, 2025
Designed Raspberry's B2B AI SaaS fashion design software, saving retailers and fashion houses 3-5 hours per garment and three months per year in production. Created a flexible system of 100+ consistent components, helping ship 16 tools in a year and increase MAU from 49 to 234 users in six months. Overhauled Powerline's EV charging rewards app, resolving architecture issues and establishing a compelling visual design to reduce friction, increase conversions, and attract investors. Nurtured client relationships and optimized collaboration by standardizing procedures, documenting requests, prioritizing work, facilitating internal design reviews, and performing quality assurance.
Summer Design Intern at Renga
August 1, 2022 - September 30, 2025
Designed 50+ website components and pages for Staffy's last-minute staffing services to healthcare workers. Prototyped an interactive, animated landing page to drive conversions for Stan's creator e-commerce platform.
Summer Design Intern at Renga
August 1, 2022 - September 30, 2025
Designed 50+ website components and pages to promote Staffy's last-minute staffing services to healthcare workers; prototyped an interactive, animated landing page to drive conversions for Stan's creator e-commerce platform.

Education

Honours Bachelor of Design at York University
September 1, 2019 - April 1, 2023
Honours Bachelor of Design at York University
September 1, 2019 - April 1, 2023

Qualifications

Complete Web Developer: Zero to Mastery
January 11, 2030 - September 30, 2025
Describing the ROI of Design Maven
August 1, 2025 - September 30, 2025
Enterprise Design Thinking IBM
November 1, 2022 - September 30, 2025
TCPS 2: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans Panel on Research Ethics, Government of Canada
February 1, 2021 - September 30, 2025
Complete Web Developer: Zero to Mastery
January 11, 2030 - September 30, 2025
Describing the ROI of Design
August 1, 2025 - September 30, 2025
Enterprise Design Thinking
November 1, 2022 - September 30, 2025
TCPS 2: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans
February 1, 2021 - September 30, 2025

Industry Experience

Education, Non-Profit Organization, Software & Internet, Professional Services, Media & Entertainment, Retail, Consumer Goods