About
Robin D Castro
I'm Robin — a Product Designer with a Master's in User Experience Design. I combine research-driven thinking with pixel-level craft to build products that are genuinely useful, accessible, and delightful.
Currently designing at Whizmo. Previously freelancing across B2B platforms, AR apps, community tools, and brand identities.
Years in Product Design
Since 2022
Users Impacted
Across all products
Research Sessions
Interviews, tests & surveys
Years in Design
Since 2018
Work Experience
Product DesignerNOW
Whizmo
Mar 2025 — Present
End-to-end product design for a fintech super-app — driving design strategy, user research, and cross-functional collaboration to ship features impacting 200K+ users.
UX/UI DesignerNOW
Freelance
Sep 2022 — Present
Designed B2B platforms, community tools, and an AR mobile app for international clients. Delivered end-to-end from research to high-fidelity prototypes.
Graphic & Brand Identity Designer
Freelance
2018 — Present
Branding, visual identity, and social media design across multiple industries. Active during bachelors, sporadic during masters, occasional projects alongside product work.
UI & Graphic Designer
Design Makers
Feb 2021 — Apr 2021
Created web and mobile interfaces for international clients, collaborating across distributed teams.
Volunteering & Academic
Volunteer UX & Graphic DesignerACTIVE
Ocean Students Community
Oct 2024 — Present
Designed branding and built osc.org.in — the website for a youth-led nonprofit empowering coastal students. Minimal weekly commitment.
UX/UI Research Associate
University of Central Lancashire
Sept 2022 — Mar 2023
Conducted user research, usability testing, and contributed to academic UX research projects as part of a post-graduation research role.
Education
MSc User Experience Design
University of Central Lancashire
2021 — 2022
BSc Media Technology
Bharathiar University
2017 — 2020
Certifications
Google UX Design Certificate
Coursera
2021
Skills & Tools
Growth over time
From self-taught to product design
A decade of growth — from learning Photoshop in 2011, through a BSc and MSc in design, to shipping products at scale. Hover to explore each skill's journey.
Percentages reflect accumulated proficiency across career milestones — not absolute domain mastery.
How I Work
I'm an ambivert. In meetings, I'm mostly the quiet one who listens and nods, and I only speak up when I genuinely have something worth saying. But the moment I'm in a research session or usability test, something switches. I get curious, I ask questions, and I'm comfortable leading the conversation. Still not sure how that works, but it does.
I'm also a problem-solver in general. If I see someone struggling with something I could help with, like a marketing asset or a layout that's almost there, and I have the time, I'll just jump in and help. It's not that I can't say no. I just like fixing things when I have the capacity.
Why?
I'm a 'Why?' person. Everything needs a reason. I once went to apply for a job at KFC in the UK. The manager asked me to open a specific bank account. Without even thinking, I just asked 'Why?' He looked at me, went quiet, and had no answer. That's just how my brain works.
Beyond Work
I don't really have a fixed hobby. Ask me on different days and you'll get different answers. Sometimes it's binge-watching something for hours, sometimes it's going out with friends, sometimes it's just doing nothing alone and being completely fine with it. I'm a generalist in life the same way I am in design.