Hey, I'm April Robertson 👋
I’m a product designer that specializes in design systems. Before design, I spent 10 years as a pastry chef, which taught me how to move fast, think in systems, and work with a team under pressure.
For the last two years, I’ve been designing and maintaining two design systems at Pinterest. One system I fixed and kept running across multiple sites; the other I helped build from the ground up. I created components, wrote documentation, partnered closely with engineers, and made sure things were usable and consistent across platforms.
Resume
Experience
Product Designer - Design Systems
Pinterest | August 2023 - present
- Designed and maintained two design systems at once, keeping a legacy system running across 3 sites while architecting a new atomic system from the ground up.
- Created tokens, components, and documentation to ensure scalability, consistency, and accessibility.
- Partnered with engineering to align on patterns, troubleshoot builds, and deliver usable, maintainable solutions.
- Streamlined the design-to-build process by improving handoffs, reducing duplicate work, and making designs easier to implement.
Education
Google UX Design Course
City College San Francisco
Web Development
Academy of Art University
Graphic Design
Skills
User Research & Testing
Wireframing
Mockups
Prototyping
Responsive Design
Information Architecture
Tools
Figma/Sketch
Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, etc.)
Google Suite
Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)