Senior Product Designer
Senior Product Designer · From UX research to production
I things that matter.
UX research-led product designer who ships to production. Over fifteen years across Fortune 500s, The New York Times, NGOs, and a startup I founded, scaling an educational game to over 30,000 users.
Selected Works
01 — Work
“Robin has done fantastic work developing a platform for technology companies and innovators to engage on global challenges. She draws insights from diverse and complex information, builds products that facilitate impact, and combines bold design with functionality. She is passionate, ambitious, and a pleasure to work with.”
Experiments
02 — ExperimentsSide quests
Things I'm making on the side
Personal experiments where I get to be designer, founder, and engineer at once.
About
04 — AboutI'm Robin Newman, a research-led product designer who ships in production. For fifteen years I have designed the products and systems businesses run on, from enterprise SaaS at Infor to digital product at The New York Times, and I founded and scaled a social-impact product to 30,000 users.
I research deeply, design with care, and build what I design. I see every interface as a bridge between human curiosity and emerging technology, and I never lose sight of the person on the other side of the screen. Great design, to me, is empathy made precise.
What I do
04 — CapabilitiesI make complex systems feel obvious when designed well. I design enterprise tools people actually want to use, and I stay close to where the field is heading, right now that means AI.
UX Research
Talk to the people who use it. Discovery, interviews, synthesis, and usability testing that turns ambiguity into direction.
Product & Service Design
End-to-end design from problem framing to shipped interfaces engineering can build.
Design Systems and UI Maps
Tokens, components, and patterns that scale across teams without losing craft.
Prototype, Prototype, Prototype.
Working prototypes that de-risk decisions and bring teams to alignment quickly. Designers know, show and tell is best.
05 — AwardsAwards
Awards
Anthem Award · Silver2023 Innovation
For Likely Story
Likely Story — Silver Winner, Innovation
2023Likely Story — Silver Award, Responsible Technology
Anthem Awards · 2023Likely Story — Silver Award, Human & Civil Rights Partnerships
Anthem Awards · 2021Likely Story — Honoree, Best Public Service, Activism & Social Impact Games
Webby Awards · 2023 & 2021Say No More — $20,000 Ideas That Matter Grant (with ECPAT USA)
Sappi · 2014Say No More — Nominated, Social Responsibility Category
Women in Toys · 2019Not Far From The Tree — Selected "Leader in the Field"
Metcalf Foundation · 2010
06 — ExperienceExperience
Experience
- Oct 2024 — Sept 2025
Senior Usability Analyst
Infor
- Oct 2021 — Present
Founder & Digital Product Owner
Studio Jayne (Likely Story)
- Mar 2018 — Oct 2024
Lead Research
The New York Times
- Oct 2015 — Feb 2018
Interaction Designer. Sprint Master and Research Lead
Huge
- Mar 2014 — Aug 2014
Communications Strategy Intern
Reboot