Epomon 🍂
A Rookie-Level Data-type Workshop Digimon. My AI companion — character-designed and running on OpenClaw. Currently helping me run my life and rebuild this site. Comic launching soon.
Rob Pitt 👋
I make things.
Set the modern standard for digital gift card purchase flows. CashStar pattern library — the flow behind Nordstrom, Gap, Subway, and $300M+ in annual transactions.
Employee of the year at L.L.Bean. Name engraved on a hand-carved wooden boot in the CEO's office.
Designed Epomon, my Rookie-Level Workshop Digimon and AI companion. He's writing this site with me right now. Comic launching soon.
Twenty-five years of design taste met AI.
The hurdles fell away.
What I'm making now
Small delightful things, mostly.
1bitkindle.com ↗
A 1-bit drawing app for Kindle. Because someone had to.
Risoprint Studio ↗
An offset-printing simulator that runs in the browser.
Fix Make Mod ↗
A repair comic. Built its own publishing system because Substack couldn't do what I wanted.
Markdown for the Rest of Us ↗
Markdown made to feel human. I built and exported my old portfolio site with it.
23xcompany on Etsy ↗
A shop I run. Vintage curation, some things I've made. Grows a little every month.
Things I've shipped for other people
Twenty-five years of it.
Defendify — Principal Product Designer
Replaced monthly PDF reports with live in-app dashboards. Meaningful engagement lift. Company hit INC 5000 two years running.
TD Bank — Senior UX Design Manager →
Led three teams through a $75M redesign of the North American credit program. Established Miro as the enterprise workshop standard. Research led to a PayPal digital wallets partnership. Two cross-functional leadership awards.
Covetrus / Vet's First Choice — Product Design Lead →
Unified fragmented B2B and B2C veterinary tools into one system. Cut pharmacy call volume 18.9%. Startup → IPO at $34/share.
CashStar / Blackhawk Network — Principal UX Designer →
Set the pattern library that shaped how digital gift cards are purchased across major retailers. Also co-created eGifting with Nordstrom — recipients pick size/color after receiving. Launched in three months, $100k first week. Startup → Acquisition.
CIEE — Senior UI/UX Designer
Brought consistency to a fragmented study-abroad web presence.
L.L.Bean — UI/UX Designer
Helped a catalog-first company understand digital. Wooden boot.
Twenty3x Art & Design — Founder
50+ clients including ACLU, Portland Museum of Art, L.L.Bean, and academic institutions. Built a custom WordPress framework so I could deliver fast without cutting craft.
How I work now
Claude Code. OpenClaw. Lovable. Cursor when I need it.
I don't use Figma. Haven't for a while. My design tool is the working thing — I sketch in code, iterate in AI, ship on Netlify. It's faster, and I can hand what I make to a developer as the artifact itself, not a specification of what should be built.
If you're hiring for a designer who works this way, we should talk. If you're hiring for a designer who lives in Figma files, I'll save us both the interview.
Contact
rpitt@hey.comFor interesting work, real conversations, or telling me about something you made. I'm in Maine. Remote is fine. Occasional client work when the fit is right.