Hey, I’m Drayton van Asa Senior Product Designer based in Vancouver☔

With 10 years of experience, I’ve led product design across the SaaS landscape, building tools used by millions of users.

Skills

Technical and soft skills that lead me to success

Functional

As a designer, I bring a variety of functional skills, including:

Figma, Adobe Creative Suite
HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React
Jira, Confluence, Hotjar, Mixpanel
Intangibles

The unseen qualities that shape my design process:

Strong and efficient work ethic
Valuing criticism
Versatile and adaptable
Core Design Principles

My design process is shaped by these core principles:

Empathy
Curiosity
Initiative
PROJECTS

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SENIOR Product Designer

That's me!

A versatile designer with extensive experience, I design digital products that turn complex problems into simple, useful experiences (the kind real people actually enjoy using).

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Frequently asked questions

What does your design process look like?

I take a holistic problem-solving approach. I rely heavily on my functional, intangible, and core design principles when working through design initiatives.

What kinds of design tools and software do you use?

I am comfortable with a plethora of design tools. The tools I use on a day to day basis include: Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, Jira, Confluence, Miro, Webflow, Hotjar, and Mixpanel.

What is your biggest accomplishment?

Led end-user design strategy for Xodo, Apryse’s no-code solution, driving 2x growth in monthly active users to over 2 million per month.

Are you comfortable with front-end development?

Absolutely. I consider front-end development an important step in my process, especially discussing design solutions with external teams. My front-end skills include: HTML, CSS, JS.