About
MattRod, product designer.
French, based in Montréal. I design and engineer products end-to-end — from idea to launch. Calm interfaces, considered decisions, no fuss.
- Based in
- Montréal
- From
- France
- Role
- Product Designer
- Status
- Available
Sensibility
Three obsessions: Optimization, Organization, Minimalism. The lens I bring to every project, and what I try to give back to whoever uses what I make — a simple, intuitive, unique experience. Quiet over loud. Boring on purpose when the user just needs to get something done.
Currently
Daily tools
Hover to inspect- Figma
- Next.js
- Tailwind
- Cursor
- Cloudflare
- Linear
- Claude
Path
- 2022 — Present
GIRO
Senior Product Designer. Operations software for public transit and postal networks, at city scale. Design system, dev follow-through, accessibility.
- 2019 — Present
Mattrod — freelance
End-to-end design and development for founders and startups. WORKetc, Flyfishing Pyrénées, more recently Chadow.
- 2024 — 2025
Brush & co.
A side project to sharpen a wide range of skills end-to-end. brushstudio.co, and a few others that never made it past the prototype.
- 2020 — 2025
Le French Crew
Co-founded a collective of independents. UX/UI design and web/mobile development, with a side of application gamification. Clients included Airbus and Air France.
- 2018 — 2020
PIINK Teknology
Digital marketing apprenticeship — first step inside a company, on the acquisition and content side.
Off the clock
I read more than I post — tech, finance, product, mostly. Coffee at all hours. A cat in charge of the rest.
- Tech
- Finance
- Coffee
- Cats (mostly mine)
Building something?
Two sentences about the project is enough to start.