David Chan

Product designer and developer in Toronto

Toronto-based full-stack designer with a strong technical background and more than a decade of experience across SaaS, financial and e-commerce.

I follow Dieter Rams' "Less, but better" philosophy and believe good design goes beyond aesthetics and should create better experiences.

Have a look at my user manual or reach out via X (Twitter) or LinkedIn.



Recent Experience

VTS

October 2023 - Present

Staff Product Designer for VTS.

VTS provides a suite of products that provide market insights to asset managers and empowers brokers to lease spaces more effectively.

Royal Bank of Canada (RBC)

October 2022 - October 2023

Design Architect for Consumer Banking Journey.

Mentored designers on systems thinking, Figma skills as well as lead, managed and expanded the design system for Consumer Banking.

Affinity.co

December 2020 - October 2022

Design Lead for the Integrations, APIs and Platform Team.

Affinity is a relationship intelligence platform that helps teams leverage their networks to close more deals.


Side Projects

Figma Helpers

Figma / FigJam Plugin

An automation plugin that helps speed up tedious tasks and help manage your Figma workflow. Launched in 2023, it is currently being used by 700+ designers.

Try Figma Helpers

Questrade Tracker

Finance Management Tool

A personal finance tool for Questrade portfolios that helps track your buys, sells, dividends and commissions.

Try Questrade Tracker

Storybook Playground

Design System Components

An ongoing library of React components I've designed and built.

Visit Storybook

SC2 Revealed

Website

SC2 Revealed identifies professional StarCraft 2 players on the Battle.net ladder. Online since 2020, the site peaked at 20,000+ monthly visits.

Visit SC2 Revealed