Hi, I'm Robyn.
I build community and tell stories at the intersection of design and venture. Head of Platform at Designer Fund, where I connect founders and designers, shape research, and help startups use design to build lasting companies.
Austin, TX
Head of Platform, Designer Fund
Previously: IDEO, Skoll Foundation, NPR
Currently working on
2026 State of AI in Design
An annual research report exploring how designers are adopting and reshaping AI across their work.
Claude Monet, The Willows, 1880
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Nothing is Impossible With You
Cleo Sol
Vincent van Gogh, Fishing in Spring, 1887
"It is astonishing how short a time it can take for very wonderful things to happen."
Nearly a decade of building across design, social impact, and venture.
Connecting people, shaping research, and telling stories that make the work visible.
/01
State of AI in Design
Research · Report
An annual report mapping how designers adopt and reshape AI — shaped by design leaders at Notion, Anthropic, Stripe, Linear, and others.
2025–26
/02
Designer Founders
Editorial · Interview Series
A Substack series on what shifts when designers become founders — conversations with Julie Zhuo, Evan Sharp, Ivan Zhao, and others.
2025
/03
Event Programming
Events · Community
Produced events alongside Framer, Figma, and Notion — founder retreats, happy hours, private dinners, and virtual workshops drawing 300+ attendees.
2022–26
/04
Welcome
Content Marketing · YC Startup
Content strategy and editorial at a YC-backed virtual events platform — landing pages, long-form posts, ebooks, and customer stories.
2021
/05
IDEO / OpenIDEO
Content Marketing
Told stories for a community of 200,000+ innovators and designers taking action on social and environmental issues. Produced newsletters, campaigns, and original content across IDEO's open innovation platform.
2019–21
/06
Skoll Foundation
Digital Campaigns · Content
Ran storytelling campaigns alongside TED, UNICEF, and Rockefeller Foundation. Led social media across five platforms reaching 530,000 followers.
2017–19
/07
NPR
Social Media Marketing
Created "Faces of NPR," a behind-the-scenes storytelling series spotlighting the people behind the journalism. Grew engagement across NPR's corporate social channels.
2016
