I'm Rik Mantel a Vancouver-based generalist designer and builder. I bring clarity to ambiguity and love helping teams do their best work.
Cypress Falls in North VancouverOn the unceded, ancestral, and traditional territories of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səl̓ilwətaɁɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations
CURRENT WORK
I'm at Jobber, designing for blue collar home service pros. Right now, I'm shaping the AI-powered platform behind every in-product message we send.
EXPERIENCE
Staff Product Designer @ Jobber2025 - now
Leading design of Jobber's AI-powered platform for every in-product message, from upsells to product updates.
Senior Product Designer2024 - 2025
Shaped the vision for suppliers in Jobber, starting with Home Depot. Grew it into a product team and revenue stream.
Senior Product Designer @ Shopify2022 - 2023
Led design for Shop Pay's Buyer Experience, contributing to the checkout redesign and experiments to grow market share.
Senior Product Designer @ Morgan Stanley2019 - 2022
Redesigned the equity sale experience for 1.1M global participants transacting on ~$150B in value.
Early experience2017 - 2019
Freelanced building React apps for art and community platforms, then designed solo at an early-stage startup.