Rocco Bombardieri

Product Design & Design Systems Leader

Designer. Builder. Leader. I build products, ship internal tools, and design the systems teams run on. From user research to production code.

Toronto, Canada

Portfolio

Briefcase - Client GPT

Creator & Architect, 2025

An MCP-based RAG pipeline that unifies Asana projects, Google Drive, meeting notes, media plans, and websites into any LLM interface, enforcing consistent work output across 215+ client accounts and 60+ ICs.

The Influence Agency

Director of Design & Development, 2024

Led the full redesign with an 8-person team. Built reusable CMS templates for rapid scaling. 65% engagement rate, 5.2 events per session.

PBJ Food Group

Designer & Developer, 2023

Solo build, one-week timeline. Designed and developed a cohesive brand experience across multiple restaurant concepts.

Awards & Recognition

Summit Creative Award – Gold, Web Design
Awwwards – Honorable Mention
CSS Winner – Gold Star Award
Toronto Star Reader's Choice – Gold
Asana Guest Speaker 2024

Career

Director of Design & Development at The Influence Agency (Dec 2021–Present). Built departments from ground up. Zero voluntary turnover.
Senior Multimedia Designer at The Influence Agency (May 2021–Dec 2021). Led redesigns, established processes, grew revenue 50%+ YoY.
Multimedia Designer at The Influence Agency (Oct 2019–May 2021). Shipped first award-winning site. Introduced GSAP animations.
Graphic Designer at The Mint Agency (Apr 2019–Oct 2019). Started agency career. Learned to wear every hat.

Skills

Operations & Systems Design

Built agency-wide RAG pipeline (MCP + Supabase) to centralize client knowledge across 215+ accounts. Asana guest speaker on workflow excellence. Expanded revenue output 50%+ YoY through better systems.

RAG/AI Infrastructure

MCP-based architecture, Supabase vectorized storage, Railway hosting. LLM-agnostic design works across Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini.

Team Leadership

Built Design & Dev departments from ground up. Zero voluntary turnover through culture and mentorship. Led distributed teams across time zones.

Execution

Design-to-code delivery across Webflow, GSAP, branding systems, launch planning, and AI-enabled production.

Direction

Creative direction that keeps the work sharp while making teams, systems, and output easier to scale.

Web Production

Award-winning digital experiences from design to code. Webflow, GSAP, WebGL, AI-augmented workflows.