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Senior Product Designer

Octopus Deploy

July 2024

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July 2026

Working on a highly technical & fast paced enterprise product.
Took ownership of Self Service purchasing, Subscription management & Compliance user experiences.
End-to-end feature & project discovery, customer journey mapping, design, testing & delivery.
Identifying opportunities, risks & assumptions to test & validate.
Organise & facilitate customer interviews & workshop sessions.
Be the voice of the customer through discovery, research & interviews.
Direct the team on projects from a design & usability prospective addressing feasibility, desirability & viability.
Communication of user & design requirements to engineering.
Building & maintaining relationships & communication channels with product managers, engineers, & the wider team.
Collaborate with the wider designer team & contribute to the internal design system.

Achievements

Introduced Policies & Compliance workflows into the product.
Delivered pre-runtime compliance testing before deployments.
Created first-class Self Service purchasing flow.
Delivered a redevelopment subscription management portal.
Developed agentic AI workflows based on roles, skills and processes for Product Teams

Senior Associate UX/UI Designer

Cognizant (formerly Servian)

October 2022

-

July 2024

Customer & client communication as well as stakeholder management.
Workshop facilitation inline with common & ad-hoc frameworks to help with discovery & validation.
Running co-design workshops with stakeholders, work is analysed & synthesised to deliver findings for validation.
Delivery of work to clients ranging from documentation, personas, customer journeys mapping, hi-fidelity designs & prototypes, findings, usability audits, & future recommendations.
Writing Statements of Work (SOW) & other documents for Tenders & Proposals.
Internal training creation & delivery to staff.

Achievements

Development & maturing of design system & component library for a national healthcare service.
CQU 10,000 Steps mobile application redesign & publicly released.
Law Enforcement portal redesign & rolled out.

UX/UI Designer

Corelogic

May 2021

-

September 2022

Handling user experience & interface design needs for the technology side of the Australian business.
Managing user experience & interface design for the digital sales platform & billing portal.
Design System & Component Library management across technology & product.
Assisting with delivering solutions for authentication, product & support teams.
Communicating with product owners & project managers to define user needs & requirements.
Communicating across multiple departments to collaborate on ideal solutions.
Analysis of qualitative customer feedback & recordings related to digital purchasing & onboarding.
Communicating design requirements with internal & offshore developers.
Complete end to end user experience & journey mapping.

Achievements

2021 Pinnacle Award winner - Global recognition for outstanding delivery of customer billing portal.
Delivery of online billing portal for customer self service.
Delivery of new authentication user experience for use across the entire product suite & services.
Redevelopment of product & package recommendation wizard in shop front.
Recognised for education of members of other departments on design tools.
Redevelopment of new corporate website design & component library.
Ideal customer journey through shop front for new e-commerce platform.

Product Designer

Amber Labs Pty Ltd

April 2019

-

February 2022

Working directly with stakeholders to drive the product towards a fully-featured application.

Requirements gathering through business & product needs.

Embodying a “making bitcoin easy” mantra through building a simple onramp.

End-to-end discovery & design of product features for handoff to developers.

Creation & handoff of precise acceptance criteria to developers & testers.

Running workshops & surveys to direct production efforts based on company goals & feature requests.

Collected information from workshops to lead production decisions for MVPs & robust solutions.

Short to medium time frame team focus planning through scaling work & building timelines.

Delivery of mockups & lo-fi prototypes based on requirements, user testing, & feedback.

Creation of surveys relevant to key issues that had been uncovered in workshops & discovery phases.

Maintaining quality assurance prior to product releases.

Achievements

Delivery of multiple features from initial concepts, user research, & design to development & market release.

Helped implement design systems to increase team productivity.

Finnies Award nominee & shortlisted for best Fintech product on Product Hunt.

Experience

Senior Product Designer

Octopus Deploy

July 2024

-

July 2026

Working on a highly technical & fast paced enterprise product.
Took ownership of Self Service purchasing, Subscription management & Compliance user experiences.
End-to-end feature & project discovery, customer journey mapping, design, testing & delivery.
Identifying opportunities, risks & assumptions to test & validate.
Organise & facilitate customer interviews & workshop sessions.
Be the voice of the customer through discovery, research & interviews.
Direct the team on projects from a design & usability prospective addressing feasibility, desirability & viability.
Communication of user & design requirements to engineering.
Building & maintaining relationships & communication channels with product managers, engineers, & the wider team.
Collaborate with the wider designer team & contribute to the internal design system.

Achievements

Introduced Policies & Compliance workflows into the product.
Delivered pre-runtime compliance testing before deployments.
Created first-class Self Service purchasing flow.
Delivered a redevelopment subscription management portal.
Developed agentic AI workflows based on roles, skills and processes for Product Teams

Senior Associate UX/UI Designer

Cognizant (formerly Servian)

October 2022

-

July 2024

Customer & client communication as well as stakeholder management.
Workshop facilitation inline with common & ad-hoc frameworks to help with discovery & validation.
Running co-design workshops with stakeholders, work is analysed & synthesised to deliver findings for validation.
Delivery of work to clients ranging from documentation, personas, customer journeys mapping, hi-fidelity designs & prototypes, findings, usability audits, & future recommendations.
Writing Statements of Work (SOW) & other documents for Tenders & Proposals.
Internal training creation & delivery to staff.

Achievements

Development & maturing of design system & component library for a national healthcare service.
CQU 10,000 Steps mobile application redesign & publicly released.
Law Enforcement portal redesign & rolled out.

UX/UI Designer

Corelogic

May 2021

-

September 2022

Handling user experience & interface design needs for the technology side of the Australian business.
Managing user experience & interface design for the digital sales platform & billing portal.
Design System & Component Library management across technology & product.
Assisting with delivering solutions for authentication, product & support teams.
Communicating with product owners & project managers to define user needs & requirements.
Communicating across multiple departments to collaborate on ideal solutions.
Analysis of qualitative customer feedback & recordings related to digital purchasing & onboarding.
Communicating design requirements with internal & offshore developers.
Complete end to end user experience & journey mapping.

Achievements

2021 Pinnacle Award winner - Global recognition for outstanding delivery of customer billing portal.
Delivery of online billing portal for customer self service.
Delivery of new authentication user experience for use across the entire product suite & services.
Redevelopment of product & package recommendation wizard in shop front.
Recognised for education of members of other departments on design tools.
Redevelopment of new corporate website design & component library.
Ideal customer journey through shop front for new e-commerce platform.

Product Designer

Amber Labs Pty Ltd

April 2019

-

February 2022

Working directly with stakeholders to drive the product towards a fully-featured application.

Requirements gathering through business & product needs.

Embodying a “making bitcoin easy” mantra through building a simple onramp.

End-to-end discovery & design of product features for handoff to developers.

Creation & handoff of precise acceptance criteria to developers & testers.

Running workshops & surveys to direct production efforts based on company goals & feature requests.

Collected information from workshops to lead production decisions for MVPs & robust solutions.

Short to medium time frame team focus planning through scaling work & building timelines.

Delivery of mockups & lo-fi prototypes based on requirements, user testing, & feedback.

Creation of surveys relevant to key issues that had been uncovered in workshops & discovery phases.

Maintaining quality assurance prior to product releases.

Achievements

Delivery of multiple features from initial concepts, user research, & design to development & market release.

Helped implement design systems to increase team productivity.

Finnies Award nominee & shortlisted for best Fintech product on Product Hunt.

Experience

Senior Product Designer

Octopus Deploy

July 2024

-

July 2026

Working on a highly technical & fast paced enterprise product.
Took ownership of Self Service purchasing, Subscription management & Compliance user experiences.
End-to-end feature & project discovery, customer journey mapping, design, testing & delivery.
Identifying opportunities, risks & assumptions to test & validate.
Organise & facilitate customer interviews & workshop sessions.
Be the voice of the customer through discovery, research & interviews.
Direct the team on projects from a design & usability prospective addressing feasibility, desirability & viability.
Communication of user & design requirements to engineering.
Building & maintaining relationships & communication channels with product managers, engineers, & the wider team.
Collaborate with the wider designer team & contribute to the internal design system.

Achievements

Introduced Policies & Compliance workflows into the product.
Delivered pre-runtime compliance testing before deployments.
Created first-class Self Service purchasing flow.
Delivered a redevelopment subscription management portal.
Developed agentic AI workflows based on roles, skills and processes for Product Teams

Senior Associate UX/UI Designer

Cognizant (formerly Servian)

October 2022

-

July 2024

Customer & client communication as well as stakeholder management.
Workshop facilitation inline with common & ad-hoc frameworks to help with discovery & validation.
Running co-design workshops with stakeholders, work is analysed & synthesised to deliver findings for validation.
Delivery of work to clients ranging from documentation, personas, customer journeys mapping, hi-fidelity designs & prototypes, findings, usability audits, & future recommendations.
Writing Statements of Work (SOW) & other documents for Tenders & Proposals.
Internal training creation & delivery to staff.

Achievements

Development & maturing of design system & component library for a national healthcare service.
CQU 10,000 Steps mobile application redesign & publicly released.
Law Enforcement portal redesign & rolled out.

UX/UI Designer

Corelogic

May 2021

-

September 2022

Handling user experience & interface design needs for the technology side of the Australian business.
Managing user experience & interface design for the digital sales platform & billing portal.
Design System & Component Library management across technology & product.
Assisting with delivering solutions for authentication, product & support teams.
Communicating with product owners & project managers to define user needs & requirements.
Communicating across multiple departments to collaborate on ideal solutions.
Analysis of qualitative customer feedback & recordings related to digital purchasing & onboarding.
Communicating design requirements with internal & offshore developers.
Complete end to end user experience & journey mapping.

Achievements

2021 Pinnacle Award winner - Global recognition for outstanding delivery of customer billing portal.
Delivery of online billing portal for customer self service.
Delivery of new authentication user experience for use across the entire product suite & services.
Redevelopment of product & package recommendation wizard in shop front.
Recognised for education of members of other departments on design tools.
Redevelopment of new corporate website design & component library.
Ideal customer journey through shop front for new e-commerce platform.

Product Designer

Amber Labs Pty Ltd

April 2019

-

February 2022

Working directly with stakeholders to drive the product towards a fully-featured application.

Requirements gathering through business & product needs.

Embodying a “making bitcoin easy” mantra through building a simple onramp.

End-to-end discovery & design of product features for handoff to developers.

Creation & handoff of precise acceptance criteria to developers & testers.

Running workshops & surveys to direct production efforts based on company goals & feature requests.

Collected information from workshops to lead production decisions for MVPs & robust solutions.

Short to medium time frame team focus planning through scaling work & building timelines.

Delivery of mockups & lo-fi prototypes based on requirements, user testing, & feedback.

Creation of surveys relevant to key issues that had been uncovered in workshops & discovery phases.

Maintaining quality assurance prior to product releases.

Achievements

Delivery of multiple features from initial concepts, user research, & design to development & market release.

Helped implement design systems to increase team productivity.

Finnies Award nominee & shortlisted for best Fintech product on Product Hunt.