About me
Education
2019 Personal Development
UX Elevate - Acadamy Xi
Research and Strategy - Designlab
Service Design Bootcamp - GA
1992 - 1994
Monash University
Bachelor of Arts - graphic design
1990 - 1991
Moorabbin TAFE
Advanced certificate of art and design
Professional History
2018 - 2019 (Feb)
SportsBet
Senior XD - Contract
Tasks
I was brought in predominantly to work on the middle ware platform - Openbet on a project called SAM. The platform was not only being used as SB’s betting engine, but over time a myriad of other functions were also retrofitted or which 6 main functions were identified by the business. One of these was Rewards (the first piece of the project). My tasks were identifying the various use cases, mapping out user journeys, designing a simpler more intuitive experience and stakeholder management.
2014 - 2018
MyWave
Design Director
Tasks
Brand Development – I developed the brand ground up. The challenge being to create a brand that was user/ human focused, friendly and relatable. Then extend this to the product and all the various market based user experiences and user interface.
Defining and Designing the Product – The user experience and user interface was developed as an extension of the brand. The challenge was to create an experience that could span various verticals from retail, finance, health & wellbeing etc.
Customer strategy and experience – As part of developing the multitude of product experiences, working closely with the CEO, CTO and CXO, we facilitate the various design thinking workshops, identifying ‘problems to solve’ and defining the various use cases.
Managing design team – I currently manage a team of 5 designers: 2 senior, 2 mid-weight and 1 junior.
My duties include but are not limited to: managing the day to day that involves multiple projects at different stages of the design life cycle, creative direction, overseeing online marketing campaigns and strategy, mentoring, professional & personal development including one on ones.
2007 - 2014
PlayUp Interactive
Senior Designer – UI/UX product
Tasks
Brand development, UI/UX product design- mobile, desktop and tablet (iOS and Android) and website design. Also collaboration with development teams (in the Melbourne, China and India), creating detailed UI/UX design guides for developers and various other design collateral as required. I also mentored and managed junior designers/ interns.
2002 - 2007
Designer - contract and freelance
Clients
MJW Advertising, George Agency Melbourne
Huzzard Byfield, Design Room Group.
1999 - 2002
Veign Design
Director/ Creative Director
Clients
A mix of clientèle from corporate to automotive to the arts.
1996 - 1999
Monash University Caulfield
Sessional Lecturer/ Supervisor
Tasks
Mentoring, supervision and help for final year design students.
1996 - 1998
JAS Art and Design
Senior Designer/ Studio Manager
Tasks
Design, finished art, press checks and liaising with various clients and suppliers.
Referees
Wally Brill
Google - Head of Conversation Design Advocacy and Education
wbrill@google.com
+1 415 845 5012
Andy Paterson
iflix - Global Director of Product
andy.paterson@iflix.com