Canva

Group Product Design Lead | October 2022 – Now

At Canva, I contribute to creating design software that empowers over 250 million people worldwide to bring their ideas to life. Since joining, I’ve been focused on integrating and unlocking the potential of AI features to enhance the design experience. My expertise spans:

✦ Team leadership and coaching
✦ User research and testing
✦ Design strategy and vision creation
✦ Workshop facilitation and stakeholder alignment
✦ Hands-on product design, leading AI projects
✦ Design systems, interaction and interface design

 

Cash App

Principal Product Designer | August 2021 – October 2022

I worked on the global design for Cash App, integrating Afterpay functionality into the USA’s top finance app, serving over 58 million users. Key contributions:

✦ Design for Cash App global strategy
✦ Workshop facilitation
✦ Interaction design and high-fidelity prototyping
✦ Team scaling and coordination
✦ Localisation design for Australia, UK and South America

 

Afterpay

Principal Product Designer | August 2021 – October 2021
Afterpay, with over 13 million customers worldwide, is one of Australia’s standout startup success stories. I contributed to the design of the initial release of the Money by Afterpay iOS and Android app, which launched with great success, quickly climbing to the top of the finance app charts. The app was eventually retired to allow the team to focus on Cash App globally following the Block acquisition.

 

Woolworths

Lead Product Designer | July 2019 – August 2021
I led native app and web design projects and built high-performing design teams for Woolworths Group, Australia’s largest supermarket brand. I led work across the complete redesign of their native apps, including Everyday Rewards, Australia’s largest shopping rewards platform. Additionally, I contributed to creating e-commerce experiences across iOS, Android, and web, serving over 17 million customers.

Academy Xi

Lead Design Mentor | Part-time | July 2018 – August 2021
I was the lead UX/UI Design Instructor at Academy Xi online, where I taught students UX and UI design principles, methodologies, frameworks, and tools in virtual classrooms, this was part-time while working.

 

Spaceship

Lead Product Designer | October 2018 – July 2019
Led the design and research of the new Spaceship Voyager App, along with some other FinTech initiatives to help over 50,000+ Australians set up and maintain a financially secure future.
Design team project and people management, stakeholder workshops, introduced UX into the company, created the new style guide, created the new design system, interface design, and implementation of my design framework and strategy.

 

Sydney Water

Senior Product Designer | September 2017 – October 2018
Designed and improved digital products for Sydney to use. Led projects in web, app, and VR. Worked closely with the CX team on designing omnichannel customer experiences. Lean UX build, measure and learn.
Research, workshops, user testing, wireframes, prototypes, interface design and UX strategy.

 

Tabcorp

Product Designer | June 2015 – September 2017
Research and interface design for a suite of FinTech products for use in Australia and the UK. The brands we worked on were TAB, Keno, Newscorp & The Sun. Created native iOS, Android apps and websites at the biggest wagering company worldwide. Research, workshops, user testing, wireframes, prototypes, interface design and interaction design.

 

Freelance Designer

Freelance Product Designer | 2013 – Now
Freelance projects, from medical apps to life coach websites. Here are some of the favourite clients I have worked with. Foxtel, GetWell, FedeRent, Young Henry’s, Tandy Rowley, Intermedia, Social Snaps, Interbrand & BSI UK.

 

El Camino

Designer & Creative Director | January 2011 – March 2014
Founded and managed a boutique creative company based in Surry Hills, Sydney. Curated exhibitions, activations, live event experiences, marketing, graphic and web design. Some clients included: Keystone, Merivale, Robert Carmack, Ambush Gallery, Newtown Hotel, Abercrombie Hotel & Interbrand.