Greater Melbourne Area
I build products that solve real problems and lead the teams that thrive while doing it. I lead design from vision to delivery, transforming complex challenges into measurable user value within fast-paced, high-growth environments. What I'm known for: - Translating ambiguity into direction. Creating a clear product vision and strategy that aligns teams and rallies stakeholders - Leading through change. Driving high-stakes initiatives that deliver customer value and measurable impact under constraints - Systems thinking that scales. Designing holistically for the ecosystem, creating scalable patterns that drive accessibility, maintainability, and long-term product health - Building AI products with intent. Shaping AI-powered experiences that balance speed, quality, and real user value How I lead: - Balance strategy with craft. I set direction while staying close to the work, getting hands-on with design decisions, and ensuring we ship with both speed and quality - Bias for action. Building alignment through rapid iteration, not endless planning. Confidence comes from shipping, learning, and adjusting together - Work without boundaries. Promoting cross-functional collaboration where impact matters more than titles
Partnering with founders and early-stage startups on strategy, positioning, design execution, and AI-native workflows. Helping them ship better products, faster.
- Develop and execute the vision and strategy for the Culture Amp Performance product, in collaboration with product and engineering leaders - Build and lead a team of designers to deliver high quality user experiences within dynamic product teams - Foster a strong design culture across the organisation, collaborating other design leaders - Become a subject matter expert by deeply understanding customer needs, business insights, competitor landscape, and current market trends - Cultivate a high performing culture across the portfolio through close collaboration with Product and Engineering counterparts - Ensure smooth delivery through ongoing roadmap prioritisation and team resource management
- Partner with design leaders to hire, develop and retain design talent within the organisation - Level up design processes and mature product practices to raise the design standards of the evolving product - Scale and nurture a vibrant product design culture - Promote a design-centric culture across engineering, product and other disciplines throughout the company
- Serve as a cross-functional leader, advocating for design across multiple product teams - Mentor and coach designers in the team to elevate UX standards - Lead end-to-end projects, resolving intricate challenges through research, analysis and innovative thinking - Ensure team engagement and maintain high standards of delivery quality
Design lead overseeing the buyer experience for the Envato Market platform and Envato Elements subscription service, where millions of people buy and sell creative assets. - Drive end-to-end initiatives from research, design explorations, testing, and supporting development through to delivery - Manage and mentor a team of designers across multiple product teams, managing design needs and roadmap priorities - Transform team cultures into user-centric problem-solving teams by integrating research and best-practice design processes - Collaborate closely and build strong relationships with cross-functional leaders in planning and prioritisation efforts - Facilitate and coach iterative and continuous product delivery in collaboration with other coaches