Department of Government Services
Design Manager | Jan 2023 – Current
- Strategic Leadership: Leading design strategy for the Core Services Tribe (Identity, Payments, Business Profile), focusing on the delivery of reusable enterprise-grade capabilities.
- Platform Governance: Overseeing the integration of shared services across diverse government domains, ensuring scalability and consistency equivalent to a multi-tenant enterprise environment.
- Stakeholder Management: Navigating complex stakeholder environments to align product roadmaps with overarching digital transformation goals.
Service Victoria
Design Manager | Nov 2021 – Dec 2022
- Team Leadership: Managed a multidisciplinary team of product designers to deliver high-impact 0→1 platform initiatives (Sick Pay Guarantee, Get Active Kids).
- System Ownership: Managed the Service Victoria Atom Design System and associated libraries, focusing on adoption across the Digital Channels and Capabilities Tribe.
- Operational Excellence: Defined design workflows and navigated technical complexity to ensure core capabilities (Identity, Payments) met rigorous security and usability standards.
Service Victoria
Design System Lead | Nov 2020 – Nov 2021
- System Architecture and Rollout: Spearheaded the end-to-end design, build, and implementation of the Service Victoria Atom Design System, creating a unified framework that accelerated delivery for 30+ designers.
- Scaling Design Capability: Key driver in scaling the Design Guild from 4 to 30+ members, establishing the governance and contribution models required for a rapidly growing organisation.
- High-Stakes Delivery: Led design for critical COVID-19 response initiatives, including the Border Entry Permit, demonstrating the system’s ability to pivot rapidly under pressure.
Target Australia
Digital Design Team Leader | Sep 2019 – Nov 2020
- Commercial Strategy & ROI: Led a team of 8 to rapidly redesign the Target homepage during COVID-19, pivoting UX strategy to “Family Essentials” to meet shifting consumer demand and business revenue targets.
- Design Operations: Managed resourcing and prioritisation for a high-volume retail environment, ensuring design output aligned with major commercial seasonal campaigns.
Service Victoria
Front-end Developer | Jan 2019 – Aug 2019
- Technical Foundations: Led the front-end development team in building the initial React.js component library. This technical grounding allows for seamless collaboration with Engineering teams on design system implementation.
- Enterprise Integration: Developed secure, enterprise-grade platform capabilities for identity and payments, including the integration of BPAY to reduce customer transaction costs.
synrg / Brand Toolbox®
synrg / Brand Toolbox: Apr 2015 – Dec 2018
- System-Oriented Design: Served as the lead designer for a data-rich Digital Asset Management (DAM) platform, focusing on the creation of complex, system-wide UX patterns.
- Product Innovation: Developed the ‘Brand Toolbox® Designer’ (SVG Image Editor), bridging the gap between design tooling and front-end execution.
