Voice Experience Design
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Voice Experience Design

I was headhunted by Nova’s Chief Digital Officer to build the Experience Design team and lead the design of voice experiences from a HCD point of view. There has not been a great deal of innovation in the Radio industry so …

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Redesign of Multiple Radio Apps
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Redesign of Multiple Radio Apps

The previous Nova mobile app was several years old and had been designed to replicate the content on the old website, making it somewhat irrelevant. A quick review revealed many navigation problems such as not being able to find many podcasts.

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Mobile First Media Website
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Mobile First Media Website

I was the UX Lead on the project and in my team was Praveen KG (Nova UX/UI designer) and three other designers from an external agency. I was both the stakeholder for the agency and a design colleague helping with the successful delivery of the project.

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CommSec Pocket Investing App
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CommSec Pocket Investing App

Traditionally, customers were required to invest a minimum of $500 into a parcel of stock, as required by the ASX. Along with expensive trade fees this created a barrier to entry. Our aim was to reduce the barriers of entry for Australians who are considering investing …

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CommSec Platform Redesign
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CommSec Platform Redesign

I was headhunted by CommSec to lead the UX of their platform upgrade project. This was a huge program of work across 2 years with a budget of $25 million. My focus became the design of critical self-service capabilities so that customers could manage their accounts, while reducing manual work for back office staff and call …

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Service Design: Trades for My Home
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Service Design: Trades for My Home

Late 2015, a small team was tasked with delivering the MVP (minimum viable product) of a tradesmen service, in just 5 weeks. The goal was the leverage the builders network IAG already had in place, while delivering a valuable service to internal customers initially, and ultimately external customers. Given the large…

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Retail Business Insurance
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Retail Business Insurance

NRMA saw opportunity in the small business insurance space and needed to enhance their online quoting platform. Before I joined IAG, the RBI interface had gone through 2 redesigns, which had only resulted in minor UX and conversion improvements. As the Lead UX, I could see that…

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Music Streaming App
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Music Streaming App

Late 2013, I was engaged to redesign the number 1 music streaming app in Singapore, AMPed. The app’s user experience had not changed since 2011. With the entry of new players in the music streaming marketplace, a redesign of the music …

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Mobile Wallet
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Mobile Wallet

Mid 2012, I was engaged to design Australias first NFC payments app (at Optus). The project team had never previously encountered a user experience designer, and had never developed such a product. I facilitated discussions from ideation through to delivery and lead the App design from a user centered perspective.

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