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Gerringong, New South Wales, Australia

I’ve coached hundreds of high-performing designers and creative individuals — helping them navigate tricky spots in their career and find clarity and purpose in moments of opportunity. I lead with honesty and humility, and aim to help designers uncover success on their own terms.In this capacity I've had the privilege of coaching design leaders from the.

Reporting directly to the CEO, my core responsibilities were to enable design success throughout the business — teaching customer-centered tactics and best practice to an engineering-bias organization.In a leadership capacity I created cross-functional processes for designers to operate in a collaborative and effective way — and support individuals in.

My time at Help Scout — US-based customer support tool — was spent as Principal Designer; producing design work for high-impact features, while also producing processes and guidance to help facilitate great work in others.As a designer, I created a whole new chat product and revenue stream, designed their embeddable suite of tools from the ground-up and.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

In 2007 as a freelance designer, I found there was no great way to share design work, collaborate and gather client feedback. I had a need, so I learned how to code and built my own solution — Prevue.Through constant progression, iteration, reinvention and plenty of late nights — I took Prevue from an idea to a profitable concept sharing and feedback.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

My primary role at Atlassian was to help progress the visual craft standard of the globally distributed design team. This involved mentoring, education, facilitating design discovery and helping designers develop and sell conceptual improvements at a company scale.I was also responsible for helping large projects find clarity in moments of indecision. In.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

I joined Sendle — a logistics startup — during their formation to be the voice of design, and establish the systems and visual tools necessary for scale. As a small team, I was also very hands-on in producing the work — operating at the breakneck pace of a startup.My biggest impact was in creating products and features that had a direct and measurable.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Over the course of 5 years at Campaign Monitor I held a number of titles on both the Marketing and Product sides of the business. But my first and most significant role was as Head of Design, where I was tasked with building the brand and creating a design team — a dream opportunity for me.I created and managed a team of high-performing designers.

Sutherland, New South Wales, Australia

Campaign Monitor is email marketing software used to create, send and measure various types of email communication, by small-to-medium businesses. During my time there, the company raised $250m and became one of Australia’s largest software companies operating in both Sydney and San Francisco. As Head of Design, I worked directly with the co-founder to.

Darlinghurst, Sydney

Working with a quirky and multi-disciplinary team of designers, business strategists and developers who build world-class digital products for global brands. As Design Lead, I worked directly with clients and engineering teams to design a variety of products such as educational games, iPhone apps and social platforms — and was involved in the entire.

London, United Kingdom

Skype is a video and messaging service known for it’s distinctive and playful visual style. At the time, the company were planning on expanding their offering to TV and integrated (in-app) products, from a traditionally desktop/mobile solution. My task as Product Design Lead was to work with the existing product teams (who were reviewing their own visual.

UK, USA, Australia

As an independent design contractor based in London, I worked with a number of software teams and digital agencies in UK, USA and Australia — with a primary focus on UX, UI and digital projects. It was also during this time that I built Prevue, a concept sharing and feedback tool that today is used by over 30,000 agencies worldwide. Achievements: - Worked.

Sydney, Australia

I worked with the talented Fat Digital team as a temporary Creative Director in Sydney, Australia. During this time I worked alongside the front and back-end development team to design a number of digital projects — all with a strong focus on UX and accessibility, over a number of industry sectors. I was also involved in liaising directly with the client.

London, United Kingdom

Skype is a video and messaging service. As a contractor based in their London offices, I worked on Skype’s “Business Control Dashboard” — a tool used by thousands of businesses to fund, manage and administrate Skype’s product suite. The dashboard is responsible for the majority of Skype’s revenue.As Product Design Lead, I worked alongside the UX.

Shoreditch, London

I worked on a number of high-profile fashion, e-commerce and lifestyle digital projects, overseeing visual design on projects through from concept to completion.Case Study: https://buzzusborne.com/casestudy/misc/

London, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

Cornwall, United Kingdom

During a prolonged period of sponsorship by the Royal Navy (UK), I competed professionally in British sailing events and taught in both the UK and Mediterranean. I've competed with various successes in national competitions, and was featured in a number of industry publications.During this period I also worked as a senior sailing coach - teaching basic to.