Jonny Kirk Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

• Experience Design• UX/UI Design• Product Owner• Venture Studio (Business Design, POC, prototyping, rapid experimentation)• Lead strategic designer for he Reece Group sustainability strategy

Experience Designer in the Innovation team. Specialising in rapid prototyping and experimentation, Pretotyping, idea generation, design research, UX/UI, emerging technologies, facilitation and co-design.

Quest is an Australian financial technology company providing diverse and innovative end-to-end payment solutions to retailers and financial institutions worldwide.The core product innovation team in Quest Labs, working with emerging technologies at the intersection of product design and service design. I work with both software and hardware developers, creating design and research strategies and implementing it across all stages of design, from research, protopying to high-fidelity UI for iOS and Android.

Bourne Digital deliver innovation through agile delivery of cloud solutions including mobile, UX, advanced analytics and Internet of Things solutions.Contract position. Contextual enquiry, user interviews, data synthesis, wireframing, medium and high-fidelity prototyping.

Chapter House Lane is an NFP Art Gallery in City of Melbourne.

My Green World develops innovative educational platforms and resources to engage the youth to participate in wildlife conservation. The brief was to add more features and elements to World of the Wild (educational freemium game for children) as it was not being downloaded and raising vital revenue for charity.• Extensive user research into gamification, conservation messaging and environmental literacy in children to understand to their core motivations. • Discovered current revenue model & game mechanics were flawed. • Went from a design project to primarily a research project.• The game was stripped back to concept, solid foundation and new GGP (game design plan) needed to be created.

Fairfield, Victoria, Australia

I managed a team of designers in Melbourne and offshore in Shanghai. I was the chief product designer and graphic designer for elite sportswear unit, managing large clients including AFL Victoria, AFL Tasmania.ROLE:• Design management: Design development, performance tested, iterated and delivered elite products that adhered to strict QA standards, and commercial and branding guidelines.• Product management: Ensured elite quality product delivered in 4-week delivery cycles.• Facilitated product meetings (on and off site) with clients for collaborative design solutions and stakeholder buy-in.• Produced and tested design and construction concepts to solve weaknesses and stress points in garments.• Researched emerging trends in technology and activewear.ACHIEVEMENTS:• Established boutique factory in Shanghai, established, trained and mentored both the design and production teams on site (2 months). • Established critical path, supporting documentation, strategies and QA system for factory.• Business travel to Shanghai to maintain relationships and research innovative materials and techniques for sportswear development.

Melbourne, Australia

I was hired as a freelance designer and brought in-house and promoted to design manager within 3 months due to design ability, strong work ethic and business strategy smarts.ROLE• Design management: Developed, tested, iterated and delivered elite products that adhered to strict QA standards, commercial and branding guidelines.• Product management: Ensured elite quality product delivered in 4-week delivery cycles (in-house and offshore factory).• Project managed the workflow, including hiring new designers to pickup work overflow• Produced design presentations and tender application documents for large clients contracts including AFL Victoria and AAMI Kooyong Classic. • Graphic design: Graphic print, logo design, sales collateral, using style guides ACHIEVEMENTS:• Promoted to design manager in 3 months.• Established and implemented critical path, new business management systems with supporting documents, tools and policies.• Managed design and production facility in Suva, Fiji (3 months) to cope with sudden increase in demand due to new contracts. • The business grew rapidly and secured a number of new large commercial contracts.• Travelled to Shanghai to train designers, establish strict QA objectives and maintain relationships.

Melbourne, Australia

I owned and operated my own experimental handmade clothing and accessory label part-time from my studio.ROLE:• All business operations: Business strategy, supply chain management, marketing, design, manufacture, finances and managing interns. ACHIEVEMENTS:• Exhibited on 3 occasions at Melbourne Fashion Weeks (2012 / 2013)• Yering Station Emerging Designer.• Sold to Australia, USA and Japan.• Feature Articles: The Age and Fallen magazine.

Melbourne, Australia

My role was Co-designer for Dom Bagnato and range Coordinator for all brands including Joe Black Tailor, Gibson & Cambridge & Co. ROLE• Design development of tailored wear, and created detailed garment specifications• Trend research and trend forecasting documents• Designed fabric and trims and coordinated ranges • Designed and produced all selling tools.

Surrey Hills, Australia

Part-time job while studying fashion:• Designing school uniform packages.• Graphic design for uniform presentations.• Designing & redesigning logos.• Design and production of selling tools.

Bachelor Of Fashion (Design)

Activities and Societies: 2005: Student Representative Council 2006: Student Representative Council

User Experience Design Immersive

Bachelor Of Science (Biomedical Science)