Nate Cairns Email & Phone Number

Australia

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Analysed user feedback and data to identify areas of improvement and inform productdecisions across multiple product areas and teams.Lead designer on a new Brand Pages builder product that reduced time to build from 16 weeks end to end, down to 2 weeks. Presented wireframes and prototypes to demonstrate product ideas and features to stakeholders - showcasing thought out design decisions centred around solving user problems.Initiated the creation of the design system, which grew to a small squad. Setting up cross team processes, workflows, token creation and naming, Figma file structures and governance models - improving design consistency and cutting down time-to-develop by over 50%. Integrating with Supernova as our documentation tool of choice.Undertook large strategic research pieces. Presented findings back to the C-Suite, which helped inform the product roadmap strategy.Lead training sessions to upskill the design team across Figma, Prototyping, Design Systems and Governance.

Sydney Area, Australia

Since the beginning of 2010, I have enjoyed working with clients of all types and providing them with creative services. This has ranged from printwork to fully fleshed out e-commerce sites. I’ve been lucky enough to work with some amazing companies such as Indeed, AgriWebb, Maurie&Eve, Thrive PR and Cisco (to name a few), creating engaging campaigns to help the business needs. Being able to work closesly with clients has been a great joy of mine, as i aim to understand the business objective and how best to creatively come up with solutions.

Sydney Olympic Park, New South Wales, 2127

Employed as a Digital Designer, i have been tasked with taking lead on end-to-end campaigns, with deliverables spanning from EDM’s, Landing Pages, Dynamic HTML5 Banners and social media assets. Over the years, my role developed into a hybrid UI/UX Digital Designer role, embracing aspects from all branches of user-centred design.As Lead Designer, I initiated the creation and refinement of NRMA’s Dynamic HTML5 banners through Google Web Designer and DoubleClick studio, and decreased time spent on production of BAU banner deliverables by 70%. I was also apart of the design and development of NRMA’s modular based EDM, creating a library of HTML snippets that can be swapped in and out of EDM’s effortlessly, which allowed NRMA to utilise testing specific module segments based on data sets with ease. As a UX/UI designer, i helped design the online batteries booking portal to not only be visually consistent to the other NRMA product offerings, but to take a mobile first, user centred approach to the design, especially for the booking management portal.Working alongside third party companies, i attended User testing sessions and helped implement wireframes toward NRMA's loyalty program, NRMA Blue. User research driven changes were made to the campaign landing page of Blue, and i was tasked with heading up the design direction for these, making sure we not only adhered to best practices but also user accessibility.

I was employed as an integrated designer, mainly working on NRMA Print collateral with about 20% of my work load being dedicated to digital design based projects and campaigns. I was the lead designer of the NRMA Business Prospectus, a 10-page A4 booklet that helped inform and engage stronger B2B relationships and future acquisitions by educating them on the benefits of partnering with NRMA Business.I was also the lead designer in the re-design of the Benefits section for the Open Road, in which Member benefits were brought to the forefront and delivered in a visually impactful way. The new change was met with a great response as Members were made to feel more aware of the benefits afforded to them through their Membership.I was also tasked with creating the Interior building visual collateral that would go hand in hand with the CEO's vision for the company, and inspire an energetic workplace with a united cause to work toward.

Playing bass guitar professionally for the band New Empire, X-Factor contestant Cat Vas and Australian Idol Runner-up, Hayley Warner.Playing acoustic guitar professionally for The Voice contestant (and also my sister) Brittany Cairns.

Employed as a Graphic Designer to design and oversee the visual execution of the 'Best & Less' catalogue and related print material. Other projects that I worked on were designing 'Hills' press collateral, 'Nando’s' campaign concepts, 'Betta Electrical' catalogues, 'Destination NSW' campaign concepts, 'AMP' branding collateral and various pitchwork for new businesses. I also helped develop and create thebrand guidelines for the shopping centre ‘Garden City’ in Perth, ensuring a solid brand foundation for the company to grow its targeted demographic audience through branded advertising.

Employed as a Finished Artist/Graphic Artist working on creating adverts for clients such as Optus, Dick Smith, Qantas Holidays and Toys ‘R’ Us. Tasks included creating multiple adverts and marketing material for newspapers and magazines, as well as multiple-page catalogs, both print based and online. These jobs had to adhere to brand guidlines, and had to be dispatched on strict deadline dates. Liasing with Clients and Printers to make sure all work adhered to a high-standard of excellence, and that all artwork was setup according to Pre-press guidelines.Was apart of the studio team contracted to M&C Saatchi to work on the Optus account, setting up/designing artwork for the different sectors of Optus. Retail/Business/Small Business and Regional to name a few.