SIAN

people person

problem solver

Product Designer

beadle

Paper Textured Frame

Sian is currently a Design Manager +

Senior Product Designer at DEPT®

and is based in Melbourne

Find her on Linkedin to chat

PROJECTS

More detail coming soon

People Compass ∙ Arriba Group

Using chat-based AI to promote workplace wellbeing


Digital Wallet + Driver Licence Service Victoria

Designing a templated approach for all services and cards in a new digital wallet for Victorians


Business Management System ∙ Navy Engineering Branch

Branch-wise task management + analytics to improve accountability and encourage shared knowledge


Thrive by Five ∙ The Minderoo Foundation

Culturally relevant activities to help parents learn about and support early childhood development



Better Basket ∙ Two Bulls Hackathon

Encouraging families to eat less meat and save the planet, one meal at a time



Jobtale ∙ ApplyDirect

Making it easy for small-medium businesses to create engaging job ads and attract talent

Side-hustlin

I can’t seem to resist saying yes to designing brands, websites and invites for friends with small businesses or events.

Day-to day I tear apart complex processes and develop digital product strategies, by night I design for the fun of design.

Venture 24∙ Scouts Victoria

A badge/logo + brand for adventurous kids aged 14-17

Website ∙ Kookaburra Comms

A clean refresh for a cluttered small business site

A + T ∙ Brand, Invites, Signage

A fun, nautical summer wedding with plenty of colour

Alice‘s Hens ∙ Invites, Placemats, Signage

A bold variation to compliment the wedding branding

Sally + Simon ∙ Brand, Invites, Menus, Signage

A soft watercolour to align with centrepiece florals

About

8 years experience, with a background in branding and graphic design. I've worked with B2C, B2B and Government clients to design apps, websites, software, logos, digital ads, social media posts, magazines and more.


These days I love designing solutions that help people. If possible, by making what they need to do easy and fun.

Strengths

Paper Textured Frame

Strategy-led design

Systems thinking

Attention to detail

Team management

Client relationships

Tools

Figma + Figjam

Adobe Suite

Miro or Mural

Slack + Google suite

AI - and more


Experience

Design Manager +

Senior Product Designer

DEPT® (previously Two Bulls) / 2022 - NOW

Experience Design Lead

12thLevel / 2020 - 2022

Digital Designer

Voodoo Creative (now GrowthOps) / 2016 - 2020

education

Bachelor of Graphic Design +

Bachelor of Communication

University of Canberra / 2013 - 2016

Social Media + Digital Marketing for Business

Intensive Summer Course

Michigan State University / 2014

Advanced Graphic Design

Intensive Summer Course

Instituto Europeo di Design / 2015


User Experience Design Circuit

General Assembly / 2017


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