Hi, I'm Nick
I help organisations move faster through complexity, turning unclear priorities into products people can actually use.
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Dulux
Find painters near me
View Case StudyLed end-to-end design for Find a painter, a service that matches 65k annual consumers (responsive web) with 800 local accredited painters (native app) across 3 Dulux businesses, synthesising research and analytics; lifting successful matches and service enquiries by 20%.
Sporting Schools
Sports grants for schools
View Case StudyLed end-to-end design for Sporting Schools, a responsive web application that enables 26k teachers from 8,000 schools to deliver sport activities supported by 40 national sporting organisations.
Fire Permits Victoria
Fire permits for Victorian citizens
View Case StudyUnified fire permit applications across 3 emergency service organisations into a single digital platform; reduced manual processing by 50% and replaced 6 paper forms with 1 digital workflow.
CV
Job Search and Online Seller
Senior Product Designer
Oct 2025 — Present- On the market, keen to get back into full-time role. Job search, selling collectables online, and self-directed upskilling in AI-assisted product design and product management. Building tools, skills, and artefacts with Claude. Managing portfolio with Vercel v0, GitHub Copilot, and Microsoft VS Code. Completed AI Product Management nano-degree at RMIT.
Dulux
Senior Product Designer (fixed-term contract)
Feb 2024 — Oct 2025- Ownership and influence-based leadership for end-to-end product design of Find a Painter. UX discovery and stakeholder alignment for Dulux Trade Rewards. Design presentations to marketing managers, leaders, senior executives, and at yearly conference.
Australian Sports Commission
Senior Product Designer (contract)
Jul 2022 — Feb 2024- Ownership and influence-based leadership for end-to-end product design of Sporting Schools, an Australian Government grants platform, uplifting usability and engagement for Australian primary schools and national sporting providers.
WISE Employment
Product Designer (contract)
Feb 2022 — Jul 2022- Delivered targeted UX improvements for a digital employment platform, owning research planning, journey mapping, and design audit across core onboarding and conversion flows.
Department of Education and Training, Victoria
Usability and Accessibility Analyst (contract)
Jan 2021 — Feb 2022- Ownership and specialist expertise to deliver end-to-end usability testing and WCAG AA 2.1 accessibility compliance for child wellbeing and safety platforms.
Country Fire Authority
Senior Product Designer (full-time)
Sep 2006 — Dec 2020- Career growth from Frontend Web Designer to Senior User Experience Designer, leading product design across enterprise application portfolio for 57,000 members and millions of Victorian citizens that visited cfa.vic.gov.au. Delivered end-to-end product design for web content, responsive web applications, multi-agency websites, digital campaings, and intranet and corporate websites. Influence-based leadership to deliver digital solutions with local and international creative agencies, local and state government departments, and technology partners.
What people say
"Nick has quickly acclimatised to the 'Dulux way' and has been enthusiastic when taking on broader responsibilities and projects. Stakeholders have also spoken positively about working with Nick and the vigour he brings to the table as evidenced in their feedback"
Hadyn, Dulux
"We're able to use the new designs to show stakeholders how things are gonna look in the future to bring them on the journey…the designs of our forms and the design of our portal…he’s also done a lot of work beyond that to be able to help us test and bring people in that journey."
Jamie, Australian Sports Commission
About
Right now, I'm looking for my next senior product design role in Melbourne. If you're solving a hard problem and want a designer who brings end-to-end product design experience, and a focus on outcomes, please get in touch.
