About
Hello, I'm Josh :)
Award-winning UX Designer with over 10 years of experience in interaction design, prototyping, and user-centred design methods. Skilled in leading teams, defining product vision, and collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders. Passionate about creating intuitive and impactful user experiences, with expertise in web development, generative AI and conversational interfaces. Recognised speaker on AI and design systems.
Experience
- Senior Interaction Designer at Australian Government Department of Agriculture (July 2022 - Present)
- Senior UX Designer at University of Canberra (February 2018 - July 2022)
- Designer/Developer at MathsBURST (February 2018 - January 2022)
- Creative Technologist at Huey Books (May 2019 - March 2020)
- Senior UX Designer at CHOICE (December 2016 - February 2018)
- UX Designer at Australian Broadcasting Corporation (December 2012 - December 2016)
Awards
- 2024 Good Design Award "Supporting Exporters Access to Reduced Tariff Rates Through Integrated Services"
Talks and Workshops
- 2024 October: Sydney JS Meetup @ Atlassian – Tiny Talking Todos and Open AI Realtime voice APIs (extended version).
- 2024 August: Sydney JS Meetup @ Atlassian – Tiny Talking Todos, how to build AI voice assistants in the browser.
- 2024 Design Outlook – Omni Apps, Designing for Apps That Can See, Hear and Speak.
- 2023 Sydney Design Systems Meetup @ Canva – What makes a design system play well?
Education
- Bachelor of Design (Visual Communication) with Honours - University of Western Sydney (2007 - 2011)
Teaching
- Lead Instructor, UX – General Assembly (Mar 2022 - present)
- Unit coordinator/tutor, Web Fundamentals and JavaScript – University of Technology Sydney (Aug 2014 – Nov 2015)