Richard Collinson
Senior UX Designer
Experience
Senior Experience Designer, UniSuper
Sep ‘23 - Present (Contract)
Lead Experience design improving members experience to retrieve retirement calculator results, personalised dashboards and periodic nudges to take positive action:
‘Leader in retirement’ experience - calculator data and member dashboards
Optimisation of calculator experience and performance metrics
Expansion of member online dashboard experience to track and improve progress
Planned usability testing and script writing
Improved accessibility and design system
Design support ensuring a better outcome for ‘Manage my insurance’; leading third party design direction to improve experience:
Stakeholder review and critique of intended product experience
Interaction design and accessibility improvements
Journey optimisation
Senior UX/Product Designer, NAB
Nov ‘22 - Aug ‘23 (Contract)
Led UX design, research and UI execution for the re-architecture of international payments for retail banking. Uncovered customer insights highlighting new design scope to enhance proposed solution for new and repeat customers.
Aligned research activities to project OKR metrics and ran:
Customer and employee interviews
Usability testing of design concepts with new and repeat customers
Findings synth reporting recommendations to stakeholder team
Design collaboration and validation with Architecture and Development teams
Accessible UI designs provisioned for dev handover
Senior UX Designer, Latitude Financial Services
Mar ‘21 - Aug ‘22 (Contract)
Led UX design, research and UI execution for NZ Gem Visa origination journey, increasing conversion by +30%. Embedded VOC within agile teams cadence with weekly NPS and product analysis. Advocate for design thinking within the business; shared existing CX state analysis, design principles, customer findings share-back, trend reporting, journey mapping and design concepts.
Senior UX Designer, NAB
Feb ‘19 - Feb ‘21 (Contract)
Supported ‘Simple Home Loans’, a simplified and fast way to approve customer home loans within an hour. Crafted banker UX of end-to-end home loan life-cycle and enhanced home lending origination tools for retail bankers. Managed UX output to align with overarching HLEX strategy.
Senior UX Designer, ANZ/Heath Wallace
Oct ‘18 - Feb ‘19 (Contract)
UI design lead of new authentication requirements to reduce ID fraud. Research led recommendations within an agile delivery process. Secondary team collaboration to optimise banker task flows while consolidating multiple applications into a single interface.
UX Designer, City of Melbourne
Oct ‘16 - Oct ‘18 (Contract)
Responsible for digital customer services interface as part of the online experience, advocating HCD within the program, adhering to design principles.
UX Designer, We Are Digital
Aug ‘16 (Contract)
Wireframing and UI design for an NRL clubs ticketing website.
UX Designer, Tribal DDB
Aug ‘16 (Contract)
UX Designer, Telstra
May - Aug ‘16 (Contract)
UX Designer, Esri Australia,
Oct 2015 - Feb 2016 (Contract)
Digital Producer, Sportsbet.com.au
Jan 2012 - Oct 2015
Achievements
LFS, Gem Visa NZ
Submission rate increased by 32%
Increased NPS from 10 to 38
NAB
Designed application process for principal home loan approvals in under an hour.
City of Melbourne
Established HCD thinking and practice for the digital services program.
Capability & skills
Research
Stakeholder workshops
Surveys
User interviews
Contextual inquiry
Journey mapping
Usability Testing - planning & running
Design
Information architecture
User interface
Digital and paper wireframing
Digital and paper prototyping
Visual design
Documentation & functional workflow
Software
Figma/Figjam
Sketch
Invision
Axure
Adobe Creative Suite
HTML / CSS
Education
B.A. (Hons) Graphic Design & Multimedia
Coventry University, U.K.
Rapid Prototyping and Testing for Better Designs
General Assembly, Melbourne
Scrum Master foundation
Elabor8, Melbourne
Agile Fundamentals
Thoughtworks Training workshop, Melbourne