Ben Strowman, Designer in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Ben Strowman

Bio

Ben is a senior designer with 15 years of experience crafting digital products for startups and global brands, including Nike and BMW. He excels at translating complex business goals into intuitive user experiences. His background spans finance, healthcare, automotive, retail, and education.
Beyond leading design systems and working in Agile frameworks, Ben specializes in creative web design, animation, and interaction design to deliver high-end experiences for ambitious brands.

Portfolio

Work Experience

Senior UI Designer

2026 - PRESENT
Apparent
  • Led the design of a high-priority project for a leading global tech brand.
  • Executed the visual design of complex interfaces, ensuring pixel-perfect alignment with the client’s global design standards.
  • Built advanced interactive Figma prototypes to demonstrate intricate user flows and seamless interactions.
  • Presented design concepts and prototypes to senior stakeholders, navigating feedback loops and driving the vision for key product features.
Technologies: Figma, Figma Prototyping

Senior UI Designer

2025 - 2026
Tundra
  • Owned the visual design across multiple website projects, transforming complex functional requirements into clean, accessible, and user-centric digital experiences.
  • Provided design direction and oversight, ensuring every output met high standards of usability and brand alignment.
  • Collaborated with the engineering team throughout the build phase, providing detailed documentation and QA to ensure the final product was shipped with high visual and functional fidelity.
Technologies: Figma, Adobe After Effects

Senior Product Designer

2019 - 2025
AKQA
  • Led the design execution for multiple digital products and websites, from producing initial wireframes to crafting high-fidelity UI, prototypes, and animations.
  • Built and scaled comprehensive design systems from the ground up, driving visual consistency and increasing developer efficiency across multiple products.
  • Served as a primary design partner for senior stakeholders and product owners, translating high-level business goals into elegant, simplified design solutions.
  • Executed high-impact designs and animations for fast-paced new business pitches.
  • Facilitated weekly design reviews to elevate studio output.
  • Partnered with the engineering team to ensure final production reflected the original design intent through rigorous QA and detailed documentation.
  • Provided immediate value when embedded directly into client teams to work on high-priority projects.
  • Collaborated on user research to drive product iteration through data-driven insights.
Technologies: Figma, Adobe After Effects, Miro, Art Direction, Interaction Design (IxD), UX Design, UI Design, Web Design, Responsive Web Design (RWD), Stakeholder Management, Animation, Design Systems, Mobile App Design, eCommerce Web Design, User Interface (UI), Web UI Design, User Experience (UX), Visual Design, UI Motion, Creative Direction, Product Design, Motion Design, Landing Page Design, Agile, App Design, Branding, AI Tools, Web Animation, Digital Design, Dashboard Design, Brand Design, Design Leadership, Accessibility, Design Thinking, Jira, Web UI, High-fidelity Prototypes, Prototyping, User Testing, User Research, User Validation, Rapid Interactive Prototyping, Rapid Prototyping

Senior Designer

2019 - 2019
Kin + Carta
  • Charged with the visual design across website and branding projects.
  • Crafted UI animations to present design concepts to key senior stakeholders.
  • Mentored junior and mid-weight designers to elevate the craft and ensure they always felt supported.
Technologies: Sketch, Adobe After Effects

Skills

Tools

Figma Prototyping, Adobe After Effects, Jira, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, AI Tools, Confluence, Miro, Sketch

Platforms

Figma, iOS, Android

Other

Web Design, Design Systems, Interaction Design (IxD), Mobile App Design, Animation, UX Design, UI Design, Product Design, Wireframing, eCommerce Web Design, Responsive Web Design (RWD), Web App Design, Prototyping, UI Motion, User Interface (UI), Web UI Design, User Experience (UX), Motion Design, Landing Page Design, Agile, App Design, Web Animation, Digital Design, Dashboard Design, Design Leadership, Design Thinking, Web UI, High-fidelity Prototypes, Rapid Interactive Prototyping, Rapid Prototyping, Art Direction, Information Architecture (IA), Branding, Brand Design, User Testing, User Research, User Validation, Strategic Design, Creative Design, UX Wireframes, Stakeholder Management, Accessibility, User Onboarding, User Flows, Creative Direction, Visual Design, Conceptual Design, Editorial Design, Scalable Architecture

Experience

  • Product Design - 15 years
  • UI Design - 15 years
  • Web Design - 15 years
  • UX Design - 15 years
  • UI Motion - 12 years
  • Interaction Design (IxD) - 12 years
  • Figma Prototyping - 5 years
  • Design Systems - 5 years

Tools

  • Figma Prototyping
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