Hey, I'm

Emily,

Product Designer

Based in

Australia

I specialise in creating thoughtful and impactful end-to-end products with almost two years experience across tech (Canva), enterprise (Qantas), government (ADHA), and start-up environments (Builtview, Ark, WINRdata + more!)

👋

👋

profile

Click me!

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Previously at

  • figma wizard

  • open to full-time opportunities in Brisbane / remote

  • 4 internships landed during university

  • graduated nov 25 with Bachelor of Design (Interaction Design) from USYD

  • two years experience in product design

My Projects

Get to know me and my work!

Skills & Expertise

The knowledge that powers my designs — Resume

Digital Graduate

Australian Digital Health Agency

Feb 2026 - current

  • 12-month permanent, ongoing graduate role with 3 rotations across the digital ecosystem

  • Formulated visual design of internal reporting and creating engaging video content.

  • Crafted visual diagrams and aided in the development of the Strategy and delivery within my sector

Digital Graduate

Australian Digital Health Agency

Feb 2026 - current

  • 12-month permanent, ongoing graduate role with 3 rotations across the digital ecosystem

  • Formulated visual design of internal reporting and creating engaging video content.

  • Crafted visual diagrams and aided in the development of the Strategy and delivery within my sector

Digital Graduate

Australian Digital Health Agency

Feb 2026 - current

  • 12-month permanent, ongoing graduate role with 3 rotations across the digital ecosystem

  • Formulated visual design of internal reporting and creating engaging video content.

  • Crafted visual diagrams and aided in the development of the Strategy and delivery within my sector

Product Design Intern

Qantas (Loytalty)

Jul 2025 - Aug 2025

  • Contributing to outcomes and design decisions within the Retail & QBR team within Qantas loyalty. Kick-starting design system and component library for alignment and consistency across Qantas Retail offerings of Marketplace, Shopping, Wine and Partners webpages.

Product Design Intern

Qantas (Loytalty)

Jul 2025 - Aug 2025

  • Contributing to outcomes and design decisions within the Retail & QBR team within Qantas loyalty. Kick-starting design system and component library for alignment and consistency across Qantas Retail offerings of Marketplace, Shopping, Wine and Partners webpages.

Product Design Intern

Qantas (Loytalty)

Jul 2025 - Aug 2025

  • Contributing to outcomes and design decisions within the Retail & QBR team within Qantas loyalty. Kick-starting design system and component library for alignment and consistency across Qantas Retail offerings of Marketplace, Shopping, Wine and Partners webpages.

Product Design Intern

Canva

Dec 2024 - Feb 2025

  • Owned the help centre article glow up project with the guidance of talented product and content designers in an AGILE team environment.

  • Implemented new AI workflows guided by the team, product managers and engineers.

  • Synthesised research to guide ideation to new features to increase SRR and CSAT of the help centre experience, crafting HMWs through insights.

  • Continually drove progress and cross-disciplinary collaboration through facilitating ideation workshops and design critiques.

  • Carefully validated designs through A/B testing to ensure it improved the experience of the 8 million monthly visitors of Canva’s help centre.

  • Prepared the rollout of these features and future concepts through clear documentation to improve CSAT by 5% across all devices and nations.

Product Design Intern

Canva

Dec 2024 - Feb 2025

  • Owned the help centre article glow up project with the guidance of talented product and content designers in an AGILE team environment.

  • Implemented new AI workflows guided by the team, product managers and engineers.

  • Synthesised research to guide ideation to new features to increase SRR and CSAT of the help centre experience, crafting HMWs through insights.

  • Continually drove progress and cross-disciplinary collaboration through facilitating ideation workshops and design critiques.

  • Carefully validated designs through A/B testing to ensure it improved the experience of the 8 million monthly visitors of Canva’s help centre.

  • Prepared the rollout of these features and future concepts through clear documentation to improve CSAT by 5% across all devices and nations.

Product Design Intern

Canva

Dec 2024 - Feb 2025

  • Owned the help centre article glow up project with the guidance of talented product and content designers in an AGILE team environment.

  • Implemented new AI workflows guided by the team, product managers and engineers.

  • Synthesised research to guide ideation to new features to increase SRR and CSAT of the help centre experience, crafting HMWs through insights.

  • Continually drove progress and cross-disciplinary collaboration through facilitating ideation workshops and design critiques.

  • Carefully validated designs through A/B testing to ensure it improved the experience of the 8 million monthly visitors of Canva’s help centre.

  • Prepared the rollout of these features and future concepts through clear documentation to improve CSAT by 5% across all devices and nations.

UX Contractor

Ark Client Solutions

Jul 2024 - Sep 2024

  • Developed a design system around the existing desktop interface based off Ant Design 5.0 to aid in swift development of a new construction-based software in an AGILE, start-up environment.

  • Produced high quality mockups and collaborated on the various user flows for library / marketplace sections within the experience.

UX Contractor

Ark Client Solutions

Jul 2024 - Sep 2024

  • Developed a design system around the existing desktop interface based off Ant Design 5.0 to aid in swift development of a new construction-based software in an AGILE, start-up environment.

  • Produced high quality mockups and collaborated on the various user flows for library / marketplace sections within the experience.

UX Contractor

Ark Client Solutions

Jul 2024 - Sep 2024

  • Developed a design system around the existing desktop interface based off Ant Design 5.0 to aid in swift development of a new construction-based software in an AGILE, start-up environment.

  • Produced high quality mockups and collaborated on the various user flows for library / marketplace sections within the experience.

UX Design Intern

Laing O'Rourke (Builtview)

Nov 2023 - Apr 2024

  • Thrived as the sole UX/UI designer with close collaboration with the development team on a thorough re-design project on mobile and desktop interfaces

  • Conducted user research, heuristic evaluations and usability testing, aligning photo management with construction process, identifying multiple pain points around consistency, usability and across user flows

  • Pioneered the creation of a design system establishing a standard for design consistency and scalability

  • Crafted exceptional user experiences with a focus on consistency, simplicity and accessibility, following Apple’s Human Interface Guidelines, WCAG, UX/UI/Visual patterns and micro-interactions.

  • Extended contributions beyond UX/UI, developing marketing materials and help content, aligning business and UX Strategy.

  • Designed a help and support page and innovative onboarding workflow and new feature release guides to increase adoption and awareness of app functionality amongst existing and new users.

  • Effectively communicated design decisions to developers and stakeholders supported though data analysis and synthesis.

 

UX Design Intern

Laing O'Rourke (Builtview)

Nov 2023 - Apr 2024

  • Thrived as the sole UX/UI designer with close collaboration with the development team on a thorough re-design project on mobile and desktop interfaces

  • Conducted user research, heuristic evaluations and usability testing, aligning photo management with construction process, identifying multiple pain points around consistency, usability and across user flows

  • Pioneered the creation of a design system establishing a standard for design consistency and scalability

  • Crafted exceptional user experiences with a focus on consistency, simplicity and accessibility, following Apple’s Human Interface Guidelines, WCAG, UX/UI/Visual patterns and micro-interactions.

  • Extended contributions beyond UX/UI, developing marketing materials and help content, aligning business and UX Strategy.

  • Designed a help and support page and innovative onboarding workflow and new feature release guides to increase adoption and awareness of app functionality amongst existing and new users.

  • Effectively communicated design decisions to developers and stakeholders supported though data analysis and synthesis.

 

UX Design Intern

Laing O'Rourke (Builtview)

Nov 2023 - Apr 2024

  • Thrived as the sole UX/UI designer with close collaboration with the development team on a thorough re-design project on mobile and desktop interfaces

  • Conducted user research, heuristic evaluations and usability testing, aligning photo management with construction process, identifying multiple pain points around consistency, usability and across user flows

  • Pioneered the creation of a design system establishing a standard for design consistency and scalability

  • Crafted exceptional user experiences with a focus on consistency, simplicity and accessibility, following Apple’s Human Interface Guidelines, WCAG, UX/UI/Visual patterns and micro-interactions.

  • Extended contributions beyond UX/UI, developing marketing materials and help content, aligning business and UX Strategy.

  • Designed a help and support page and innovative onboarding workflow and new feature release guides to increase adoption and awareness of app functionality amongst existing and new users.

  • Effectively communicated design decisions to developers and stakeholders supported though data analysis and synthesis.

 

Graphic Design Intern

WINRData

Aug 2023 - Oct 2023

  • Crafted visual corporate and sales guidelines for internal and external documents for print and digital formats following brand guidelines

  • Collaborated directly with the Director of Client Services to deliver designs

Graphic Design Intern

WINRData

Aug 2023 - Oct 2023

  • Crafted visual corporate and sales guidelines for internal and external documents for print and digital formats following brand guidelines

  • Collaborated directly with the Director of Client Services to deliver designs

Graphic Design Intern

WINRData

Aug 2023 - Oct 2023

  • Crafted visual corporate and sales guidelines for internal and external documents for print and digital formats following brand guidelines

  • Collaborated directly with the Director of Client Services to deliver designs

Contact

Reach out today :) — Contact me

Contact

Reach out today :) — Contact me

Contact

Reach out today :) — Contact me

  • figma wizard

  • open to full-time opportunities in Brisbane / remote

  • 4 internships landed during university

  • graduated nov 25 with Bachelor of Design (Interaction Design) from USYD

  • two years experience in product design

Reach out & contact me :)

arens.emi@gmail.com

© 2026 Emily Arens Design

All Rights Reserved

Hey, I'm

Emily,

Product Designer

Based in

Australia

I specialise in creating thoughtful and impactful end-to-end products with almost two years experience across tech (Canva), enterprise (Qantas), government (ADHA), and start-up environments (Builtview, Ark, WINRdata + more!)

👋

👋

profile

Click me!

Click me!

Previously at

  • figma wizard

  • open to full-time opportunities in Brisbane / remote

  • 4 internships landed during university

  • graduated nov 25 with Bachelor of Design (Interaction Design) from USYD

  • two years experience in product design

My Projects

Get to know me and my work!

Skills & Expertise

The knowledge that powers my designs — Resume

Digital Graduate

Australian Digital Health Agency

Feb 2026 - current

  • 12-month permanent, ongoing graduate role with 3 rotations across the digital ecosystem

  • Formulated visual design of internal reporting and creating engaging video content.

  • Crafted visual diagrams and aided in the development of the Strategy and delivery within my sector

Digital Graduate

Australian Digital Health Agency

Feb 2026 - current

  • 12-month permanent, ongoing graduate role with 3 rotations across the digital ecosystem

  • Formulated visual design of internal reporting and creating engaging video content.

  • Crafted visual diagrams and aided in the development of the Strategy and delivery within my sector

Digital Graduate

Australian Digital Health Agency

Feb 2026 - current

  • 12-month permanent, ongoing graduate role with 3 rotations across the digital ecosystem

  • Formulated visual design of internal reporting and creating engaging video content.

  • Crafted visual diagrams and aided in the development of the Strategy and delivery within my sector

Product Design Intern

Qantas (Loytalty)

Jul 2025 - Aug 2025

  • Contributing to outcomes and design decisions within the Retail & QBR team within Qantas loyalty. Kick-starting design system and component library for alignment and consistency across Qantas Retail offerings of Marketplace, Shopping, Wine and Partners webpages.

Product Design Intern

Qantas (Loytalty)

Jul 2025 - Aug 2025

  • Contributing to outcomes and design decisions within the Retail & QBR team within Qantas loyalty. Kick-starting design system and component library for alignment and consistency across Qantas Retail offerings of Marketplace, Shopping, Wine and Partners webpages.

Product Design Intern

Qantas (Loytalty)

Jul 2025 - Aug 2025

  • Contributing to outcomes and design decisions within the Retail & QBR team within Qantas loyalty. Kick-starting design system and component library for alignment and consistency across Qantas Retail offerings of Marketplace, Shopping, Wine and Partners webpages.

Product Design Intern

Canva

Dec 2024 - Feb 2025

  • Owned the help centre article glow up project with the guidance of talented product and content designers in an AGILE team environment.

  • Implemented new AI workflows guided by the team, product managers and engineers.

  • Synthesised research to guide ideation to new features to increase SRR and CSAT of the help centre experience, crafting HMWs through insights.

  • Continually drove progress and cross-disciplinary collaboration through facilitating ideation workshops and design critiques.

  • Carefully validated designs through A/B testing to ensure it improved the experience of the 8 million monthly visitors of Canva’s help centre.

  • Prepared the rollout of these features and future concepts through clear documentation to improve CSAT by 5% across all devices and nations.

Product Design Intern

Canva

Dec 2024 - Feb 2025

  • Owned the help centre article glow up project with the guidance of talented product and content designers in an AGILE team environment.

  • Implemented new AI workflows guided by the team, product managers and engineers.

  • Synthesised research to guide ideation to new features to increase SRR and CSAT of the help centre experience, crafting HMWs through insights.

  • Continually drove progress and cross-disciplinary collaboration through facilitating ideation workshops and design critiques.

  • Carefully validated designs through A/B testing to ensure it improved the experience of the 8 million monthly visitors of Canva’s help centre.

  • Prepared the rollout of these features and future concepts through clear documentation to improve CSAT by 5% across all devices and nations.

Product Design Intern

Canva

Dec 2024 - Feb 2025

  • Owned the help centre article glow up project with the guidance of talented product and content designers in an AGILE team environment.

  • Implemented new AI workflows guided by the team, product managers and engineers.

  • Synthesised research to guide ideation to new features to increase SRR and CSAT of the help centre experience, crafting HMWs through insights.

  • Continually drove progress and cross-disciplinary collaboration through facilitating ideation workshops and design critiques.

  • Carefully validated designs through A/B testing to ensure it improved the experience of the 8 million monthly visitors of Canva’s help centre.

  • Prepared the rollout of these features and future concepts through clear documentation to improve CSAT by 5% across all devices and nations.

UX Contractor

Ark Client Solutions

Jul 2024 - Sep 2024

  • Developed a design system around the existing desktop interface based off Ant Design 5.0 to aid in swift development of a new construction-based software in an AGILE, start-up environment.

  • Produced high quality mockups and collaborated on the various user flows for library / marketplace sections within the experience.

UX Contractor

Ark Client Solutions

Jul 2024 - Sep 2024

  • Developed a design system around the existing desktop interface based off Ant Design 5.0 to aid in swift development of a new construction-based software in an AGILE, start-up environment.

  • Produced high quality mockups and collaborated on the various user flows for library / marketplace sections within the experience.

UX Contractor

Ark Client Solutions

Jul 2024 - Sep 2024

  • Developed a design system around the existing desktop interface based off Ant Design 5.0 to aid in swift development of a new construction-based software in an AGILE, start-up environment.

  • Produced high quality mockups and collaborated on the various user flows for library / marketplace sections within the experience.

UX Design Intern

Laing O'Rourke (Builtview)

Nov 2023 - Apr 2024

  • Thrived as the sole UX/UI designer with close collaboration with the development team on a thorough re-design project on mobile and desktop interfaces

  • Conducted user research, heuristic evaluations and usability testing, aligning photo management with construction process, identifying multiple pain points around consistency, usability and across user flows

  • Pioneered the creation of a design system establishing a standard for design consistency and scalability

  • Crafted exceptional user experiences with a focus on consistency, simplicity and accessibility, following Apple’s Human Interface Guidelines, WCAG, UX/UI/Visual patterns and micro-interactions.

  • Extended contributions beyond UX/UI, developing marketing materials and help content, aligning business and UX Strategy.

  • Designed a help and support page and innovative onboarding workflow and new feature release guides to increase adoption and awareness of app functionality amongst existing and new users.

  • Effectively communicated design decisions to developers and stakeholders supported though data analysis and synthesis.

 

UX Design Intern

Laing O'Rourke (Builtview)

Nov 2023 - Apr 2024

  • Thrived as the sole UX/UI designer with close collaboration with the development team on a thorough re-design project on mobile and desktop interfaces

  • Conducted user research, heuristic evaluations and usability testing, aligning photo management with construction process, identifying multiple pain points around consistency, usability and across user flows

  • Pioneered the creation of a design system establishing a standard for design consistency and scalability

  • Crafted exceptional user experiences with a focus on consistency, simplicity and accessibility, following Apple’s Human Interface Guidelines, WCAG, UX/UI/Visual patterns and micro-interactions.

  • Extended contributions beyond UX/UI, developing marketing materials and help content, aligning business and UX Strategy.

  • Designed a help and support page and innovative onboarding workflow and new feature release guides to increase adoption and awareness of app functionality amongst existing and new users.

  • Effectively communicated design decisions to developers and stakeholders supported though data analysis and synthesis.

 

UX Design Intern

Laing O'Rourke (Builtview)

Nov 2023 - Apr 2024

  • Thrived as the sole UX/UI designer with close collaboration with the development team on a thorough re-design project on mobile and desktop interfaces

  • Conducted user research, heuristic evaluations and usability testing, aligning photo management with construction process, identifying multiple pain points around consistency, usability and across user flows

  • Pioneered the creation of a design system establishing a standard for design consistency and scalability

  • Crafted exceptional user experiences with a focus on consistency, simplicity and accessibility, following Apple’s Human Interface Guidelines, WCAG, UX/UI/Visual patterns and micro-interactions.

  • Extended contributions beyond UX/UI, developing marketing materials and help content, aligning business and UX Strategy.

  • Designed a help and support page and innovative onboarding workflow and new feature release guides to increase adoption and awareness of app functionality amongst existing and new users.

  • Effectively communicated design decisions to developers and stakeholders supported though data analysis and synthesis.

 

Graphic Design Intern

WINRData

Aug 2023 - Oct 2023

  • Crafted visual corporate and sales guidelines for internal and external documents for print and digital formats following brand guidelines

  • Collaborated directly with the Director of Client Services to deliver designs

Graphic Design Intern

WINRData

Aug 2023 - Oct 2023

  • Crafted visual corporate and sales guidelines for internal and external documents for print and digital formats following brand guidelines

  • Collaborated directly with the Director of Client Services to deliver designs

Graphic Design Intern

WINRData

Aug 2023 - Oct 2023

  • Crafted visual corporate and sales guidelines for internal and external documents for print and digital formats following brand guidelines

  • Collaborated directly with the Director of Client Services to deliver designs

Contact

Reach out today :) — Contact me

Contact

Reach out today :) — Contact me

Contact

Reach out today :) — Contact me

  • figma wizard

  • open to full-time opportunities in Brisbane / remote

  • 4 internships landed during university

  • graduated nov 25 with Bachelor of Design (Interaction Design) from USYD

  • two years experience in product design

Reach out & contact me :)

arens.emi@gmail.com

© 2026 Emily Arens Design

All Rights Reserved

Hey, I'm

Emily,

Product Designer

Based in

Australia

I specialise in creating thoughtful and impactful end-to-end products with almost two years experience across tech (Canva), enterprise (Qantas), government (ADHA), and start-up environments (Builtview, Ark, WINRdata + more!)

👋

👋

profile

Click me!

Click me!

Previously at

  • figma wizard

  • open to full-time opportunities in Brisbane / remote

  • 4 internships landed during university

  • graduated nov 25 with Bachelor of Design (Interaction Design) from USYD

  • two years experience in product design

My Projects

Get to know me and my work!

Skills & Expertise

The knowledge that powers my designs — Resume

Digital Graduate

Australian Digital Health Agency

Feb 2026 - current

  • 12-month permanent, ongoing graduate role with 3 rotations across the digital ecosystem

  • Formulated visual design of internal reporting and creating engaging video content.

  • Crafted visual diagrams and aided in the development of the Strategy and delivery within my sector

Digital Graduate

Australian Digital Health Agency

Feb 2026 - current

  • 12-month permanent, ongoing graduate role with 3 rotations across the digital ecosystem

  • Formulated visual design of internal reporting and creating engaging video content.

  • Crafted visual diagrams and aided in the development of the Strategy and delivery within my sector

Digital Graduate

Australian Digital Health Agency

Feb 2026 - current

  • 12-month permanent, ongoing graduate role with 3 rotations across the digital ecosystem

  • Formulated visual design of internal reporting and creating engaging video content.

  • Crafted visual diagrams and aided in the development of the Strategy and delivery within my sector

Product Design Intern

Qantas (Loytalty)

Jul 2025 - Aug 2025

  • Contributing to outcomes and design decisions within the Retail & QBR team within Qantas loyalty. Kick-starting design system and component library for alignment and consistency across Qantas Retail offerings of Marketplace, Shopping, Wine and Partners webpages.

Product Design Intern

Qantas (Loytalty)

Jul 2025 - Aug 2025

  • Contributing to outcomes and design decisions within the Retail & QBR team within Qantas loyalty. Kick-starting design system and component library for alignment and consistency across Qantas Retail offerings of Marketplace, Shopping, Wine and Partners webpages.

Product Design Intern

Qantas (Loytalty)

Jul 2025 - Aug 2025

  • Contributing to outcomes and design decisions within the Retail & QBR team within Qantas loyalty. Kick-starting design system and component library for alignment and consistency across Qantas Retail offerings of Marketplace, Shopping, Wine and Partners webpages.

Product Design Intern

Canva

Dec 2024 - Feb 2025

  • Owned the help centre article glow up project with the guidance of talented product and content designers in an AGILE team environment.

  • Implemented new AI workflows guided by the team, product managers and engineers.

  • Synthesised research to guide ideation to new features to increase SRR and CSAT of the help centre experience, crafting HMWs through insights.

  • Continually drove progress and cross-disciplinary collaboration through facilitating ideation workshops and design critiques.

  • Carefully validated designs through A/B testing to ensure it improved the experience of the 8 million monthly visitors of Canva’s help centre.

  • Prepared the rollout of these features and future concepts through clear documentation to improve CSAT by 5% across all devices and nations.

Product Design Intern

Canva

Dec 2024 - Feb 2025

  • Owned the help centre article glow up project with the guidance of talented product and content designers in an AGILE team environment.

  • Implemented new AI workflows guided by the team, product managers and engineers.

  • Synthesised research to guide ideation to new features to increase SRR and CSAT of the help centre experience, crafting HMWs through insights.

  • Continually drove progress and cross-disciplinary collaboration through facilitating ideation workshops and design critiques.

  • Carefully validated designs through A/B testing to ensure it improved the experience of the 8 million monthly visitors of Canva’s help centre.

  • Prepared the rollout of these features and future concepts through clear documentation to improve CSAT by 5% across all devices and nations.

Product Design Intern

Canva

Dec 2024 - Feb 2025

  • Owned the help centre article glow up project with the guidance of talented product and content designers in an AGILE team environment.

  • Implemented new AI workflows guided by the team, product managers and engineers.

  • Synthesised research to guide ideation to new features to increase SRR and CSAT of the help centre experience, crafting HMWs through insights.

  • Continually drove progress and cross-disciplinary collaboration through facilitating ideation workshops and design critiques.

  • Carefully validated designs through A/B testing to ensure it improved the experience of the 8 million monthly visitors of Canva’s help centre.

  • Prepared the rollout of these features and future concepts through clear documentation to improve CSAT by 5% across all devices and nations.

UX Contractor

Ark Client Solutions

Jul 2024 - Sep 2024

  • Developed a design system around the existing desktop interface based off Ant Design 5.0 to aid in swift development of a new construction-based software in an AGILE, start-up environment.

  • Produced high quality mockups and collaborated on the various user flows for library / marketplace sections within the experience.

UX Contractor

Ark Client Solutions

Jul 2024 - Sep 2024

  • Developed a design system around the existing desktop interface based off Ant Design 5.0 to aid in swift development of a new construction-based software in an AGILE, start-up environment.

  • Produced high quality mockups and collaborated on the various user flows for library / marketplace sections within the experience.

UX Contractor

Ark Client Solutions

Jul 2024 - Sep 2024

  • Developed a design system around the existing desktop interface based off Ant Design 5.0 to aid in swift development of a new construction-based software in an AGILE, start-up environment.

  • Produced high quality mockups and collaborated on the various user flows for library / marketplace sections within the experience.

UX Design Intern

Laing O'Rourke (Builtview)

Nov 2023 - Apr 2024

  • Thrived as the sole UX/UI designer with close collaboration with the development team on a thorough re-design project on mobile and desktop interfaces

  • Conducted user research, heuristic evaluations and usability testing, aligning photo management with construction process, identifying multiple pain points around consistency, usability and across user flows

  • Pioneered the creation of a design system establishing a standard for design consistency and scalability

  • Crafted exceptional user experiences with a focus on consistency, simplicity and accessibility, following Apple’s Human Interface Guidelines, WCAG, UX/UI/Visual patterns and micro-interactions.

  • Extended contributions beyond UX/UI, developing marketing materials and help content, aligning business and UX Strategy.

  • Designed a help and support page and innovative onboarding workflow and new feature release guides to increase adoption and awareness of app functionality amongst existing and new users.

  • Effectively communicated design decisions to developers and stakeholders supported though data analysis and synthesis.

 

UX Design Intern

Laing O'Rourke (Builtview)

Nov 2023 - Apr 2024

  • Thrived as the sole UX/UI designer with close collaboration with the development team on a thorough re-design project on mobile and desktop interfaces

  • Conducted user research, heuristic evaluations and usability testing, aligning photo management with construction process, identifying multiple pain points around consistency, usability and across user flows

  • Pioneered the creation of a design system establishing a standard for design consistency and scalability

  • Crafted exceptional user experiences with a focus on consistency, simplicity and accessibility, following Apple’s Human Interface Guidelines, WCAG, UX/UI/Visual patterns and micro-interactions.

  • Extended contributions beyond UX/UI, developing marketing materials and help content, aligning business and UX Strategy.

  • Designed a help and support page and innovative onboarding workflow and new feature release guides to increase adoption and awareness of app functionality amongst existing and new users.

  • Effectively communicated design decisions to developers and stakeholders supported though data analysis and synthesis.

 

UX Design Intern

Laing O'Rourke (Builtview)

Nov 2023 - Apr 2024

  • Thrived as the sole UX/UI designer with close collaboration with the development team on a thorough re-design project on mobile and desktop interfaces

  • Conducted user research, heuristic evaluations and usability testing, aligning photo management with construction process, identifying multiple pain points around consistency, usability and across user flows

  • Pioneered the creation of a design system establishing a standard for design consistency and scalability

  • Crafted exceptional user experiences with a focus on consistency, simplicity and accessibility, following Apple’s Human Interface Guidelines, WCAG, UX/UI/Visual patterns and micro-interactions.

  • Extended contributions beyond UX/UI, developing marketing materials and help content, aligning business and UX Strategy.

  • Designed a help and support page and innovative onboarding workflow and new feature release guides to increase adoption and awareness of app functionality amongst existing and new users.

  • Effectively communicated design decisions to developers and stakeholders supported though data analysis and synthesis.

 

Graphic Design Intern

WINRData

Aug 2023 - Oct 2023

  • Crafted visual corporate and sales guidelines for internal and external documents for print and digital formats following brand guidelines

  • Collaborated directly with the Director of Client Services to deliver designs

Graphic Design Intern

WINRData

Aug 2023 - Oct 2023

  • Crafted visual corporate and sales guidelines for internal and external documents for print and digital formats following brand guidelines

  • Collaborated directly with the Director of Client Services to deliver designs

Graphic Design Intern

WINRData

Aug 2023 - Oct 2023

  • Crafted visual corporate and sales guidelines for internal and external documents for print and digital formats following brand guidelines

  • Collaborated directly with the Director of Client Services to deliver designs

Contact

Reach out today :) — Contact me

Contact

Reach out today :) — Contact me

Contact

Reach out today :) — Contact me

  • figma wizard

  • open to full-time opportunities in Brisbane / remote

  • 4 internships landed during university

  • graduated nov 25 with Bachelor of Design (Interaction Design) from USYD

  • two years experience in product design

Reach out & contact me :)

arens.emi@gmail.com

© 2026 Emily Arens Design

All Rights Reserved

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