Curiosity. Experience. Empathy.
I am an Experience Design Leader, with experience leading multidisciplinary CX/EX/UX teams to deliver end-to-end digital experiences for Australian government departments and agencies as well as global brands and agencies in the United States, Asia and Australia. I believe in leadership with empathy and encouragement, focusing on supporting colleagues to grow and flourish, and therefore deliver the best results.
I love talking to real people and understanding their behaviours, motivations and challenges, then applying human-centred principles to design intuitive and accessible solutions that make their user experiences better.
I am a visual communicator, problem solver, artist and writer. I have produced a diverse book of work with expertise encompassing service design, UX/UI design, UX research, digital content strategy, branding, corporate identity, book illustration, fine art, and copywriting.
The brands, companies and government agencies and departments I have worked with throughout my career include: Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Treasury Wine Estates, Australian National University, Australian Department of Health, Australian Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts, Australian Taxation Office, Fair Work Commission, Sport Integrity Australia, Australian Communications and Media Authority, Fair Work Ombudsman, Australian Food & Grocery Council, Volkswagen Group, Australian Wool Innovation, Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts, McDonalds Australia/NZ, Karma Group, Meat & Livestock Australia, Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, Belmond Luxury Hotels, Trains, River Cruises and Safaris, Frédéric Fekkai, Maxxium Australia, Goodman Fielder, Champion Apparel, Bisa Hotels, IHG Hotels and Resorts, Marriott International.
Working alongside friend and legendary designer Nadeem Zaidi at Mecca Studios in New York, clients included The New York Knicks, New York Rangers, Hasbro, Disney, Baby Einstein, Sirius Satellite Radio, Big Brothers Big Sisters of NYC and Nintendo. During my 5 years living and working in New York I immersed myself in the culture of creativity and design that only a great metropolis can foster.
Working with my friend and collaborator, Mexico/New York artist, film maker and producer Leopoldo Gout, I designed and illustrated the hit GENIUS book series for Macmillan Publishing in New York. Leopoldo recently commissioned me to help create many original painted illustrations for his book MONARCA which has garnered international acclaim.
Creativity. Expression. Design
I am a visual artist, digital designer and writer. After beginning my career in Sydney, Australia, I have worked as an artist, graphic designer and illustrator across the globe, from New York to Asia, Sydney and Canberra. In a long and successful career as a graphic designer, I have developed an affinity with colour, shape, form and function and brings a collaboration of structure and freedom to my art. Balancing the marks, angles and lines of a graphic grid with the flowing freedom of type form and unconstrained marks, I look to explore the discordant harmony between the order of graphics and chaos of expressionism. As an experience designer in digital design where success is based upon pixel perfection, my expressive artworks explode away from the constraints of that medium and bring a balance to my creative life.
My art can be viewed at manningstudios.com
