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Fractional product designer · Auckland + Worldwide

Design what matters.

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What I do

I help founders and small product teams work out what matters, design it well, and get it shipped.

  • Xero
  • Dify
  • Les Mills
  • Vodafone
  • Fisher & Paykel
  • The Palace Museum
  • UX New Zealand
  • MovesMethod
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MovesMethod

MovesMethod MVP app

Took a pre-launch fitness app to App Store ready in three months.

MovesMethod is a fast-growing fitness and mobility brand with a community of 200K+ members, expanding into a dedicated iOS app.

I came in as a Fractional Design Partner, responsible for product direction, design systems, UX strategy, and getting this app from “engineering complete” to the App Store ready state.

Xero

Guided setup / Xero accounting app

Designed Xero mobile’s guided path from first run to first value.

As the product designer, I led the end-to-end experience from discovery to rollout, aligning multiple teams around a clearer path to first value. Guided Setup was eventually shipped to every new iOS and Android install.

JAM

AI speaking coach

Built a one-minute AI speaking coach from zero to one.

As founder and product designer, I defined the product strategy, designed the end-to-end iOS experience and worked with a developer partner to launch and iterate JAM. It has reached 4K+ learners, with 13 releases shipped in its first six months.

Xero

Xero Me Timesheets

Designed Xero Me’s native timesheets from first entry to repeat use.

As the product designer, I led the iOS and Android experience end to end, launching Start and End entry in Australia within three months and simplifying repeat entry around how people actually work. Xero Me serves 622K+ users, and the work was demonstrated live at Xerocon.

What others say

“Bear has made the collaboration really seamless and painless. Really easy to work with, really fast, really knowledgeable, great communication, great design.”

Josh FearFounder / MovesMethod

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