Human Centered Design, Desgin Thinking, Prototyping and Testing
💡 + 🎨 + ✏️ = Me 👋
Hi, I'm Dan Steen. I'm an innovator and creative UX specialist based in Central Victoria Australia. I loves conjuring up impactful ideas, painting, and making games.
Case studies
View the case studies below to see my processes in practice. Each case-study summarises my involvement, the outcomes and the approach I took to understand my users, and how I created innovative products and experiences to address their needs.
Innovation Engine
Cloudy: A Resilience Toolkit
Improving the resilience of online students
Mapping the Unit Chair Journey
Research, workshops and UX outputs
Deakin Buddies
Visual design, illustration, motion, UX, UI, Testing
A tool to help people understand their strengths and weaknesses in bushfire evacuation
Visual design, illustration, motion, UX, UI, Testing
In-language bushfire education animations for CALD communities
Visual design, motion, co-design
Skills
My hands-on technical skills of design and motion, combined with my UX and facilitation skills, enable me to not only analyse and understand user behaviour, but it also allows me to use these insights to create behaviour-driven tangible tools and experiences. I've led, designed and delivered a multitude of projects, embracing lean UX principles to create rapid innovative solutions.
Facilitation
- Design thinking
- Design sprints
- Brainstorming and ideastorming
User experience
- User research and interviewing
- Wireframing and prototyping
- Testing
- Product design
Design and Motion
- 2D animation and motion graphics
- Illustration and live sketchnoting
- High- and low-fidelity visual design
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Animation and Interactive Media – RMIT
- Advanced diploma of Multimedia – RMIT
- Diploma of Leadership and management – Deakin
What am I up to right now?
I'm a passionate creative who is always looking to collaborate on the next idea or problem.
Experience
I have 10+ years experience in corporate and higher education, where I've been able to create innovative and impactful experiences. My current role is Lead - Digital Experience and Innovation in the Centre of Education, Innovation and Quality at RMIT University. In this role, I'm focused on understanding, uplifting, and innovating RMIT's student and educator digital learning experiences. Outside of this, I pursue personal projects, work on my business ClimateThrive, and occasionally write and draw.
I also love to give back to the design, UX, and startup community through mentoring and coaching. Some of my experiences include:
- I've mentored for SPARK Deakin Accelerator program.
- I've coached students in the Deakin School of IT Capstone program and RMIT IT Capstone program.
- Previously mentored in the Hult Prize competition for Deakin University.
- Successful participant in RMIT Activator's LaunchHUB program 2020.
- Provided mentoring for graduates in UX.
If you're interested in collaborating, get in touch at dan@dsteen.design.
Articles
Reflection is such an important part of any design process. I collect my thoughts about trends in design, my curiosities and my thinking in short Medium articles from time to time. Take a quick read to find out what is making me tick.
Get in touch with me: dan@dsteen.design
Or reach out on social media. I would love to connect.
