James Olsen, Product Designer

James Olsen, First Nations Product Designer

I design insight-led, accessible digital experiences that remove friction from user decisions and increase conversions across B2C products.

Currently on the lookout for my next gig. Prev @ Belong (Telstra).

Professional projects

Cutting Sign-Up Friction

Consolidated a disjointed, multi-page nbn sign-up flow into one accessible page, removing the friction that was costing Belong conversions.

  • 50% increase in conversion (WoW)
  • 2%+ increase in address completion success

PRODUCT DESIGN · CONVERSION

Belong's Global Site Search

Defined the direction and reshaped Belong's site search to let customers self-serve for help, without needing live chat or a call centre.

  • ~154k searches per year
  • ~7.3k unique users per month

PRODUCT DESIGN · NAVIGATION

Belong's 115 million GB data problem

Researched and tested how Belong could incentivise customers to use 115 million GB of banked data, then redesigned the gifting journey around it.

  • 253GB Avg banked per customer
  • ~24k customers gifting per month

UX RESEARCH · PROTOTYPING

Personal projects (WIP)

More rewarding GYG GOMEX program

Rethought GYG's loyalty program to live up to "clean is the new healthy", rewarding customers for how they eat and train, not what they spend.

UX RESEARCH · CONCEPT (MID-FI)

indi - AAC

Building an AAC app that families can actually afford and access

APP DEVELOPMENT · ACCESSBILITY · Project in development!

About me

James ‘Jimmy’ Olsen

Proud Wadjigan (Bulgul country) man from Darwin, now based in Brisbane. Spent the last 4 years leading end-to-end improvements across Belong's customer acquisition journeys.

Additionally, worked as a consultant designer for DriveAbout (DA), Indigenous Road Safety Academy (IRSA) & Hitnet delivering education content to remote Aboriginal communities.

Off the clock: weekend markets, video games, and deep into the AI rabbit hole.

  • Product Designer @ Belong
  • Product & Service Design Graduate '23 @ Telstra
  • 5 internships @ Bank of Queensland
  • Consultant @ DA & IRSA
  • Consultant @ Hitnet

Let's Yarn

If you’d like to chat, or are interested in working together, you can contact me below.

james.w.olsen@outlook.com · LinkedIn · Résumé (PDF)