I’m Jack, a product and visual designer that works with the music industry and startups.

Jack Murphy

I’m Jack, a product and visual designer that works with the music industry and startups.

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I’m Jack, a product and visual designer that works with the music industry and startups.

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Work Experience

UI & Product Designer at Freelance
January 1, 2024 - Present
Working with management and stakeholders to size, identify and strategize product goals and explore UX and UI. Collaborating with developers and project managers to ensure the delivery of high quality digital experiences. Getting up to speed with existing design systems and rapidly designing high quality UI and UX based on client's needs.
Lead Product Designer at Cadent
January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2024
Lead creative and strategic development of projects from client brief, to UX prototyping and wireframing, to highly polished visual designs. Built and maintained robust design systems for web and native mobile applications. Worked with stakeholders to balance user needs and business requirements for optimised outcomes. Collaborated with developers, product owners and clients in an agile environment to deliver high value digital experiences. Including temporarily backfilling scrum master and product owner positions. Lead branding, visual style and established guidelines for company brand and other internal company ventures.
Creative Director at Icon Technology Studio
January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2022
Created wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity mockups to demonstrate concepts, screens, and user flows. Built and maintained robust design systems for web and native mobile applications. Provided rapid iterations of UI and UX solutions for client and internal feedback. Contributed creative direction for larger client engagements and internally supported other creatives through feedback, mentoring, and workshops. Developed client pitches and presented creative work in addition to assisting with the development of project proposals and strategy.
Lead UI/UX Designer at Hydric
January 1, 2012 - December 31, 2022
Created wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity mockups to demonstrate concepts, screens, and user flows. Lead the design of new products and worked within existing design systems for external brands while maintaining greater brand consistency. Provided rapid iterations of UI and UX solutions for client and internal feedback. Collaborated with developers to deliver seamless integration of designs. Developed client pitches and presented creative work in addition to assisting with the development of project proposals and strategy.

Education

Professional Certificate in Web Accessibility Compliance at University of South Australia
January 1, 2023 - January 16, 2026
Advanced Diploma of Film and Theatre Acting at The Actors Workshop
January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2016
Advanced Diploma of Visual Communication at Design College Australia
January 1, 2007 - December 31, 2008

Qualifications

Professional Certificate in Web Accessibility Compliance
January 1, 2023 - January 16, 2026

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Software & Internet, Professional Services, Education, Other
    paper Ethe

    ![Ethē](https://www.twine.net/signin

    Mandatory and voluntary safety standards for AI are coming to Australia, and Ethē was built to guide organisations through compliance with new regulations.

    With a fast timeline to launch and secure investor confidence, the brand needed to be distinctive and immediate.

    I developed the visual style and logomark around the idea of technology conforming to humanity, using a palette of earthy browns and bright green to stand apart from competitors. Alongside the core identity, I created a design system, supporting graphics, and a responsive microsite to support the private beta.

    The result was a brand that was fast to execute yet strong enough to carry a new product into the market, giving Ethē a platform that could stand out, attract investors, and grow with future development.

    [jacktmurphy.com/projects/ethe](https://www.twine.net/signin

    paper MashApp

    ![MashApp](https://www.twine.net/signin

    Instagram made us photographers. TikTok made us filmmakers. But there was still no platform that made music production feel fun, accessible, and shareable.

    As UI/UX lead, I worked with the founder to turn his vision into a product. Designing the core interface, colour palette, typography, and a design system developers could run with. From MVP through beta to public release, I refined flows, extended functionality, and built core experiences like playback, discovery, and user profiles.

    I also guided creative direction across the product, balancing playful interactions with practical structure, and shaping every layer of the interface to make producing music feel as intuitive and expressive as capturing a photo or shooting a video.

    [jacktmurphy.com/projects/mashapp](https://www.twine.net/signin

    paper True North

    ![True North](https://www.twine.net/signin

    In partnership with Spotify, Emirates wanted to connect music discovery with travel. The result was True North: a web experience that recommended travel destinations by comparing user’s listening history with global trends from top cities around the world.

    As Creative Director at Hydric, I pitched the concept, which lead to the campaign and shaped the entire experience from wireframes to implementation. Working with our engineering team, we build a custom recommendation and matching engine that formed the backbone of the experience.

    True North became Spotify’s most successful Australian integrated campaign, generating more than 23 million impressions in its first month.

    [jacktmurphy.com/projects/true-north](https://www.twine.net/signin

    paper Artiphon Connect

    ![Artiphon Connect](https://www.twine.net/signin

    The Artiphon Connect companion app for the Orba 2 lets users explore hundreds of sounds, change keys, and sample anything to create songs that are uniquely theirs.

    My role was to lead the redesign of the existing app—elevating its experience to match the ambition of the instrument itself.

    My team and I produced extensive wireframes, mapped new features alongside the tech team, and delivered a fully clickable prototype. The visual design was then refreshed end-to-end with new hero and system iconography, and a modernised aesthetic that gave the app clarity and character.

    The engagement culminated in a detailed, responsive design system and cross-platform component library for the Artiphon team to implement. Alongside new functionality, I ensured the app remained backwards compatible with the previous Orba model.

    [jacktmurphy.com/projects/artiphon-connect](https://www.twine.net/signin