Product Designer digitising and transforming the treasury process (and saving billions)
@ Macquarie Group.

Hey! I'm Taryn.

I'm a neuroscientist turned product designer specialising in scalable, usable and inclusive design.

I'm an advocate for users, a catalyst for change, and a curator of impactful designs.

Advocacy

Empathy

Resilience

Accessible

Scalable

Speaking & Mentorship

Presenter @ Design Outlook 2024

Presenter @ AI x Design, Macquarie

Presenter Master of Interaction Design @ USYD

Mentor @ USYD, Bachelor of Interaction Design

Wear it Purple volunteer & speaker

Awards

Macquarie AI Hackathon, 2nd Place

Ultimate Success CBA Q2 FY23

Ultimate Success CBA Q1 FY23

Ultimate Success CBA Q2 FY22

Designathons

Featured Work/ 05

Workflows
How formalising business processes into auditable, segmented steps helped Macquarie reclaim trust, reduce risk, and unlock AUD$6B.
Duration
3 months
Role
Product Designer
Scope
UX/UI design, Service design, Product strategy, Prototyping
INSIGHTS
How formalising commentary into contextual, traceable insights helped Macquarie reduce audit overhead, preserve decision context, and increase regulatory confidence.
Duration
3 months
Role
Product Designer
Scope
UX/UI design, Service design, Product strategy, Prototyping
MACQUARIE DESIGN SYSTEM
How scaling a flexible, atomic design system across Macquarie's internal platforms reduced component fragmentation, embedded accessibility, and improved design efficiency across 400+ tools.
Duration
Continuous
Role
Product Designer
Scope
Component design, Theming & brand adaptation, Accessibility, Cross-team collaboration
Money actions
How redesigning Pearler’s Money Actions flow turned a fragmented, developer-led experience into a guided, user-friendly journey — lifting task completion by 40%, reducing support tickets, and aligning with the platform’s long-term automation strategy.
Duration
2 months
Role
Product Designer
Scope
UX/UI design, User Research, Animation and Illustration
event logs
How redesigning Atlassian’s sandbox event logs transformed a raw JSON dump into a structured, human-readable experience — cutting support time by 50% and easing pressure on engineers.
Duration
2 months
Role
Product Designer
Scope
UX/UI design, User Research, Usability Testing