Stephen is a passionate designer and teacher who runs Acidlabs – an agency specialising in design thinking, user experience, and service design.
In 2009 he founded TEDxCanberra and ran it through to 2016. Completing his Masters in Design Futures at RMIT, Stephen has a breadth of experience and capabilities as an instructor and leader in the field of UX Design.
Stefano currently specialises in User Experience Research in the financial sector working within the largest UX team at Commonwealth Bank.
Stefano has a background in organisational and behavioral psychology with a strong focus on research in the digital and tech space. Having worked in both consulting and large corporates, Stefano has a wide breadth of knowledge in the UX and CX research space.
Stefano is deeply passionate about design thinking & agile practices, to help develop great customer outcomes as well as physical and mental well-being.
Nell has over 15 years’ marketing experience in listed and entrepreneurial environments spanning the UK, Europe and Asia Pacific regions. Originally from England, Nell has lived in Australia since 2009 where she held leadership roles at Yahoo7 and then at LinkedIn as Head of Marketing and Head of the Employer Brand and Media.
Nell has a passion for building marketing solutions that fit the most challenging client brief and as a team leader, combines this with building others’ skills at digital and content marketing. Nell is a public speaker at industry events most recently at the Digital Innovation Summit and Mumbrella360. Nell is a judge for the industry awards – B&T, Mumbrella & Women in Media. Nell continues her own learning, studying Psychology with Monash University which allows her to bring a deep understanding of the science of human behavior to marketing.
On this project, Nell will facilitate the learning of each student in the core areas of digital marketing; understanding an audience, crafting a digital content strategy, defining channels and measuring impact.
Rebecca has a diverse portfolio of skills across strategy, marketing, experience design, and digital product development built over a rich career journey of nearly 20 years. She has headed up digital teams in corporates, health organisations, not-for-profits and tech start-ups.
Always curious and a passionate continuous learner, Rebecca thrives in environments where she can enable and empower others to be their best. Collaborative practice is at the heart of her operating style with Rebecca loving the challenges of bringing together teams of diverse talents with a clear shared objectives to work on transformative projects.
For Rebecca, the arena of digital marketing unites her love for user experience, creative, strategy and engagement in a space that continues to evolve rapidly.
Agility, adaptability and curiosity are both mindsets and values that guide her practice. Rebecca is working on a range of projects including Heading up Digital and Marketing at Leadership Victoria working on the implementation of new brand, web and marketing stack.
