Product design leader and strategic thinker with more than 15 years of experience helping startups, scale-ups and enterprises solve complex challenges and create impactful experiences.

With over 5 years in design leadership roles, I’ve built and led in-house product design teams at some of Australia’s most successful businesses.

I'm passionate about unravelling complex design challenges, launching impactful products, leading teams, and mentoring early-career designers.

My goal isn't just to deliver design. It's to increase the organisation's design maturity and lead a true user-centered design approach that carefully balances business goals and user goals.

About

With over 15 years of rich product design experience spanning high-growth startups, scale-ups, and global enterprises — I have a proven track-record of scaling and directing high-performing design teams.

I was previously at Spotify working on Megaphone, an industry-leading podcasting platform for enterprise publishers and professional podcasters globally. As a senior product designer at Spotify, I was responsible for integrating a comprehensive set of tools into Megaphone to enable enterprise level broadcasters to publish, monetize, and grow their podcast businesses. 

Before Spotify, I worked at Stackla — an Australian marketing-technology startup that was acquired by Finnish company Nosto Solutions. As Design Director at Stackla, I led all design initiatives to empower over 500 customers including Apple, Disney, McDonald’s, Toyota and more to build rich libraries of visual content by actively discovering, recommending and rights managing content from across the social web to fuel personalized content experiences at scale.

I’ve been embedded in many product squads, solving complex problems, across two-sided marketplaces and SaaS products, at early-stage startups and global enterprises.

Experience

Senior Product Designer

@Spotify

Jan 2022 – Feb 2024

Head of Product Design

@Whooshkaa

Aug 2021 – Jan 2022

Design Director

@Stackla

Dec 2014 – Aug 2021

Lead Product Designer

@Hipages Group

Jul 2013 – Dec 2014

Lead Product Designer

@Freelancer.com

Jul 2012 – Jul 2013

Product Designer

@Fairfax Media

Oct 2009 – Jul 2012

Skills

UX strategy, research & design

UI design & design systems

Design thinking & workshop facilitation

Leadership, coaching and mentoring

Stakeholder management & collaboration

Let's talk!

Want to chat about a project? Email me at craighenneberry@gmail.com

I'm currently based in Sydney, Australia - available for hybrid or remote-friendly work. Let's make something awesome!