Adam Kendall
Design leader. Designer.
About
18 years building world-class design teams and products.
I am a Design Leader with over 18 years experience. I have grown design teams from 20 to 100+, been the creative lead on multiple large-scale enterprise projects, and most recently led a multidisciplinary team to deliver a world-class enterprise Design System for NAB.
My skills and core strengths
Case Studies
Examples of my work
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Embedding Enterprise AI tools for designers and engineers
- AI and tooling
- Design systems
- Enterprise delivery
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Creating the Elevate Design System
- Leadership and people
- Design systems
- Product Design
- Enterprise delivery
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Building a Design Chapter from scratch
- Leadership and people
- Design systems
- Product Design
- Enterprise delivery
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Redesigning a two week lending decision to under 15 minutes
- Leadership and people
- Service design
- Product Design
- Research
Articles
Latest writing
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Enable your design system for AI
Quicker delivery is already here. Now focus on quality and consistency.
Experience
Successful as a leader and on the tools
I have 18 years experience in design related roles. Below is a snapshot of this experience and you can find more details in my LinkedIn profile.
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Head of Design
Elevate Design Systems Chapter
Led a design chapter while delivering the product releases and gaining ongoing funding. Led delivery of AI-tool suite.
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Design Manager
Elevate Design Systems Chapter
Grew the team and the product from nothing to an enterprise-scale design system and chapter. Drove eSat to 90%. Integrated AI tools into Elevate.
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Design Lead
Business Lending
Led the end-to-end research and design of the Business Lending customer journey, including taking a 2 week application down to 15 mins.
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Design Practice Manager
Design Operations
Key people leader growing the team from 20 to 100+ designers. Integrated and embedded design and research software through vendor partnerships.
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Design Producer
Business Lending
Partnered with project leads and designers to ensure successful delivery of research and design priorities. Coached and mentored designers.
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Product Designer
Digital Experiences
End-to-end design of financial services experiences, including research and testing, wireframing, prototyping and high-fidelity design.
You can find more details of previous roles in my LinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/adamkendall5