Curriculum Vitae — Heather Ho

Curriculum Vitae

Eucalyptus|Product Designer

2024 – 2026

Product designer improving how patients access support across the AU and UK markets. Worked closely with product, engineering, patient support and clinical teams to ship features, tailoring designs to meet local medical regulations in each market. Conducted user testing with content design to validate designs, using A/B testing and prototypes across patients, clinicians and internal support.

Maynard Design Consultancy|Wayfinding Designer

2021 – 2022

UX/UI Designer for Manly Ferries Product Upgrade for Transport for New South Wales (TfNSW). Conducting user research, design prototyping and usability testing to integrate new ferry product for existing Circular Quay to Manly ferry service.

Collaboration with wider design team and key stakeholders for:

  • Sydney Airport T1 International Arrivals Forecourt
  • Sydney T2/T3 Domestic Airport Upgrades
  • Gold Coast Airport

Other responsibilities including:

  • In-house CC library graphic asset management for national and global team
  • Creation and upkeep of key client graphic assets (Sydney Airport, TfNSW)

Extrablack|Wayfinding Designer

2019 – 2021

Project lead responsible for designing, documenting and building inclusive user-centric wayfinding design systems. Coordinated stakeholder meetings and workshops across a variety of sectors for public and private clients. Projects include:

  • Wesley Edward Eagar Centre
  • Parramatta Aquatic Centre (The PAC)
  • Suncorp Workplace Headquarters, Brisbane
  • Capella Sydney + The Lands by Capella

Dovetail|Interior Designer

2016 – 2018

Designing interior layout, documentation and package coordination for local commercial and aviation retail clients such as Dymocks and Lagardere Travel Retail Group. Other responsibilities include coordination and liaison with material and furniture suppliers.

THERE|Junior Wayfinding Designer

2016

Collaborating with Environments team to create environmental graphics and assisting tender documentation packages alongside final artwork preparation.

Neeson Murcutt Architects|Architectural Assistant

2015

Architectural model making and photoshop rendering for key project concept and design development phases.

Education

The Interaction Design Foundation

2023

User Experience: The Beginner’s Guide
UI Design Patterns for Successful Software

Square Planet Academy

2023

Boring UI Course
Design Better UI: Mobile Apps
Web Design Course: SaaS Product, Landing Pages Auto Layout

Udemy

2023

Figma 2023: The Absolute Beginner to Pro Class

University of Technology, Sydney

2014

Bachelor of Design in Interior and Spatial Design, Honours Class 1

UTS InSearch

2010

Diploma of Visual Communication Accelerated

Skills + Tools

Design

  • Design Systems
  • Information Architecture
  • Storytelling
  • Data Visualisation
  • Prototyping

Research

  • Competitive Analysis
  • Heuristic Evaluation
  • Journey Mapping
  • A/B Testing
  • Usability Testing

Multi-Discipline

  • Interface Design
  • Accessibility
  • Interaction Design
  • Responsive
  • UI Documentation

Adobe Suite

  • Illustrator
  • InDesign
  • Photoshop
  • Adobe CC Libraries

Software

  • Figma
  • Miro
  • Claude