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Nick Elliott
Experienced UX Specialist
In an AI-driven world, empathy is irreplaceable.
My work pairs human perspectives with intelligent tools to delight users.
Contact Information
UX Expertise & Human-AI Approach
Human-Centered UX Design
I help teams move beyond what AI can infer—uncovering the deeper human motivations behind behaviour, then designing experiences that truly resonate and stand apart from the competition.
Human-AI Collaboration
AI helps me move faster with prototyping and data analysis, but it's human judgement that ensures the design is thoughtful, ethical, and emotionally engaging.
Experience Strategy & Innovation
I bring 20+ years of end-to-end UX experience across sectors including finance, engineering, cyber, and publishing—helping teams uncover where AI and human insight intersect to create standout products.
UX Leadership & Mentoring
While I've built and led UX teams, my passion lies in nurturing practice over managing people — mentoring designers and helping them balance AI-driven efficiency with thoughtful, human-centred design.
Design System Excellence
I'm experienced in helping companies build and maintain scalable design systems—making it easier to deliver consistent, high-quality experiences across products.
Work Experience
Elliott UX Ltd
freelance/contractUX Consultant & Design Systems Specialist
Industries & Clients:
Coaching & Mentoring:
Iress
Product Design Principal & Design System Product Owner
Career Progression:
Assureweb
Analyst Programmer
Nelson Thornes
Various Roles
Role Progression:
UX Impact
Iress
In 2012, I established the UX function at Iress with a team of three graduate designers. I later relocated to Australia for three years to build a new design function from the ground up. I led UX across five flagship financial advice products—contributing to award-winning software—and set up a successful design system team to drive consistency, efficiency, and inclusive design across product teams.
Spirax Group
At Spirax Group, I co-created a design system with a single developer, achieving adoption across two core products within six months. I also helped shape an AI-powered training platform that reduced Sales onboarding time by supporting the creation of an LLM from fragmented training data. I led research and designed an experience that helped users navigate gaps in content with confidence.
Oxford Risk
I rapidly created a UI component framework within two weeks —aligned with their React and Tailwind codebase. This laid the groundwork for using AI-powered design-to-code tools and enabled faster prototyping to align stakeholders and conduct effective user testing.
LAB Group
At LAB Group, I used Figma and AI tools to create browser-ready prototypes, enabling quick user testing and faster validation of onboarding experiences.
A new Cyber startup
For a new australian cyber startup, I conducted a detailed UX and accessibility critique of a proposed solution, including competitor analysis. My feedback led to a strategic pivot that avoided significant wasted effort and helped position the solution ahead of its competitors.
Oxford University Press
At Oxford University Press, I led a UX and accessibility review of their design system usage and delivered a prioritised report with quick wins and longer-term recommendations.
References
References available on request.
Referee #1
Currently Head of UX Design at FTSE 100 Engineering company.
Referee #2
Frequent speaker at leading UX design conferences. Head of Design at multiple Australian companies.