Alexander Byrne

Alexander Byrne

Interaction Designn

Visual Design

Interaction Design

Product Design

Alexander Byrne

Alexander Byrne

Interaction Designn

Visual Design

Interaction Design

Product Design

Alexander Byrne

Alexander Byrne

Interaction Designn

Visual Design

Interaction Design

Product Design

Alexander Byrne

Alexander Byrne

Interaction Designn

Visual Design

Interaction Design

Product Design

Alexander Byrne is a craft-led Product Design Leader, blending innovative vision with meticulous visual and interaction design execution for global brands.

He specialises in:

Applying Original Thinking

Step-change through visionary product concepts and a culture of experimentation.

Driving Measurable Business Impact

Shaping product strategy and roadmaps through data-driven design decisions to achieve quantifiable results.

Cohesive end-to-end Experiences

Leveraging an ownership mindset to identify overlap/opportunities across organisations.

Aligning through Storytelling

Combining creativity with business-critical insights and strategic vision to unite teams and leadership.

Championing Design Excellence

Leading from on-tools execution through to mentorship, 1:1 training, and knowledge sharing.

Google. Crafting a first-of-its-kind AI storytelling experience on Android.

B2C, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Operating System, Human-AI Interaction Design

Lead Product Designer

Lead Product Designer

B2B payment dashbaord highlighting the customisation and personalisation users can add to the Payments List
B2B payment dashbaord highlighting the customisation and personalisation users can add to the Payments List
B2B payment dashbaord highlighting the customisation and personalisation users can add to the Payments List
B2B payment dashbaord highlighting the customisation and personalisation users can add to the Payments List
Business impact

Set to impact over 1 billion Android users, this innovative vision for AI storytelling secured crucial executive buy-in and alignment on roadmaps across Google. When launched, it will deliver a more contextual, personalised and intelligent experience on their phones. 

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Challenges Overcome*

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Customer benefits*

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Checkout.com. Launching a new era of payment & fraud management to underserved merchants.

Enterprise (E2E), Fintech, Risk Management, SaaS Dashboard Design

Staff Product Designer

Staff Product Designer

Business impact

This overhaul significantly boosted Checkout.com's performance, driving growth across both Enterprise and SMB segments, by securing 26 new merchants, improving merchant retention, and generating substantial revenue gains.

The redesigned core payment experience transformed Checkout.com into a more powerful, intuitive, enterprise-grade solution, accelerating fraud detection and empowering merchants to manage risk more effectively through innovative data visualization, personalization, and widget integration.

This overhaul drove significant growth across both Enterprise and SMB segments, with improved merchant retention and a strong surge in SMB acquisitions — 76 new merchants — resulting in substantial revenue gains for Checkout.com.

Challenges Overcome

As the dashboard's primary traffic driver, and with input from a multitude of teams, this product required adept strategic alignment and negotiation to ensure a cohesive user experience was shipped.

Securing executive buy-in was pivotal in driving this design-led initiative to success.

Customer benefits

Faster fraud detection times

Reduction in company risk exposure

Provides accessibility for novice users

Improved efficiency for resolving customer issues

National Australia Bank. Elevating mobile banking for 10 Million Aussie customers.

B2C, Banking, iOS & Android App, A11Y & Inclusive Design

Lead Product Designer

Lead Product Designer

Business impact

Through the introduction of a simplified UI, enhanced content hierarchy and the prioritization of accessibility, the redesign of NAB’s iOS & Android apps delivered a more purposeful and accessible mobile banking experience. 

Leveraging the deep expertise of 100+ in-house designers, the redesign also established itself as a 'guiding light' for the bank's entire digital product ecosystem.

Following launch, the iOS App Store rating grew from 2.8 to 4.7 stars, positioning NAB as a leader in Australian mobile banking.

Challenges Overcome

A senior Design Lead, initially unconvinced by the need for a redesign demonstrated a resistance to change. Through persistent communication and a positive outlook, successful wider leadership support was garnered through a compelling future vision, championing design excellence and emphasising the importance of addressing technical and design debt.

Customer benefits

Elevated trust through a modernized UI

Enhanced usability through an accessible app-wide experience

Introduction of micro-onboarding experiences

Increased trust in the brand

Aurora Insurance. Designing the future of Insurtech from 0 → 1.

B2B, Insurtech, 0 to 1 Start-up, End-to-end Experience Design

Principal Product & Brand Designer

Principal Product & Brand Designer

A collection of brand mocups showing the logo consistently in the centre
A collection of brand mocups showing the logo consistently in the centre
A collection of brand mocups showing the logo consistently in the centre
A collection of brand mocups showing the logo consistently in the centre
Business impact

Partnering with the Founders on every touchpoint from the initial vision and investor pitch materials through to prototyping, user testing and launch of the MVP; Aurora evolved from an industry disruptive idea into a tangible, branded and intuitive consumer experience. 

This foundational work also included developing a full visual brand identity, tone of voice definition, and delivering a developer-ready design system to empower future in-house design efforts. 

Aurora successfully secured Seed funding from QBE Ventures in 2024

Challenges Overcome

Steering the CEO towards exceptional customer experience and competitive differentiation through consistent advocacy and education on design principles, processes and best practices.

Customer benefits

Rapid onboarding and product selection

Industry-first both instant and tailored pricing

Proactive & personalised risk prevention tools, education and insights

Increased brand confidence in an unestablished market disrupter

Checkout.com. Shipping a $200M+ Recurring Revenue Engine powered by merchant growth.

Enterprise (E2E), Fintech, Self-service, SaaS Onboarding Design

Staff Product Designer

Staff Product Designer

Business impact

Accelerating a 6 month-long manual process into an instant, seamless and user-driven solution; this company-first self-serve experience transforms how merchants access qualifying payment products.

Empowering them to independently discover, evaluate, and activate new payment methods, they can manage their payment suite with greater agility.

This Company Bet has unlocked $200M+/year in annual revenue, significantly reduced existing and future costs and eliminated operational blockers, enabling Checkout.com to scale efficiently while exceeding customer expectations.

Challenges overcome

Translating an ambiguous, yet ambitious, goal into a shippable innovative product required original thinking and visionary concepts.

Fostering cross-functional collaboration and a willingness to experiment across leadership levels was essential to align differing executive perspectives and achieve this step-change.

Customer benefits

Empowered flexible growth and scalability

Accelerated earnings and revenue generation

Optimised operational efficiency

Increased confidence in decision-making

Let's craft a better internet.

Lets craft a better internet.

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