Preschool Equipment

Role

Design Lead

Year

July 2015 – Mar 2021

Industry

Retail B2B

Made Rupert

Ready Media

Preschool Equipment

Ready Media

Building an AI-ready design system for a property marketplace and SaaS product.

Building a scalable design system for a beloved preschool furniture brand.

Building an AI-ready design system for a property marketplace and SaaS product.

Industry

Marketplace / Saas

Retail B2B

Year

Oct 2025 – Present

July 2015 – Mar 2021

Role

Design Systems Lead

Design Lead

Industry

Marketplace / Saas

Year

Oct 2025 – Present

Role

Design Systems Lead

Building a scalable design system for a beloved preschool furniture brand.

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Challenge

Two decades of brand equity. No design system, documented language, or connective tissue between touchpoints. PSE had earned its reputation, but the infrastructure hadn't caught up.

Objectives

Design System
Establish a unified visual and verbal language through a scalable system of components, patterns, and guidelines.

Digital Presence
Re-design the core buying experience to reflect brand quality and improve conversion.

Team Capability
Build in-house marketing expertise to execute a consistent, multi-channel strategy.

Audience Engagement
Establish direct lines to customers through editorial and community content

Actions

  • Formalised the brand language through a comprehensive system spanning typography, colour, imagery, and tone of voice.

  • Built a unique 100+ icon library.

  • Created foundational token and component libraries, along with design guidelines.

  • Conducted user research to understand buying patterns and decision drivers for school administrators and educators.

  • Re–designed the website end-to-end, improving information architecture and conversion flows, and delivered production-ready specs to the development team.

  • Recruited and mentored a small in-house marketing team to own content strategy and campaign execution.

  • Developed multi-channel digital marketing templates.

  • Launched a biannual lookbook publication distributed to 10,000+ subscribers.

Milestones

Website Performance
Increased conversion by 1.9%, improved session duration by 27%, and reduced bounce rate on high-traffic pages by 14.5%.

Content & Growth
Grew referral traffic 29% as content marketing infrastructure matured.

Business Recognition:
In 2018, PSE achieved 400% business growth and was recognised in the Australian Financial Review's Top 100 Fastest Growing Companies.

Preschool Equipment

Preschool Equipment