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

Industry

Marketplace / Saas

Retail B2B

Year

Year

Oct 2025 – Present

July 2015 – Mar 2021

Role

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.

© Preschool Equipment

Challenge

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

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

Foundation

  • 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.

UX / UI

  • 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.

Other Imapct

  • 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.

Foundation

  • 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.

UX / UI

  • 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.

Other Imapct

  • 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

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