Team DC
May 2025 – Now
www.teamdc.com.au
Leading the design function at Team DC, a digital consultancy delivering strategy, design, and technology solutions for clients across Australia. Responsible for setting the design and research direction on client engagements, from discovery through to delivery. Managing and mentoring the design team while contributing hands-on to user research, product design, and client pitches. Overseeing resource planning, project costing, and acting as design venture lead to drive client engagement and grow the practice.
JakobKahn.com
May 2019 – Now
Contracting for various clients to deliver user experience design, prototypes, user research and production management directly with development teams. Key projects include:
CommSec Adviser Services
Dec 2016 – May 2019
As Lead UX Designer reporting to the Executive Manager of Customer Experience & Marketing, I manage routine UX tasks and have launched several self-directed initiatives and projects with full autonomy to advance product UX. These initiatives include identifying opportunities, scoping solutions and driving execution to deliver measurable improvements in a complex digital platform.
Major projects:
Ongoing responsibilities:
Kinetik Internet Systems
Feb 2004 – Nov 2016
Kinetik, a boutique agency I founded and led, specialised in website and web design. It evolved into sophisticated database applications and subsequently advanced into modern UX practices. The agency consists of a core team of five full-time staff (two backend programmers, one frontend developer, one content manager and myself) while partnering with graphic designers and SEO specialists for comprehensive delivery.
Major clients and projects
Worldsites
Aug 2001 – Feb 2004
Delivered web design for SME projects using Photoshop for asset creation, Illustrator for vector graphics, Flash for interactive animations, and Dreamweaver for efficient HTML/CSS hand-coding—crafting functional, visually engaging sites within tight budgets and early web constraints.
ID Media
Jun 1999 – Aug 2001
After six months of self-directed study in Photoshop and HTML to build an initial portfolio, I secured a position at ID Media—rapidly advancing to deliver website designs for major clients including 2UE Radio and Wayne Gardner.
Bachelor of Business
Major: Property Valuation & Administration