Hello

My name is Dave Lim. I'm a he/him digital product designer living in Melbourne, Australia.

I'm also a graphic designer, ex-coder and serial dabbler in illustration, type, lettering, crochet, sewing and other crafty things.

Work

2022—Now  Director of Design

Leadership and strategy across design and product, people leadership and coaching, design practice and ways of work. Deep domain knowledge in the development, career planning and talent spaces.

2022—2022 Principal Product Designer

2017—2022 Lead Product Designer

2014—2017 Senior Product Designer

Product design and leadership across the Culture Amp product suite. Practice process, ways of work, craft mentorship & design system. Major product areas include:

  • Competency frameworks
  • Development and career planning
  • Manager learning & skills development
  • Action planning & behavior change
  • 360° development feedback
  • Survey configuration, report sharing & data visualisation

2013—2014 Senior Experience Designer

User experience consulting and design services for clients including Telstra, Officeworks, Suncorp, Heart Foundation, Beyond Blue & BP.

  • UX design, research & testing
  • Visual design & illustration
  • Web and user interface design
  • Front-end development

Freelance
2011—Now  Designer

  • Identity design, graphic design, typesetting & illustration
  • Web and user interface design
  • Front-end development

2012—2013 Web App & UI Team Lead

Led team focused on design and build of small consumer web applications.

  • Team resourcing, technical & professional mentorship & performance management
  • Development of front-end and design practices & process

2005—2012 Consultant

Sotware engineering and business consulting for clients including Telstra, Transurban, NAB & Medibank.

  • Software development
  • Business process and practice consulting
  • Interface design and development for the web

Study

2011—2013 Graduate Diploma of Graphic Design

Melbourne, Victoria