John Kappa

John Kappa

Designer in Melbourne, He/Him

About

A user-focused creative designer, ready to take creative ideas from concept to launch.

Work Experience

2023 — Now
Melbourne

Roles & Responsibilities

  • Worked closely with product managers, developers, and stakeholders.

  • Craft visually appealing and consistent designs for the mobile UI.

  • Conduct user research and usability testing.

Bragging Rights

  • Rebranded the business within 3 months of arrival.

  • Built the entire website in Framer and launched a new company site.

  • Worked within a very limited mobile team and legacy platform to deliver multiple improvements on an app that had no love for years.

  • Developed a new design system for the mobile app, introducing light + dark mode, improving UI + UX experience.

  • Tested new features with customer advisory board as well as using data analytics to AB test and improve user flows and product usability.

2000 — 2023
Melboune

Assisted over 100+ start-up and established companies launch websites / brands / physical spaces and more.

  • Branding & Design / Style Guide

  • WordPress Development / Theme Customisation / Website Builds

  • Shop Fit-out Design, including interior design and signage

  • Product Design including FMCG Design

  • Print Design, including menus, business stationery, signage & packaging

2020 — 2022
Remote

Collaborated seamlessly with truly remote global product team to design and deliver Sifchain, an omni-chain decentralised exchange aiming to create a fully communicating crypto trading environment.

Role included; Interface Design, Redesigned DEX, User interface design ideation, Product Design, Product Marketing, Socials & Content Creation

2019 — 2022
Melbourne

Senior Product Designer within a cross-functional team to launch multiple products. Made Product Hunt’s No. 1 Product of the month. Built a brand & website from scratch that is now getting in excess of 2 million unique views per month.

2018 — 2019
Melbourne

Blockbid was a secure exchange with the goal of facilitating the highest volume of trades for the most cryptocurrencies with a single login.

My role was to design & develop a start-up brand and brand strategy, research & design UI for blockchain trading platform.

Responsible for leading the creative strategy, ensuring creative integrity and overseeing day-to-day creative development.

Tasked with managing the entire design process from concept to completion, working with both internal and external teams.

Projects

2022

Get icons and illustrations for free with Reshot! Everything comes with a commercial license, suitable for both commercial and non-commercial projects. No paywalls, registration screens, or watermarks. Just grab, go and use. Instant downloads!

2022

15th Birthday is a huge milestone! It should be full of colour and excitement, and that's exactly what this project was about. I was asked to design a mark to commemorate this awesome milestone. The new mark was to be bright and colourful with an overarching theme of celebration.

Side Projects

2024

Introducing Rounder* – a soft, rounded font based on Inter, perfect for way finding and digital displays. Bonus! It includes all Greek letters!

2022

Exploration project intended on pushing myself to learn and grow.

2022

Cinema 4D exploration project producing multiple stylised images for the Suzuki Jimny.

Contact

Website
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