I'm a freelance web designer & developer with over 8 years industry experience.
I come from sunny St Kilda, Melbourne & I can help your website flourish.
Hi! My name's Sarah Simmonds and I love websites.
These are just a few examples of my work in graphic design and web development that I can show you.
Category_id1 TypeWeb design and development CompanyCupco Games LinkDescriptionI designed and built a brochure website for Cupco Games to promote their recently released iphone app Splat Attack. Id1 CategoryMajor Projects Category_srcprojects-major.png ChildrenArray |
Category_id1 TypeLogo design CompanyExperian Hitwise LinkDescriptionRebranded and redesigned the Top 10 Award badges released in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and Singapore twice a year. Id1 CategoryMajor Projects Category_srcprojects-major.png ChildrenArray |
Category_id2 TypeWeb design CompanyQuizlet DescriptionRedesigned the Quizlet branding and simplified the information architecture of their homepage to focus the user on understanding the product and getting value as quickly as possible. Id2 CategoryMinor Projects Category_srcprojects-minor.png |
Category_id3 TypeGraphic design CompanyExperian Hitwise DescriptionPoster designed for the company social space in Melbourne by the same name. Id3 CategoryJust for fun Category_srcprojects-creative.png ChildrenArray |
Category_id3 TypeLogo design CompanyExperian Hitwise DescriptionLogo designed for the Hitwise GPD group to give a collective sense of identity and unity. Incorporated many of their social past times such as table tennis, chess, voting system metrics and beer. The Latin translates to 'knowledge is power' which refers to the large amount of data the GPD group deals with on a daily basis. Id3 CategoryJust for fun Category_srcprojects-creative.png ChildrenArray |
Category_id2 TypeWeb design CompanyMelbourne Hackerspace DescriptionI'm in the process of designing a wordpress website in the spirit of charity for a favourite local community group called Melbourne Hackerspace. Id2 CategoryMinor Projects Category_srcprojects-minor.png ChildrenArray |
Category_id1 TypeUser experience design CompanyDT LinkDescriptionI was a member of the UX and Design team who laid the groundwork for the new hotel booking experience called Hooroo. I ran several user tests in-house and designed wireframes for the payment process, grid and card views. Id1 CategoryMajor Projects Category_srcprojects-major.png ChildrenArray |
Category_id1 TypeUser experience design CompanyBendigo Bank LinkDescriptionI designed the layout and information architecture for the mobile version of PlanBig, a community website owned and operated by Bendigo Bank. Guided by data from Google Analytics, I stripped out some of the more complex and underused features of PlanBig and focus on those heavily used by visitors on mobile devices. For members, I designed a recent updates mobile interface so they can keep track of plans, conversations and people even more easily than on desktop. Id1 CategoryMajor Projects Category_srcprojects-major.png |
Category_id2 TypeWeb design and development LinkDescriptionDesigned and built a portfolio website for Bark Klepka, a music composer in the games industry. Primary requirement was for it to work on mobile as well as desktop with little duplication of code. Id2 CategoryMinor Projects Category_srcprojects-minor.png |
Category_id3 TypeGraphic design CompanyPenny Blue DescriptionArtwork for the branding of a bar in the CBD by the same name. Id3 CategoryJust for fun Category_srcprojects-creative.png |
Category_id3 TypeWeb design and development DescriptionIn excited anticipation of a 4 week long holiday in Europe, I had the idea to write a web app so I could upload photos to a website and allow friends and family to track my progress each day. Id3 CategoryJust for fun Category_srcprojects-creative.png |
Category_id1 TypeUser experience design CompanyDT LinkDescriptionI had the interesting task of investigating how users approach and compare insurance policies and what attracts them to AAMI's unique offerings. Id1 CategoryMajor Projects Category_srcprojects-major.png ChildrenArray |
Category_id1 TypeWeb design CompanyDermatology Institute of Victoria LinkDescriptionI designed the user interface and visual artefacts for the HOYS web app and website, enabling cosmetic patients to perform skin examinations on themselves and review treatments with their doctor. Id1 CategoryMajor Projects Category_srcprojects-major.png ChildrenArray |
Category_id3 Award1 TypeWeb design CompanyLonely Planet DescriptionI entered my first 24hr hackathon with two friends the weekend after a short road trip. The hackathon was run at the Lonely Planet head quarters. They had just released a new Destinations API which allowed websites to query their database of popular places. Id3 CategoryJust for fun Category_srcprojects-creative.png ChildrenArray |
Category_id2 TypeWeb design and development CompanyExperian Hitwise DescriptionA simple photo directory allowing easy search and one click select on staff details such as name, email address, title, etc. Id2 CategoryMinor Projects Category_srcprojects-minor.png |
Category_id3 Award1 TypeGraphic design and product design CompanyRed Thread Games DescriptionRed Thread Games is a young indy games company and much to the delight of tens of thousands of fans, have the rights to make the sequel to the highly acclaimed PC adventure game Dreamfall: The Longest Journey. Id3 CategoryJust for fun Category_srcprojects-creative.png ChildrenArray |
Category_id1 TypeWeb design and development CompanyExperian Hitwise DescriptionI was a developer and user experience designer on the Experian Hitwise SAAS product which offers usage data from millions of websites across the internet. I was fortunate enough to participate in redesigning the information architecture and look from scratch. Id1 CategoryMajor Projects Category_srcprojects-major.png |
Category_id3 TypeGraphic design DescriptionAn illustration done for a book release. The suited lion is for a modern remake of the Lion and the Unicorn nursery rhyme. Id3 CategoryJust for fun Category_srcprojects-creative.png |
Category_id1 TypeWeb development and UX design CompanyGet Started LinkDescriptionI was fortunate enough to be the Lead Frontend Developer on Snooze's new responsive website, heading a team of 5 very talented individuals. I worked closely with the Graphic Designer to translate a set of complex interactions to a single codebase that works across all modern devices. Id1 CategoryMajor Projects Category_srcprojects-major.png ChildrenArray |
Category_id3 TypeGraphic design DescriptionHaving an outrageously fun afternoon experimenting with the new 3D mixer brushes available in Photoshop CS5 and 6. Id3 CategoryJust for fun Category_srcprojects-creative.png |