Principal Product Designer · Sydney, Australia

Currenty working at CSIRO, Australia's National Science Agency.

I'm a principal product designer specialising in AI, with a background in academic research. I design tools that domain experts rely on.

Pip Shea
Sydney, 2025
Timeline

20+ years of design & research experience.

2023 — present
Principal Product Designer
CSIRO
2022 — 2023
Senior Product Designer
CSIRO
2020 — 2022
Lead Product Designer
Victorian Government
2018 — 2021
Lead Product Designer
Victorian Government
2010 — 2018
Academic Researcher
QUT, USYD, Monash, Queen's University Belfast, Ulster University
2001 — 2009
Lead UX/UI Designer
ABC
Capabilities

Strategy, research, and execution across the full design stack.

AI Product Strategy

Shaping what to build and why, using SOTA AI frameworks and deep domain knowledge.

Design Team Leadership

Growing junior designers into confident practitioners and senior designers into leads.

User Research

Academic-grade research rigour applied to product decisions — qualitative and quantitative.

Systems Design

Designing complex multi-agent AI systems that maintain clarity and user control at scale.

Responsible AI

Interrogating ethical risks and operationalising RAI principles in real product contexts.

Domain Expertise

Deep familiarity with scientific, government, and public-sector product contexts.