Damien Lutz
Senior UX/Product Designer
(Web & Mobile Apps)
- Evidence-based and metrics-focused
- Solving complex systems down to micro-interaction detail
- Adaptable to ambiguity
Experience
12+ Years Experience
From enterprise to start-ups and government, the majority of my roles have been UX/UI hybrid, with some cross-over into service design and pure research.
Industries
My Tools
Tools I'm exploring
Technical Fluency
I've built and managed my own websites in HTML, CSS, and WordPress, giving me technical literacy to collaborate closely with developers and understand constraints.
AI Experience
- AI-augmented Workflow—Used AI to accelerate ideation, write code, and prototype faster
- AI-powered Products—Designed AI-powered products, including two chatbots
- Efficient AI Practice—Developing an AI that reduces unnecessary prompts, energy consumption, and cost
Featured UX Projects
Highlights from my most impactful work across various industries and platforms.
Vodafone Australia
Designing Vodafone's first AI Chat Bot
Vodafone Australia
Redesigning a more secure login and preparing customers for change
NSW Dept. of Customer Service
Bringing siloed departments together to deliver actionable information to overwhelmed parents
Dept. Australian Agriculture, Fisheries, and Forestry
Modernising the Australian Export Regulatory Process
Vodafone Australia
Designing a pilot cross-channel experience for a telco's first Click & Collect service
Vodafone
Communicating a complex discount system at point of purchase without overwhelming various customer types
Weatherzone
Redesigning a popular site in a hyper-competitive industry, while balancing the conflicting needs of enthusiasts and casual users
AI-Assisted Design & Build
Using AI as a coding collaborator, I explore how AI can expand what a UX designer can do—from design and prototype to build and ship. So far, I’ve extended platform functionality and built custom interactive components.
But with AI’s impact on business costs and the environment, I also explore how I can use it efficiently to produce better output with fewer prompts and energy.
Multiple Web Projects
Building interactive components using AI-assisted development
Life-centred Design Academy
Extending site functionality through AI-assisted design & code
A Personal Approach
Efficient AI—Better for Business and Planet
Sustainable UX
Sustainable UX is about designing digital experiences that are better for people, business, and the planet.
Through self-learning and application, I’ve developed my own sustainable UX approach to produce digital products that use less energy, create less carbon, perform better, and encourage planet-friendlier online choices.
Future Scouting
Applying sustainable UX to reduce a web page's energy draw and carbon output
E-commerce Concept
Nudging grocery shoppers to switch to planet-friendlier alternatives
Sustainable UX Buddy
A tool for designers to learn and apply Sustainable UX as they design
Teaching UX
I’ve taught UX fundamentals to new UX/UI students for Harness Projects, and have shared my knowledge about Sustainable UX via workshops in Australia & Germany.
Harness Projects
Teaching UX Fundamentals to new design students working on real-world projects
Research | UX | UI
In 2021, I taught a 12 week UX fundamentals course to two groups of up to 12 students—working on real projects with real companies like Westpac Bank.
WooliesX
Introducing Life-centred Digital Design to a digital design team
In 2023, I was invited by the WooliesX Design Team to share life-centred design. I also workshopped with digital designers about connecting their projects to Sustainable Development Goals and how to use their privileges as design powers to help others.
Sustainable UX Event
Presenting & Workshopping Sustainable UX and Ethical AI
In 2025, I co-presented and workshopped Sustainable UX and Ethical AI with Thorsten Jonas (Sustainable UX Network) and Sandy Dähnert (Green The Web).
Let’s build something great together
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