I'm Claire Taylor, a design leader based in Naarm, Melbourne. Currently, I'm a product design lead at Chronicle.

I'm passionate about early stage startups, psychological safety in design teams and continuously improving my open, collaborative design process.

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Testimonials

“Claire is a nifty designer that understands everything from UX to information architecture, an empathetic leader with high standards, and a contributor that her peers in product, design and engineering look up to. She has influenced the way we work and the way we communicate at Mr Yum, more than she knows. Whenever I try to solve a ‘clarity’ problem, I think to myself, ‘what would Claire do’.”

Kim Teo, CEO & co-founder - Mr Yum
“Over the past year, Claire has helped build out - truly - the best design team I’ve ever worked with and seen in action. She’s always empathetic in every interaction. So much cool stuff that we see out in the world has had Claire’s eyes over it. I don’t know how, but she also has some sort of god-like ability to hold entire systems in her head.”

Ryan Fitton, Director of Product - Mr Yum
“I’ve been lucky enough to work with Claire across two different companies in my career and I feel so grateful for the opportunity. The truth is that she cares deeply about her people and the people she designs for. Her leadership style makes you feel really valued and heard as a designer, creating a really safe space to collaborate and share concepts. To put it simply, Claire is the best design leader I have worked with.”

Sam Russell, Senior Product Designer - Mr Yum
“Claire was my manager at Mr Yum for over a year. It’s hard to put into words just how much of an impact she had on me personally, on the design team and across the entire company.
Claire established an open and collaborative design culture that anyone could learn from. Her leadership style fostered a space for the design team to continuously improve their skillset in a safe and encouraging environment. Our design reviews became renowned as the place for creative collaboration and unblocking problems.”


Jackie Garfield, Senior Product Designer - Mr Yum