Denni Bakardji

Denni Bakardji

Senior Product Designer with 15+ years of experience championing inclusive design.

Senior Product Designer with 15+ years of experience championing inclusive design.

Taking 1Global eSIM to Apple's stage

I led the design of Truphone’s eSIM experience, featured during Apple’s 2017 event.

AFL received 4.5 rating on the App Store

2013 designed the Australian Football League mobile and tablet apps for IOS & Android.

NORA Award for Best Newcomer

Led the product design of Workray, one of my key projects in 2018

General Assembly panel speaker

Speaker in 2019 & 2020. Topics incl. design processes & UX team dynamics.

Run Accessibility Labs

Led sessions in 2025 & 2026 on designing for accessibility and developer handover.

ExecTA Neurodivergent Special

In 2025 facilitated an Accessibility Lab on creating accessible products.

Designing for an
AI-first world

Designing for an AI-first world

Reimagining existing platforms as AI-first experiences, helping users make better decisions.

Reimagining existing platforms as AI-first experiences, helping users make better decisions.

Driving product direction

Driving product direction

Shaping product strategy through collaborative design and vision sprints.

Shaping product strategy through collaborative design and vision sprints.

Click through rate boost

515

515

%

%

A redesigned dashboard drove users deeper into the platform and increased engagement.

Engagement growth

40

40

%

%

A digital transformation and redesign that achieved higher event attendance.

Conversion success

42

42

%

%

An experiment that grew into a standalone product across two countries.

Fostering accessible design

Fostering accessible design

Helping product teams bring accessibility into their design process from the very start.

Helping product teams bring accessibility into their design process from the very start.

lab attendant using tring to tie their shoelaces with the Cambridge simulation gloves - creating physical resistance and limit mobility, dexterity, and grip strength

Daniel Sedlacek

Staff Product Manager

SentinelOne

"Denni is a very passionate UI Designer with lots of knowledge on mobile UX and usability. I had the great opportunity to work along Denni on a redesign of Rightster's signature video player that delivered billions of video views to clients all over the world."

Anna Thorp

Product Owner

Stepstone

"…One of the best designers I've partnered with.. conscientious .. to properly understand the problem .., the .. outcome, the metrics.. I value how proactively she works with timelines… ... accessibility .. documented, translations accounted for across markets, and .. prototypes included… … raises the bar for what "ready" design looks like…"

Scott Mackenzie

Principle Technology Partnerships

Truphone

"Denni and I worked on Truphone’s Apple SIM... Denni led the UX Design work... It was a complex and challenging project with numerous constraints incl. screen size and technology. Working with Denni… was fantastic - She is incredibly passionate about her work and getting the best result for the customer."

Mimouna Mahdaoui 

CPACC - Digital accessibility and

disability inclusion at Stepstone

"Denni.. ..my most trusted sparing partner and accessibility champion… her influence spans multiple stakeholder groups.. she's built strong relationships.. ..thanks to the quality of work.. ..her passion and tireless advocacy for disability and neurodiversity inclusion have been crucial in transforming our culture…"  

Steve Alder

Cheif Business Development Officer

Truphone

"Denni has a great creative talent. We have implemented a massive project with Apple and Denni came up with many ideas for the.. user experience that made things come alive in beautiful and simple ways. In addition she had the passion and drive to make things happen, on time and with high quality."

Daniel Sedlacek

Staff Product Manager

SentinelOne

"Denni is a very passionate UI Designer with lots of knowledge on mobile UX and usability. I had the great opportunity to work along Denni on a redesign of Rightster's signature video player that delivered billions of video views to clients all over the world."

Anna Thorp

Product Owner

Stepstone

"…One of the best designers I've partnered with.. conscientious .. to properly understand the problem .., the .. outcome, the metrics.. I value how proactively she works with timelines… ... accessibility .. documented, translations accounted for across markets, and .. prototypes included… … raises the bar for what "ready" design looks like…"

Testimonials

Get in touch

Feel free to contact me to discuss possible permanent & contract opportunities at deni.red@gmail.com and LinkedIn.

Get in touch

Feel free to contact me to discuss possible permanent & contract opportunities at deni.red@gmail.com and LinkedIn.

Get in touch

Feel free to contact me to discuss possible permanent & contract opportunities at deni.red@gmail.com and LinkedIn.

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