Denni Bakardji
Senior Product Designer I Interaction Designer I Accessibility Champion
Senior Product Designer
Stepstone
December 2017 - present
Lead User Experience Designer
Truphone (now Global 1)
September 2014 - December 2017
Lead User Experience Designer
Righster (now Brave Bison)
April 2013 - September 2014
Design Director
Videojuicer
April 2010 - April 2013
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.
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…"
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