James Sann
Lead Product Designer, Design Systems at ROLLER
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Top SchoolJames Sann is a Lead Product Designer specialising in end-to-end design systems with 15+ years of experience shaping cohesive visual languages and scalable component systems across web and mobile platforms. Based in Melbourne, he has led design systems strategy and operationalisation at organisations like Domain, Zendesk (Garden), MYOB and now ROLLER, reducing silos between design and engineering and creating single sources of truth for tokens, components and documentation. He combines hands-on visual craft and front-end fluency with product leadership—building governance, contribution models, toolchain alignment and roadmaps that balance multi-brand, multi-theme needs. Known for practical workshops, coaching and office hours, he focuses on uptake and real-world impact rather than just pattern libraries. An early advocate for systems thinking at MYOB, he helped secure funding and grow a dedicated design-systems practice, and brings that change-management experience to complex, distributed product ecosystems.
5 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
B.Bus B.Arts E-Commerce Multimedia, B.Bus B.Arts E-Commerce Multimedia at Victoria University
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Github Skills (3)
react-component10
react-components8
react6
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (2)
zendeskgarden/website
Sep 2022 - Nov 2022
:globe_with_meridians: garden website
Contributions:45 reviews, 4 commits, 4 PRs in 1 month
globereactgarden
zendeskgarden/react-components
Jun 2021 - Sep 2022
:seedling: garden React components
Contributions:13 reviews, 5 comments in 1 year 3 months
react-componentreact-components
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