Hi, I’m Laura 👋, a visual designer with a soft spot for branding and a curiosity that’s led me across formats, disciplines, and ideas 💭. This page will show you what I do and why I do it. But more than that, I hope it gives you a sense of how I think, what I care about, and if I’m up your alley. Let’s get into it.

Core Skills

Brand Identity

Brand Identity

Brand Identity

Digital Design

Digital Design

Digital Design

Art Direction

Art Direction

Art Direction

Social Media

Social Media

Social Media

Development

Development

Development

About me

I believe the best brands are the ones with something to say. So that’s what I like to do: build visual worlds that feel honest, relevant, and entirely their own.

How that looks depends. Sometimes it’s a website. Sometimes it’s an identity, a campaign or a set of templates. Sometimes it’s all of the above. Over the past five years, I’ve worked across studios, startups, and in-house teams — from multi-million-dollar national launches to young brands finding their feet.

What I Do

I think the variety of my career has made me a better designer — someone who learns on the go and isn’t afraid of the unknown. I’m as likely to build brands from scratch as to refined existing ones, to jump from print to web, to be as concerned about colour as usability –– making things that live on streets, screens, and everywhere in between.

What I Think

At the heart of it, I care most about where aesthetics and intention meet. I believe design is best when it’s beautiful and useful — when it looks good and works hard. That’s why I’m especially drawn to UX and brand strategy, and why I’m always curious how design can support bigger goals.

How I Work

My process isn’t fixed — and I like it that way. It’s more practical than precious. It reflects some of the ways I think about design: iterate, experiment, be honest, have fun, give a damn, ask more questions, keep learning. Curiosity and play shape my approach. Care and purpose define my work. I’m not chasing average.

By the numbers

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collective audience reach

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Years in design

I've worked on

01. Strategic Foundations

02. Brand Building

03. Activation & Launch

–– Brand Personality –– Competitive Audit –– Mission, Vision & Values –– User Journeys –– User Personas

Verbal: –– Copywriting –– Naming –– Messaging –– Tone of Voice

Visual:
 –– Art Direction & Mood-boards –– Brand Guidelines
 –– Colour Systems –– Iconography

Digital: –– 3D & Motion –– Brand Templates –– Email, Social Media & Ads –– Websites

Physical: –– Campaigns –– Environmental & OOH –– Photography –– Print Collateral & Merch

01. Strategic Foundations

02. Brand Building

03. Activation & Launch

–– Brand Personality –– Competitive Audit –– Mission, Vision & Values –– User Journeys –– User Personas

Verbal: –– Copywriting –– Naming –– Messaging –– Tone of Voice

Visual:
 –– Art Direction & Mood-boards –– Brand Guidelines
 –– Colour Systems –– Iconography

Digital: –– 3D & Motion –– Brand Templates –– Email, Social Media & Ads –– Websites

Physical: –– Campaigns –– Environmental & OOH –– Photography –– Print Collateral & Merch

01. Strategic Foundations

02. Brand Building

03. Activation & Launch

–– Brand Personality –– Competitive Audit –– Mission, Vision & Values –– User Journeys –– User Personas

Verbal: –– Copywriting –– Naming –– Messaging –– Tone of Voice

Visual:
 –– Art Direction & Mood-boards –– Brand Guidelines
 –– Colour Systems –– Iconography

Digital: –– 3D & Motion –– Brand Templates –– Email, Social Media & Ads –– Websites

Physical: –– Campaigns –– Environmental & OOH –– Photography –– Print Collateral & Merch

01. Strategic Foundations

02. Brand Building

03. Activation & Launch

–– Brand Personality –– Competitive Audit –– Mission, Vision & Values –– User Journeys –– User Personas

Verbal: –– Copywriting –– Naming –– Messaging –– Tone of Voice

Visual:
 –– Art Direction & Mood-boards –– Brand Guidelines
 –– Colour Systems –– Iconography

Digital: –– 3D & Motion –– Brand Templates –– Email, Social Media & Ads –– Websites

Physical: –– Campaigns –– Environmental & OOH –– Photography –– Print Collateral & Merch

tech Stack

Figma

Figma

Figma

Illustrator

Illustrator

Photoshop

Photoshop

Photoshop

Illustrator

After Effects

After Effects

After Effects

Framer

Framer

Framer

Squarespace

Squarespace

Squarespace

Spline

Spline

Spline

Experience

2022 —— Present

Designer, The Good Studio

The Good Studio is a boutique design agency where I worked across brand identities, strategy, and website projects. I led the agency’s own rebrand and served as lead designer on client work spanning fashion, retail, film, and events. My contributions included creating logos, brand guidelines, Shopify websites, social media templates, signage, and more.

2020 —— Present

Designer, Freelance

I independently led design projects from initial briefing through to final delivery. This included client communication, running workshops, managing feedback, and refining outputs. My work covered branding, web design and development, presentations, social content, and photography, for clients in industries such as healthcare, architecture, fashion, and education.

2023 —— 2024

Designer, Compare the Market

I led creative direction on national campaigns worth over $3M, reaching more than 5 million Australians. This included producing 500+ assets across OOH, digital, and social channels. I led the creative for a national home insurance campaign featuring TV personality Andrew Winter. I also transitioned the internal design team to Figma by establishing file structures, workflows, and running onboarding workshops. Additionally, I led a brand refresh for Compare the Market, impacting over 300 employees.

2022 —— 2024

Designer & Social Media Manager, Active Eight

In my first month on the team, I increased engagement by 30% and website link clicks by 70%. During my time there, I designed and published over 300 social media posts, and developed a full suite of Canva templates—spanning print, video, and social content—to streamline production and empower team members to easily create on-brand content.

Coming soon

Right now, I’m looking for what’s next. I want to work with people better than me. With thoughtful people. With open minds looking for great ideas 🧠. With people who know those ideas come from back-and-forth, not top-down. Together, I want to make work that is fresh 🥒, thoughtful, and a little unexpected.

If that sounds like you, you know what to do: laurabarton.xyz@gmail.com

Right now, I’m looking for what’s next. I want to work with people better than me. With thoughtful people. With open minds looking for great ideas 🧠. With people who know those ideas come from back-and-forth, not top-down. Together, I want to make work that is fresh 🥒, thoughtful, and a little unexpected.

If that sounds like you, you know what to do:

laurabarton.xyz@gmail.com