In a world reshaped by rapid technological change, urgent global challenges, and shifting consumer behaviour, the organisations that thrive are those that navigate change with clarity.

In a world reshaped by rapid technological change, urgent global challenges, and shifting consumer behaviour, the organisations that thrive are those that navigate change with clarity.

In a world reshaped by rapid technological change, urgent global challenges, and shifting consumer behaviour, the organisations that thrive are those that navigate change with clarity.

At Big Motive, we partner with visionary leaders to not only imagine a better future but to make it real.

At Big Motive, we partner with visionary leaders to not only imagine a better future but to make it real.

At Big Motive, we partner with visionary leaders to not only imagine a better future but to make it real.

We bring a deep understanding 
of people’s unmet needs and challenges through human-centred research, superpowered by AI.

We bring a deep understanding 
of people’s unmet needs and challenges through human-centred research, superpowered by AI.

We bring a deep understanding 
of people’s unmet needs and challenges through human-centred research, superpowered by AI.

This critical insight enables us to design strategies, services, digital products, and ventures that address today's complexities and build capacity for tomorrow’s opportunities.

This critical insight enables us to design strategies, services, digital products, and ventures that address today's complexities and build capacity for tomorrow’s opportunities.

This critical insight enables us to design strategies, services, digital products, and ventures that address today's complexities and build capacity for tomorrow’s opportunities.

Our Services

UX Design

Product Design

Service Design

Digital Strategy

Brand Strategy

Content Strategy

Design Education

Design Research

Brand Identity

Website Design

Digital Transformation

Our team

We’re a group of designers, researchers and strategists with a shared belief in the power of design to make people’s lives better.

We bring together skills in problem solving, storytelling and prototyping. Among us are a pizza chef, several marathon runners, an amateur mycologist and a few passionate but decidedly average golfers. We believe the magic lies in the mix: diverse, curious minds creating better solutions and enjoying the journey together.

John Cranney

Business Development Lead

Jonny Willis

Senior Designer

Sinead Thompson

Design Lead

Kate Lydon

Design Director

Rachel Sloan

Senior Designer

Georgia Gallagher

Design Researcher

Niamh McConaghy

Design Researcher

Stephen Shaw

Design Partner

Sarah Pannasch

Design Lead

Noah Weston

Design Intern

David Fairbrother

Design Lead

Laura Campbell

Interaction Designer

Rebecca Walsh

Design Partner

Damian Cranney

Managing Director

Shane McClelland

Project Manager

Lucy O'Neill

Design Intern

Hannah Storrie

Senior Designer

Adam O’Neill

Design Intern

Kyla Phillips

Operations Manager

Sarah Donnelly

Project Manager

Design for good

We’re united by a shared motive to use design for good. This is the common thread through
all our work and every collaboration we build.

The creative commitment that defines our client work drives us to make a meaningful difference beyond it. We believe design is more than craft; it can be a catalyst for positive change. We give back by offering our skills to support our local communities.

Three team members collaborating and writing ideas together during a workshop.
Three team members collaborating and writing ideas together during a workshop.
Three team members collaborating and writing ideas together during a workshop.
Two team members reviewing a project on a laptop during a working session
Two team members reviewing a project on a laptop during a working session
Team members in discussion during a meeting.
Team member smiling and holding up awards to look like novelty glasses shaped like eyes.
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Make the future real.

Big or small, every idea starts with a conversation.