Garth Lidbetter

UX & Systems Designer

Location

Sawtell
NSW, Australia

Background

© 2002-2025 Garth Lidbetter

Garth Lidbetter

UX & Systems Designer

Location

Sawtell
NSW, Australia

Background

© 2002-2025 Garth Lidbetter

Gillette

2020–21

UX, CRO, Project management

Gillette had recently replatformed onto a new BigCommerce website.

I worked with Procter & Gamble on the Gillette account to continually improve the user experience, see uplift in conversion rates and also bring new categories into the range.

Gillette had recently replatformed onto a new BigCommerce website.

I worked with Procter & Gamble on the Gillette account to continually improve the user experience, see uplift in conversion rates and also bring new categories into the range.

Gillette had recently replatformed onto a new BigCommerce website.

I worked with Procter & Gamble on the Gillette account to continually improve the user experience, see uplift in conversion rates and also bring new categories into the range.

Role & team

Role: User Experience designer & Account manager

Team: UI designer (PT), Data analyst (PT), BE dev (PT), FE dev, DevOps (PT)

Client: Marketing lead, Junior marketer

Role: User Experience designer & Account manager

Team: UI designer (PT), Data analyst (PT), BE dev (PT), FE dev, DevOps (PT)

Client: Marketing lead, Junior marketer

Role: User Experience designer & Account manager

Team: UI designer (PT), Data analyst (PT), BE dev (PT), FE dev, DevOps (PT)

Client: Marketing lead, Junior marketer

Tasks

Account management

Data analysis

User journey mapping

Marketing and user experience strategies & tactics

AB testing

Success metric setting & tracking

Account management

Data analysis

User journey mapping

Marketing and user experience strategies & tactics

AB testing

Success metric setting & tracking

Account management

Data analysis

User journey mapping

Marketing and user experience strategies & tactics

AB testing

Success metric setting & tracking

Deliverables

Information architecture

Regular seasonal creative campaigns

3x new ranges added into the platform

Countless iterations as continual UX improvement

Addition of a blog content, with 50+ articles transferred

Monthly performance presentations

Information architecture

Regular seasonal creative campaigns

3x new ranges added into the platform

Countless iterations as continual UX improvement

Addition of a blog content, with 50+ articles transferred

Monthly performance presentations

Information architecture

Regular seasonal creative campaigns

3x new ranges added into the platform

Countless iterations as continual UX improvement

Addition of a blog content, with 50+ articles transferred

Monthly performance presentations

50+

blog articles transferred

3

new ranges added

12%

improvement on churn rate of subscriptions

25%

online sales growth

Background & Brief

Rather than following a single brief, this program operated on an ongoing retainer, with monthly and quarterly reviews shaping priorities. I collaborated directly with the agency handling Gillette’s digital channels in Australia.


Rather than following a single brief, this program operated on an ongoing retainer, with monthly and quarterly reviews shaping priorities. I collaborated directly with the agency handling Gillette’s digital channels in Australia.


Rather than following a single brief, this program operated on an ongoing retainer, with monthly and quarterly reviews shaping priorities. I collaborated directly with the agency handling Gillette’s digital channels in Australia.


Challenges

  1. Heavily reliant on manual, inefficient processes
    We didn't have direct access to the


  2. Time timeframes and budgets
    The platforms used at McCrindle had been developed over many years. The combination of CRM, CMS, internal documentation and marketing technology systems did not interact efficiently together and in many cases were not fit for McCrindle’s needs.


  3. Differing opinions between teams

    McCrindle has a great culture. Often celebrating each others successes. But between teams there were often conflicting opinions on the correct way to head towards common goals.

  1. Heavily reliant on manual, inefficient processes
    We didn't have direct access to the


  2. Time timeframes and budgets
    The platforms used at McCrindle had been developed over many years. The combination of CRM, CMS, internal documentation and marketing technology systems did not interact efficiently together and in many cases were not fit for McCrindle’s needs.


  3. Differing opinions between teams

    McCrindle has a great culture. Often celebrating each others successes. But between teams there were often conflicting opinions on the correct way to head towards common goals.

  1. Heavily reliant on manual, inefficient processes
    We didn't have direct access to the


  2. Time timeframes and budgets
    The platforms used at McCrindle had been developed over many years. The combination of CRM, CMS, internal documentation and marketing technology systems did not interact efficiently together and in many cases were not fit for McCrindle’s needs.


  3. Differing opinions between teams

    McCrindle has a great culture. Often celebrating each others successes. But between teams there were often conflicting opinions on the correct way to head towards common goals.

Solution

50+

blog articles transferred

3

new ranges added

12%

improvement on churn rate of subscriptions

25%

online sales growth

Conclusions

Feedback

Ash Durham

Lead Developer

"Garth is an incredibly organised and efficient member of the team. The processes that he has instilled into the business to help improve both onboarding a new client to the agency and organising project documentation will continue to lift the agency and live forevermore.

Garth’s presence in a client meeting really sets the tone from the outset, guiding and initiating conversations to tease out valuable information to build a very thought through scope for a project is second to none.

Having Garth on any team instantly provides a solid and reliable leader, who is ready with a wealth of knowledge to improve and build on any project given to him."

"Garth is an incredibly organised and efficient member of the team. The processes that he has instilled into the business to help improve both onboarding a new client to the agency and organising project documentation will continue to lift the agency and live forevermore.

Garth’s presence in a client meeting really sets the tone from the outset, guiding and initiating conversations to tease out valuable information to build a very thought through scope for a project is second to none.

Having Garth on any team instantly provides a solid and reliable leader, who is ready with a wealth of knowledge to improve and build on any project given to him."

"Garth is an incredibly organised and efficient member of the team. The processes that he has instilled into the business to help improve both onboarding a new client to the agency and organising project documentation will continue to lift the agency and live forevermore.

Garth’s presence in a client meeting really sets the tone from the outset, guiding and initiating conversations to tease out valuable information to build a very thought through scope for a project is second to none.

Having Garth on any team instantly provides a solid and reliable leader, who is ready with a wealth of knowledge to improve and build on any project given to him."