Marley Ava Stucci is a designer and creative technologist shaping human-led interfaces for an era of AI agents, workflows and systems. Her work focuses on making emerging technology clear, usable and directed by the people it serves.
She is currently building Elm Careers, an AI career platform for young people. Through Studio AVA, her independent practice, she works across creative direction, graphic design and user interface design to create the next generation of human experience.
Research Interests
- Human-Centred Systems Design
- Behavioural Science & Decision-Making
- Data-Driven Design
- Curation, Art Direction & Storytelling
- Governance of Decentralised & Distributed Networks
- AI Safety, Interpretability & Human Agency
Current Roles
- Studio AVA, my freelance design and creative technology practice (2018–Present)
- Elm Careers, an AI careers platform for high school students (2026–Present)
Previous Roles
- Toy Factory, Founder, Creative Direction & Production (2021–2022)
- VERSE, Founder & Creative Direction (2021)
- Proximity, Founder & Creative Director (2018–2019)
Education / Training
- National Art School, Drawing Intensive (2026)
- SheFi Academy, Season 13 (2025)
- Macquarie University, BA Cognitive & Brain Science, second major Philosophy (2024–Present)
- RMIT University, BA Design (Communication Design) (2017–2020)
- National Art School, Oil Painting Intensive (2014)