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Optus Sport Fitness

Role 

Product Owner

Brand 

Optus Sport

Services 

Product Strategy 

Design 

Research 

Delivery

Duration 

12 months

 

Key Details

Project — Built and launched the Fitness vertical on Optus Sport as a lifestyle-led platform with original content, expert partnerships, and social-led growth.

 

Role — Product Owner owning strategy, roadmap, budget, and cross-functional execution across product, content, and partnerships.

 

Outcome — Scaled to 10K+ monthly users with improved acquisition and engagement across content types.

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Problem
The Fitness vertical lacked a clear product vision, differentiated positioning, and a cohesive growth strategy. Content, product, and partnerships operated in silos, resulting in limited engagement, weak discovery, and an inability to compete in a fast-growing, content-led wellness market.

Solution
Owned and delivered the end-to-end product strategy, defining a clear vision and securing ExCo alignment across roadmap, budget, and execution. Repositioned the vertical into a lifestyle-led fitness platform built on four strategic pillars:

Original content creation

Commissioned and produced exclusive content to establish differentiation and long-term value

Free entry experience

Removed friction at the top of funnel to maximise acquisition and widen accessibility

Social media-led growth

Leveraged social channels as a primary acquisition engine to drive awareness and traffic

Superior UX across lifestyle content

Designed a seamless experience spanning video, recipes, workouts, and articles, enabling intuitive discovery and cross-content engagement. This integrated strategy aligned product, content, partnerships, and growth into a unified system designed for scale.

Outcome
Delivered a differentiated, lifestyle-driven fitness experience that scaled to 10K+ monthly users. Improved acquisition through social channels, increased engagement across content types, and established a scalable foundation for continued growth in original content, partnerships, and product expansion.

Overview

Owned and delivered the Fitness vertical product strategy; setting the vision, securing ExCo alignment, and leading roadmap, budget, and cross-functional execution across product, content, partnerships, and growth. Steered the strategy toward original content creation, onboarding leading Australian fitness experts and building a differentiated offer that reached 10K+ users a month.

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© 2026 Francesca Tschuchnigg

For project inquiries and more information, get in touch at ftschuchnigg@gmail.com

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Fran Tsch Designs offers a full CX service, specialising in experience research, strategy, design and delivery. 

© 2026 Francesca Tschuchnigg

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