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About me

I am a senior UX/Service Designer with 9 years of experience doing work in-house, as part of an international agency, and within governmental organisations. I have a strong skill set in research, strategy, ideation, visual design, and prototyping. I love to do work that matters, using my experience in design research and problem-solving to help create and develop engaging experiences. 

My professional career encapsulates a wide range of services, allowing me to understand the complex needs of customers, clients, and organisations. I have applied design thinking skills to industries from banking, tourism, healthcare, and education. My projects have ranged from graphic design to creating strategic visions for change within large organisations and everything in-between.

Innovator, Collaborator

My expertise is in human-centered design – creating experiences and services that people need and enjoy using.

  • I am experienced in leading and delivering design thinking projects from research to delivery

  • Comfortable facilitation skills developing and delivering workshops both online and in-person

  • Excel in ideation and concepting new solutions

  • Strong in design and presentation skills to follow the project through to the end result

  • I understand to importance of completing a project on time and within budget

  • I am passionate about creating experiences that delight

  • Confident initial planning, running and synthesising usability testing of prototypes and established systems

  • Experienced in aligning stakeholders and SMEs to make sure every voice is heard

  • Awarded the Alphabyte Informational Design Award from AUT University

  • Involved in industry collaboration events such as Social Design Jam, Social Entrepreneur Start-up and LifeHack weekends, and industry meet-ups

Values Driven Work

I have always had a deep love for the environment and I understand the influence we have on it, therefore I try to live as sustainably and pro-actively as I can. Throughout University I was an active member of Generation Zero, Enactus, and St Johns. In my work I take on projects with organisations who have a positive influence on the world such as Enspiral, Waitakere Festival, and Digital Arts.

Life-long Learner

I love to create and discover as much as I can about the world, how it works, and how we can make it better. Without becoming a forever-university student (which I could happily do), I feed my love of learning, through a variety of subjects from amazing lectures available through iTunes University, podcasts, and books. It’s why I love design so much, you need to understand so many different parts of the world in an effort to communicate it clearly.

SOCIAL ENTERPRISE IMPORTANT FOR DESIGN GRADUATE - AUT GRADUATE INTERVIEW

"Find your niche, find that thing that makes you passionate and do as much as possible to make things happen."