I am a designer who likes to work with people and technology to help make things that have a positive impact on the world. Through great research and design I aim to contribute to creating great outcomes for tough problems. I have the ability to apply big picture thinking to products, services and experiences, while being able to lead and support the execution of ideas in reality.
Trained as a visual communication designer, I have applied my skills to a wide variety of challenges and mediums—print media, digital interfaces, exhibitions, the web, information graphics, wayshowing systems and signage, brand architecture, questionnaire design, vexillography (flags), pictograms, publications, and more.
Currently I am working as a Design Manager and Product Designer for Lightspeed Commerce. Previously I worked at Toi Āria: Design for Public Good, worked on a VAA called VoteLocal at the Design+Democracy Project, and taught at Massey University’s College of Creative Arts.
In 2016 I completed a MDes on how a democratic design process could be facilitated and was as explored through New Zealand's 2015 Flag Consideration Process. The thesis is viewable online here.
Education2015–2016
Master of Design
Massey University, Wellington
2007–2010
Bachelor of Design (Hons)
Visual Communication Design
Massey University, Wellington
Member of SEGD, Society of Experiential
Graphic Design (2015)
Member of IIID, International Institute of Information Design (Elected 2012)
Member of ISTD, International Society of Typographic Designers (Elected 2010)
AwardsNew Zealand Best Award 2018, Gold. Project: On the Fence 2017. Category: Public Good.
New Zealand Best Award 2018, Silver. Project: On the Fence 2017. Category: Value of Design.
New Zealand Best Award 2017, Gold. Project: VoteLocal. Category: Public Good.
Red Dot Design Award: Design Concept, Honourable Mention. Project: VoteLocal
New Zealand Best Award 2016, Silver. Project: Flagpost. Category: Public Good, Student.
Deutsche Infografik Preis 2014, Independent category winner. Project: The Gutters are Filled with Gold
ARCH+ ‘Out of Balance: Kritik der Gegenwart’, 2014, Second Place. Project: The Gutters are Filled with Gold
2010–Present
Freelancer
2021–Present
Design Manager
Lightspeed, Montréal, Canada
2018–2021
Design Manager, Product Designer
Vend, Auckland, New Zealand
2017
Tutor (China)
Hunan University of Technology, Zhuzhou, China, and Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology, Nelson, New Zealand
2016–2017
Senior Tutor
College of Creative Arts, Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand
2017
Designer
Toi Āria: Design for Public Good,
College of Creative Arts, Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand
2016–2017
Research Officer
The Design+Democracy Project,
College of Creative Arts, Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand
2015–2016
Senior Designer
Open Lab, Wellington, New Zealand
2012–Present
Associate Designer
SV Associates
2012–2015
Designer
Minigram — Studio für Markendesign,
Berlin, Germany
2011–2012
Creative Director & Designer
Open Lab, Wellington, New Zealand
2011–2012
Digitisation Co-ordinator & Designer
Research Management Services, Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand
2011
Tutor
College of Creative Arts, Massey
University, Wellington, New Zealand
ARCH+, Issue 213, December 2013
Threaded Edition XI, October 2011
ProDesign, May 2011
Berlin Unlimited, Berlin, Germany, 2014
Cities Methodologies, UCL, London, 2013
Off Grid 17, Wellington, New Zealand, 2017
27th International Congress of Vexillology, Sydney, Australia, 2015