About

I'm currently working as a Principal Designer with Bound (boundinteractive.com).

As a consultant I'm an expert at selling the value of design and communicating concepts. I pride myself on being able to talk to colleagues and stakeholders at any level. My ability to communicate is my greatest professional skill. I'm a great facilitator, can run any kind of meeting, big or small, from project kickoff to a company wide showcase.

As a design leader, I get the best out of my team by being collaborative and inclusive. I recognise that ideas come from everywhere and that they're stimulated by process.

I've been a designer since graduating from UNSW in Sydney 2007. I moved to Melbourne in 2009 and based myself in Prahran where I freelanced for small business clients as an independent designer.

When time permits, I also like to draw, illustrate, animate and make art.

Education

2007

MDM UNSW

Master of Digital Media, UNSW College of Fine Arts
(UNSW Art & Design).

2004

BA Vis. Comm.

Bachelor's degree in Visual Communication,
KvB College of Design

Work Experience

Aug 2021 - Present

Principal Designer,
Bound

Within Bound I manage a team, contribute to internal strategic and business initiatives. I also contribute to our staff capabilities/learning and development programs and facilitate our regular lunch and learn sessions.

For clients of Bound I lead, design and deliver strategic design projects, including these recent projects:

Bupa - Content as a Service.
VicRoads - Strategic website uplift.
Bupa - Linked customer account experience.

Nov 2018 - Aug 2021

Lead Designer,
Bound

I've led several major, long-term projects on behalf of Bound for our clients, including:

Energy Australia - Native app development.
NAB - Financial Crime Change Program.
NAB - Third party integrations and in-app SME business tools.

Jan 2017 - Oct 2018

Senior Designer,
World Vision Australia

As the sole designer on the 'Supporter Portal' I worked with a team to constantly test and improve supporter experience initiatives. During my time at WVAus I worked on the following:

40 Hour Famine campaign 2017.
Supporter portal registration and log in experience uplift.
Christmas gift campaign.
Website redesign including IA research, navigation design and website component library.

2007 - 2017

Freelance Designer,
Various

Did all the designs. Went prematurely grey. Got underpaid. Overpaid. Stiffed on bills. Broke some printers. Brokered some printing. Networked. Coworked. Worked like Trojan. You know...

Tools

FigmaAdobe XDSketchAdobe InDesignAdobe IllustratorZeroHeightAdobe PhotoshopAdobe LightroomProcreateCanvaMicrosoft OfficeGoogle SuiteSlackInVisionHTML, CSS & Javascript