Experience

• 

  Mā Innovations

  • New Zealand

  • Creative Director

    • Apr 2020 - Present
    • New Zealand

    Creative Director at Ma Innovations, a New Zealand startup developing ethical products that benefit vulnerable communities with the inaugural product being a transparent mask for medical workers. Duties include producing the website, video and marketing collateral, as well as product development and liaising with investors and fellow team members.

• 

  Design Weasel LTD

  • New Zealand

  • Director

    • Jan 2018 - Present
    • New Zealand

    Offering creative services from marketing to graphic design to animation, brand stories, visual identity and video production.

• 

  Blastacars Drift Karts (NZ) LTD

  • Auckland, New Zealand

  • Director

    • Oct 2014 - Present
    • Auckland, New Zealand

    Blastacars Drift Karts New Zealand was created to establish Blastacars Drift Kart tracks locally and internationally and to promote and maintain existing tracks. I am 1 of three directors and my area of expertise includes sales and dealing with potential clients, marketing, branding and creative solutions for promoting existing tracks and to facilitate the opening of new tracks. I work on facility development, licensing handbooks and ongoing development as we strive to offer the exciting thrill of drift karting globally whilst making the tracks lucrative business' for investors.

• 

  Self-employed

  • Freelance Graphic Designer, Motion Graphic Artist

    • Jan 2008 - Present

    Creating solutions to a wide range of creative challenges. Visual branding and identity, logo creation, website development, Online marketing, merchandise development, video production and animation, flyers, brochures, radio, and cinema advertising and more.

• 

  Blastacars Drift Karts Auckland

  • Auckland, New Zealand

  • Marketing Director and Graphic Designer

    • Jan 2013 - Present
    • Auckland, New Zealand

    -Complete branding and visual identity from commercial spots, logos to advertising.-Marketing to increase customer base from event participation to social media.

• 

  Choice International Forwarding Company

  • Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

  • Marketing Consultant

    • Apr 2018 - Dec 2019
    • Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

    Completed a 2 year marketing role for Choice in Guangzhou China, working in China and remotely here in N.Z. Liasing with the Chinese team I was in charge of their multi-country online marketing strategies and budgets. Generating Youtube, Facebook and other online campaigns and compiling results for fortnightly meetings the role also comprised of generating commercials and customer interview videos.

• 

  哈尼面包 (Honey Bread Cafe)

  • Rest of Jilin, China

  • In House Designer

    • Dec 2011 - Oct 2012
    • Rest of Jilin, China

    -In house designer for the preparation of a Cafe franchise in the North East of China. -All facets of design from animation, visual identity, cafe decor etc.-Liaising with clients in a foreign language (Mandarin) and grasping the language in order to have successful meetings.

• 

  TSB Bank Wallace Arts Centre

  • Auckland, New Zealand

  • In House Designer

    • Nov 2010 - Aug 2011
    • Auckland, New Zealand

    -Liaising with marketing to create promotional material.-Additionally commissioned to create art works for the gallery by Sir James Wallace.

• 

  Sky Television

  • Auckland, New Zealand.

  • Video Logger

    • Oct 2010 - Oct 2010
    • Auckland, New Zealand.

    -Worked for the duration of the Commonwealth Games logging and editing information onparts of the competition using specific logging software.