Experience

VIVITA Creativity Accelerator for Children & Youth

• Estonia
• Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Product Designer

  • Jun 2022 - Present

  VIVITA is an innovation studio and ideas accelerator for tamariki between the ages of 9-15. As a Product Designer I work closely with our members to turn their product ideas into reality, and design and produce products for them. Another part of my role is exploring co-design with children, designing products for and with children. I have a passion for qualitative research, particularly participatory design methods. VIVITA is an innovation studio and ideas accelerator for tamariki between the ages of 9-15. As a Product Designer I work closely with our members to turn their product ideas into reality, and design and produce products for them. Another part of my role is exploring co-design with children, designing products for and with children. I have a passion for qualitative research, particularly participatory design methods.



Rolls-Royce

• Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Product Owner of User Experience

  • Jan 2021 - Jun 2022

  In this role I was responsible for designing the end-to-end experiences of Rolls-Royce Civil Aerospace software services, web-based and mobile. I particularly enjoyed engaging and collaborating with customers throughout the development and maintenance of products. In 2021, I led the User Experience and Interface design of an Enterprise Risk Management software in collaboration with our team in the UK. In this role I was responsible for designing the end-to-end experiences of Rolls-Royce Civil Aerospace software services, web-based and mobile. I particularly enjoyed engaging and collaborating with customers throughout the development and maintenance of products. In 2021, I led the User Experience and Interface design of an Enterprise Risk Management software in collaboration with our team in the UK.



University of Canterbury

• New Zealand
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Teaching Assistant

  • Feb 2020 - Jul 2020

  My role in the School of Product Design involved running classes of 15-20 first-year students, teaching and assisting with freehand drawing, technical drawing and model making. I also assisted in brainstorming sessions for game design students' final year projects.

• Graduate Research Assistant

  • Jun 2020 - Jun 2020

  In this role, I was involved in the development of an educational game for Geology and Earth Science students. I assisted with group testing, user interviews and user observations.



Air New Zealand

• New Zealand
• Airlines and Aviation
• 700 & Above Employee

• Industrial Design Researcher

  • Nov 2018 - Feb 2019

  This role involved carrying out research and development, designing product concepts and experimenting with material properties for up-cycling single-use plastics used on Air New Zealand flights. This role involved carrying out research and development, designing product concepts and experimenting with material properties for up-cycling single-use plastics used on Air New Zealand flights.