Experience

Whanganui & Partners

• New Zealand
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Strategic Lead - Capability

  • Jun 2022 - Present

  Maternity leave cover 12 month contract Maternity leave cover 12 month contract



Whanganui Community Foundation

• Member Board Of Trustees

  • Sep 2021 - Present



Strange Dog Print and Design

• Creative Director/Owner

  • Dec 2018 - Present

  Business diversification Business diversification



Te Manawa Museum

• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Manager of Sustainable Funding and Innovation

  • Aug 2021 - Jun 2022



lighting Tech Solutions

• Contractor

  • Jul 2020 - Jun 2022

  Primarily funding and marketing support contracts. This is part time on an as requested basis. Primarily funding and marketing support contracts. This is part time on an as requested basis.



Visit Ruapehu

• Travel Arrangements
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Stakeholder Engagement Manager

  • Sep 2020 - Aug 2021

  12 month contract under STAPP funding for business capability. 12 month contract under STAPP funding for business capability.



Ngāti Rangi Trust

• Manager - Te Pae Tata

  • Nov 2017 - Jun 2020

  Te Pae Tata - The Ruapehu Community Learning and Tech Hubhttps://www.ruapehuhub.com/Responsible for a team of 4 staff, budget and forecasting, strategy, day to day management, report writing, stakeholder establishing and networking, funding sourcing, sustainability planning, innovation for community and iwi advancement, marketing and communications. This also extended to the development and management of Rawe Creative an advertising and marketing work incubator for Rangatahi. Te Pae Tata - The Ruapehu Community Learning and Tech Hubhttps://www.ruapehuhub.com/Responsible for a team of 4 staff, budget and forecasting, strategy, day to day management, report writing, stakeholder establishing and networking, funding sourcing, sustainability planning, innovation for community and iwi advancement, marketing and communications. This also extended to the development and management of Rawe Creative an advertising and marketing work incubator for Rangatahi.



UCOL Te Pūkenga

• New Zealand
• Higher Education
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Head of School Creative Industries

  • Aug 2016 - Nov 2017

  ● Academic Leadership● Educational Delivery● Applied Research● Student Recruitment● Innovation and product delivery● Management (including staffing and financials)To provide leadership in developing a strong and vital School which focuses on enhancing student outcomes and experiences and profiles UCOL’s reputation with industry, employers and regional communities.To lead and implement portfolio development, review and rationalisation across the academic area.To ensure the sustainable provision of a quality teaching & learning environment that meets the expectations of UCOL, its communities and students.To establish effective networks and links to relevant industry groups and agencies, employers and to the School’s communities.Lead activities and initiatives relating to the achievement of all Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) and Educational Performance Indicators (EPI’s).Leads specific practice team across all campuses.

• Creative Director (Special Projects)

  • Feb 2016 - Aug 2016

  A 6 month secondment - The Creative Director is tasked with Delivering Creative marketing/brand solutions, campaign management, strategic planning, and programme management for key business development initiatives. A focus on this role is on generating revenue growth through implementing creative solutions to specific identified problems or opportunities. Includes the exploration of some international markets. Responsible for Marketing.

• Acting Director of External Relations and Enterprise

  • Sep 2015 - Feb 2016

  The Director of External Relations and Enterprise is tasked with building UCOL’s student volume and values through enhanced business opportunities, strategic relationships, new products/initiatives and new markets. To also oversee the development and implementation of a marketing plan and support campaigns which deliver on UCOL’s business imperatives. Responsible for Marketing, External Relations and Business Development Departments.

• Te Atakura Impact Coach

  • Feb 2014 - Nov 2015

  Te Atakura is a programme developed by UCOL and Culture Counts and is based on the work of Russell Bishop in relationship based learning.I am assigned 3 lecturers whom I observe in their teaching and provide evidence to allow them to reflect and advance in their teaching, based on the family-like context and discursive interactions

• Head of School - Photography, Arts and Design

  • Apr 2011 - Sep 2015

  Responsible for a team of 17 staff, budget and forecasting, strategy, day to day management, report writing, stakeholder establishing and networking, student issue resolution, curricula writing/updates.Strategies already implemented: Established international partnership with Brooks Institute in LA, partnership with Canon NZ, established the UCOL Institute of Commercial Photography Auckland (UICPA), staff future planning meetings and built an ideas culture.

• Lecturer and programme coordinator

  • Feb 2001 - Nov 2011

  Lecturer and programme coordinator for the Bachelor of Applied Visual Imaging focusing on Design



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• creative

  • Jul 2000 - Feb 2001