Experience

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  Mindroom Innovation

  • Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

  • Graphic Design Teacher

    • Jul 2023 - Present
    • Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

    In this role, I teach and mentor international students in the Advanced Diploma of Graphic Design, at Mindroom's Burleigh Heads campus. I deliver course content both in class and online simultaneously, assess student work, lead activities and workshops and develop course content on their Moodle platform.

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  Green Fox Training Studio

  • Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

  • Program Manager

    • Feb 2023 - Present
    • Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

    Green Fox Training Studio is a not-for-profit training facility providing graphic design training to disadvantaged groups and prison detainees. In this role, I have co created and implemented a graphic design program tailored for young people in the youth justice system. We facilitate the JumpStart program twice per week in classrooms located at Brisbane Youth and West Moreton Detention Centres, Wacol. We have recently modified the JumpStart program to suit marginalised women.

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  Rebecca Reed

  • Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

  • Freelance Graphic Designer

    • Jan 2021 - Present
    • Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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  Children's Hospital Foundation

  • Graphic Designer

    • Feb 2023 - May 2023

    I was contracted part-time for a ten-week period to implement the Children’s Hospital Foundation’s new brand across various marketing, digital, and design assets, ensuring that it was ready for the target launch date.

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  UnitingCare Queensland

  • Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

  • Graphic Designer

    • Apr 2018 - Feb 2023
    • Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

    While working as an in-house designer in the marketing department of UnitingCare, I was responsible for creating marketing and communication materials for the health, aged care, disability, and community sectors. My work contributed to the implementation and strengthening of the organisation’s brand position in the market.In this role, I designed strong creative solutions for print, web, and advertising, while managing competing priorities and a high volume of work. I collaborated with management, internal teams, external clients, and suppliers, and ensured that brand guidelines were consistently applied. For three years running, I was nominated for multiple company awards, by internal clients and stakeholders.UnitingCare is a not for profit that services the major brands of Blue Care, Lifeline, The Wesley Hospital, St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital, St Stephen’s Hospital, Buderim Private Hospital, and Australian Regional & Remote Community Services (ARRCS) with an employee base of 17,000+.

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  Heart Coach

  • Brisbane, Australia

  • Certified Life Coach

    • Feb 2016 - Jan 2021
    • Brisbane, Australia

    As a Life Coach, I supported clients to develop a deeper understanding of themselves and others, enabling them to make positive changes in their lives and build healthier relationships. I facilitated this through social media content, blogging, one-on-one coaching, group coaching, and online signature programs.

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  Motif Creative Design

  • Brisbane, Australia

  • Creative Designer / Director

    • Dec 2010 - Dec 2020
    • Brisbane, Australia

    As the owner and operator of the boutique design studio, Motif, I delivered highly effective visual solutions for print, packaging, and branding, while providing exceptional client service to both domestic and international clients. For over a decade, I provided creative artwork to businesses, corporations, government agencies, and universities, supporting their brands. I demonstrated exceptional skills in time and project management, and maintained a professional and friendly demeanor throughout.Being featured in Logo Lounge 7 (2012) and being a finalist in the AusMumpreneur Awards were notable achievements while operating Motif.

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  Social Entrepreneur Empowerment Network, Inc

  • United States

  • Community Coach - Visionary Business School

    • Jun 2019 - Nov 2019
    • United States

    Visionary Business School is an annual program, designed to empower socially conscious entrepreneurs and change makers to transform the world's most pressing problems, with purpose-driven, profitable businesses of their own. Following my participation in the program in 2018, I was invited to return in 2019 as a community coach. In this capacity, I provided support, encouragement, and coaching to the 500 participants via the Facebook group, as well as back-end web and call support.

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  JSAcreative

  • Fortitude Valley

  • Senior Designer

    • Apr 2000 - Dec 2010
    • Fortitude Valley

    In this role I worked very closely, for several years with marketing departments from AOT Holidays, Sunlover Holidays, Voyages Resorts, and Tourism Queensland - producing successful branding, campaigns, marketing and advertising material. Additionally I designed collateral for a variety of JSA clients, including large corporate, local government and city councils.

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  Studio 55

  • Senior Designer

    • Nov 1998 - Apr 2000

    General graphic design.

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  Adcorp

  • Graphic Designer

    • Jan 1997 - Nov 1999

    Advertising

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  TAFE Queensland

  • Morningside

  • Graphic Design Tutor

    • Feb 1993 - Dec 1996
    • Morningside

    Early in my career for a period of three years, I worked at both Bayside Community College and Southbank Tafe, in the Certificate of Visual Arts and Diploma of Commercial Art programs as a design tutor. In these roles I was responsible for assisting students with their learning, both tutoring and teaching in classrooms, providing one-on-one support for students and monitoring computer labs. I was also engaged in supporting teachers, assessing student work, contributing to curriculum design, crafting assessments, and performing administrative duties.