Experience

Blender.

• New Zealand
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Junior Industrial Designer

  • Nov 2022 - Present

  Industrial design role gained after 18 months working in a support role. Responsibilities include directly consulting and managing a portfolio of clients. Primary activities executed include consulting clients on design and commercialization strategy, industrial design, product visualization, and design for manufacturing.

• Graduate Industrial Designer

  • May 2021 - Nov 2022

  Graduate industrial design role focused on supporting more senior members of the team to immerse myself in end to end design consultancy services.



Again Again

• New Zealand
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Photographer

  • Feb 2019 - Present

  Primary photographer for company product, media, and events. Collaborated directly with owners and leadership elements to create media which effectively showcased their product and network across a variety of mediums. Primary photographer for company product, media, and events. Collaborated directly with owners and leadership elements to create media which effectively showcased their product and network across a variety of mediums.



ExportNZ - Wellington/Central/Hawke's Bay

• New Zealand
• International Trade and Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Industrial Designer

  • Feb 2020 - Aug 2022

  Contract industrial designer for annual Export New Zealand awards. Contract industrial designer for annual Export New Zealand awards.



CMDT & MedTech CoRE

• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Medical Robotics Designer

  • Mar 2019 - May 2021

  Oversaw collaborative design efforts between stakeholders of a class 2B upper-limb stroke rehabilitation device, as well as design file documentation for FDA, TGA, Medsafe, CE, ISO, and IEC compliance purposes, formal ethics processes with the New Zealand Government’s Health and Disabilities Ethics Committee, DFM, and OEM. Stakeholders include several leading neurophysiotherapists from Auckland University of Technology’s Rehabilitation Innovation Centre, two engineering teams from Callaghan Innovation and Exsurgo Rehabilitation, various UX/UI designers, and international investors. Show less



Kete Kai

• New Zealand
• Consumer Services

• Design and Procurement Manager

  • Jul 2020 - Dec 2020

  Managed the design of marketing materials for flagship product launch, liaising directly with executive leadership and owners on business strategy and logistical dispositions. Oversaw end-to-end supply chains from China, including negotiation of supply and trade terms. Managed the design of marketing materials for flagship product launch, liaising directly with executive leadership and owners on business strategy and logistical dispositions. Oversaw end-to-end supply chains from China, including negotiation of supply and trade terms.



Victoria University of Wellington

• New Zealand
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Apr 2019 - Dec 2020

  Research assistant to several senior academics including director of Smart Interactions Design, director of Landscape Architecture, and post-doctorate healthcare design lecturer. Undertook both academic research into relevant fields, as well as assisted in the manufacturing and assembly of experimental medical equipment such as novel MRI systems.

• Teaching Assistant

  • Feb 2019 - Jul 2020

  Taught the 2nd year Industrial Design cohort through INDN 211, 212, 321, overseeing CAD/CAM training as the primary tutor for the subject in all three papers. Collaborated with senior lecturers in producing video tutorials for CAD/CAM and rendering software processes.



UN Youth New Zealand

• New Zealand
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• National Design Manager

  • Apr 2019 - Jan 2020

  Member of national leadership team working closely with National President. Oversaw 4 regions and over 20 national and international events each with subordinate regional leadership, and event leadership. Worked closely with all parties in maintaining a high level of brand compliance as an official United Nations Association subsidiary, as well as furthering the brand image to match with recent internal restructuring. Member of national leadership team working closely with National President. Oversaw 4 regions and over 20 national and international events each with subordinate regional leadership, and event leadership. Worked closely with all parties in maintaining a high level of brand compliance as an official United Nations Association subsidiary, as well as furthering the brand image to match with recent internal restructuring.



Shwoop

• New Zealand
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Design and Marketing Consultant

  • Jun 2019 - Oct 2019

  Oversaw design and marketing of the company’s first major launch, working closely with executive leadership in translating their vision into its first visual iteration. Directed junior designers within the new team, and regulated their outputs to comply with brand agreements from sponsors. Oversaw design and marketing of the company’s first major launch, working closely with executive leadership in translating their vision into its first visual iteration. Directed junior designers within the new team, and regulated their outputs to comply with brand agreements from sponsors.



Urban Group (NZ) Ltd

• New Zealand
• Construction
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Contract Industrial Designer

  • Nov 2018 - Mar 2019

  Executed CAD and Rendering of balustrades. Executed CAD and Rendering of balustrades.



Auckland University of Technology

• New Zealand
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Allied Designer

  • Apr 2018 - Mar 2019

  Executed event redesign directly with student association president for O-week 2019, which saw the increase of event capacity by 5-fold, and event turnout by 3-fold compared to 2018. Executed event redesign directly with student association president for O-week 2019, which saw the increase of event capacity by 5-fold, and event turnout by 3-fold compared to 2018.



Victoria University of Wellington

• New Zealand
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Campus Coach

  • Oct 2016 - Jun 2017

  Campus Coach for first year design students. Responsibilities included guiding my group of students around campus, provide advice for coursework, and assisting with their overall integration into university life. Campus Coach for first year design students. Responsibilities included guiding my group of students around campus, provide advice for coursework, and assisting with their overall integration into university life.