Employment History
FMG Advice & Insurance
?? 2023 – Present
Learning Designer
- things i did….
April 2022 – ?? 2023
Design and Development Specialist
- Design and implementation of brand guidelines and templates for learning content and implementation of the Insurance Professional Framework Phase 2
- Building and maintaining asset library for team utilisation
- Learning architecture and digital learning development to support user integration into IPF programme
- Creation of learner avatars and creation of user testing processes along with implementation of good UX principals and practices
- Managing the running and maintenance of various assessment and learning tools on Sharepoint and Cornerstone
- Analysing and presenting data in meaningful ways to support reporting and auditing of learning content
- Preparation and application of evaluation processes to learning outputs
- Collaboration with L&D team and wider business, including proactive and positive contribution to team meetings and workshops
- Maintaining effective working relationships with other business units.
June 2019 – April 2022t
Learning Designer
- Design and development of digital curricula architecture and elearning modules
- Interaction design and development to create engaging learning experience for users
- Creative and illustration and internal brand development for various curricula and learning programmes
- Workshopping solutions with SMEs and stakeholders
- End-to-end product design and development including user testing through observation
- Animation, videography, online and offline editing
- Working in a team environment and contributing to engagement and discussion
CDP Group
September 2018 – June 2019
Digital Media Designer
- UX and UI design and development of SaaS applications and websites for marketing purposes
- Concept design and art direction for online advertising and social media
- Creative and illustration lead roles for various projects
- Brand ownership and development
- 2D animation using VideoScribe and Animate CC
- HTML, CSS and JavaScript coding for custom emails and Pardot marketing campaigns
- Working in a team environment
Wavelength
February 2016 – September 2018
Learning Developer and Interaction Designer
- UX and UI design and development of elearning modules and web-based tools and resources for learning
- Design and development of interactions to enhance content for quality user learning experience
- Creative and illustration lead roles for various projects
- Overseeing quality assurance and user testing
- Working in a team environment
Quality Life Ltd
Jan 2015 – June 2016
Graphic Designer and Marketing Consultant
- Brand design, development and implementation
- Graphic design for print and digital media as required
- Website UX and UI design for marketing
- Web support and administration
- HTML and CSS as required
Gusto Design
July 2015 – Feb 2016
PopDoc Formatter
- Casual work as a Popdoc Formatter as required. (PopDoc is a web content app developed by Gusto that is designed for users to input one set of content which then provides clients with up to six different formats of end products, including PDFs, Word documents, and webpages.)
- HTML & CSS coding
The Dub Shop
Jan – June 2016
Graphic Designer
- Designing layouts for DVD and Blu-ray slicks, disc labels, inserts/booklets, and posters.
- Thermal printing directly onto discs.
- Mass duplication of CDs, DVDs, Blu-rays.
- End-to-end product support – client liaison, contract negotiation, product distribution
Proficiencies
Adobe CC including:
- Photoshop
- Illustrator
- InDesign
- Premiere Pro
- Acrobat Pro
- Dreamweaver
- Animate
- XD
Digital Learning platforms:
- Storyline
- Rise
- Chameleon
- Adapt
Learning Management Systems including:
- Cornerstone
- Totara
Other software and things:
- Figma
- Canva
- Coding HTML & CSS (with some Javascript for good measure)
Achievements
2026
Nominated for NZATD award…
2025
Won award for…
2022
Illustrator for “Where is This Dog? / Kei hea Tenei Kuri” a children’s book for 2-4 year olds
2021
Illustrator for “This Dog / Ko Tenei Kuri” a children’s book for 2-4 year olds
2017
E-learning developer for the ZORM Health and Safety programme which won Gold in the Best use of learning technologies to ensure compliance (international) category at the Learning Technologies awards
2017
Promoted to creative lead for the latter half of the Managing your child’s asthma tool which can be viewed at learnaboutlungs.org.nz.
2006
Lead animator on the short film “Vacant” winner of the Strange
Behaviour competition (short film category) run by the CGI Society