Career History

Product Designer

Overseer Ltd.

Oct 2023 - May 2025

Worked across product and customer teams to embed user-centred design and support strategic delivery as the sole designer in a 12-person agri-tech start-up company.

Key Achievements

Introduced a structured discovery process to inform development and measure ROI.
Led a full UX and accessibility audit, delivering a clear remediation roadmap.
Created a consistent brand and UI system used across all products and marketing artefacts.
Translated company strategy into actionable workflows in collaboration with SLT.
Prioritised UX improvements within sprint planning alongside core feature work.
Supported UI implementation in React, ensuring design-dev alignment.

Responsibilities

UI/UX Design
Frontend Development
User Testing

Workshop Facilitation
Stakeholder Engagements

Senior Designer

ComplyWith NZ Ltd.

Sept 2023 - Nov 2023

Expanded the product help documentation to improve user support and resource clarity for a law and regulation start-up company.

Key Achievements

Led a full overhaul of help content, increasing topic coverage and usability.
Created custom graphics and user-friendly layouts.
Authored and published documentation via CMS.
Enhanced customer self-service through cleaner, more complete resources.

Responsibilities

UI/UX Design
Graphic Design

Content creation

Product Designer

Insource Recruitment Technology

Aug 2023 - Oct 2023

Brought in as the sole designer to lead a rapid UI/UX overhaul for a small start-ups recruitment product, focusing on creating a modern, flexible design system supporting desktop, mobile, and light/dark modes.

Key Achievements

Facilitated workshops with key stakeholders to align product strategy and design goals.
Developed a refreshed brand identity, comprehensive brand guidelines, and a Figma component library for efficient developer handover and enabled future feature growth.
Designed all product screens ensuring responsive design across devices and modes.
Based redesign on Google Material components to ensure modernity, usability, and accessibility.

Responsibilities

UI/UX Design
Stakeholder Engagement

User Testing
Workshop facilitation

Senior UI/UX Designer

EndGame

Sept 2021 - Sept 2023

Designed tailored digital solutions across multiple start-up client projects simultaneously, and played a key role in internal design leadership and process improvement.

Key Achievements

Led UI/UX design across concurrent client projects, from early discovery through to launch.
Conducted user interviews, facilitated workshops, created wireframes/prototypes, and ran usability tests to ensure intuitive, accessible products.
Mentored junior/intermediate designers and collaborated closely with the Head of Product to uplift design capability.
Delivered numerous successful product launches across a range of industries, balancing bespoke client needs, priorities, and restrictions.

Responsibilities

UI/UX Design
Stakeholder Engagement
Mentoring

User Testing
Workshop facilitation

UI/UX Designer

Gibson Group Ltd

Apr 2020 - Sept 2021

Designed and developed interactive digital experiences for museum exhibitions and heritage centres, balancing storytelling, accessibility, and physical-digital integration across diverse cultural and spatial contexts.

Key Achievements

Led design and development of interactive screens for numerous exhibitions, adapting to unique hardware and spatial constraints.
Collaborated with developers, hardware specialists, and content curators to ensure technical feasibility and cultural accuracy.
Delivered projects on strict fixed budgets and immovable deadlines, ensuring high-quality outcomes without overruns.
Conducted user testing and upheld QA processes across multidisciplinary teams.
Trained clients to use bespoke CMS systems and managed a remote backend developer based in Germany.
Supported project scoping, budgeting, and dev team capacity planning for co-owners.

Responsibilities

UI/UX Design
Quality Assurance
Frontend Development

User Testing
Knowledgebase Documentation

Junior Design Engineer

Tait Communications

Dec 2018 - Apr 2020

Joined as the first UX-focused team member to improve a legacy radio programming and monitoring product used by emergency services and private businesses.

Key Achievements

Led a UI/UX refresh to improve accessibility and align the product with updated branding standards.
Introduced structured user feedback cycles and conducted user testing for the first time since the product’s original launch.
Delivered meaningful improvements to usability and accessibility for critical communications users.
Collaborated with a small agile team including PMs, QA, and senior developers.

Responsibilities

UI/UX Design
Frontend Development

User Testing

Design Tutor

Victoria University of Wellington

Apr 2016 - July 2018

Brought into an Industrial Design class as an Arduino code and electronics tutor for third year industrial design students.

Key Achievements

Designed and delivered Arduino programming and electronics seminars for a class of 48 students.
Guided students through foundational coding principles and circuit design.

Responsibilities

Mentoring

Graphic and Web Designer

ICARAS Consultants

May 2017 - Dec 2017

Key Achievements

Worked closely with stakeholders to translate business needs into a modern, user-friendly website.
Balanced design vision with technical execution to deliver a compelling digital presence.

Responsibilities

UI/UX Design
Frontend Development
Asset Creation

Stakeholder Engagement
Quality Assurance

Research Scholar

Victoria University of Wellington

Nov 2016 - Feb 2017

Key Achievements

Co-developed a functional prototype that leveraged gamification techniques to educate children about healthcare.
Combined user research, ideation, and development to ensure target audience engagement.

Responsibilities

UI/UX Design
Illustration
Animation

Game Development