Image-making and music are my main passions. I paint but not nearly enough due to being busy in other ways too often. I enjoy being an aunt twice over. Scuba diving is awesome. I'm a member of the Australian Conservation Foundation and Triple RRR subscriber of fifteen years.
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History
A graduate of Swinburne National School of Design, Bachelor of Graphic Design, I have been working in the design industry for over fourteen years in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, New York and London.
2007
Worked with Sensis on two major brands to develop sound user-centred design outcomes for online and voice products, and participated in user research processes for future strategies.
Redesigned ABC Radio Australia's Chinese News Service online and the Radio Australia website.
2006
Worked as a designer at BBC Radio and Music on the inagural BBC Electric Proms website offering. This website was the first to showcase entire performances online and integrate BBC radio and BBC interactive TV offerings. I attended the event as part of the content team, producing photographs of each performance. This website is currently nominated for a Webby Award.
2004-2006
I travelled to New York and London where I worked in both a freelance and permanent capacity, on UK government projects such as the Home Office suite of websites, Home Office Intranet, NHS, Westminster Council and e-learning projects.
This work has been recognised in usability studies for the Home Office Public Portal for best practice accessible templates and Royal National Institute for the Blind accredited design. It scored 80.5% across 5 categories, and received specific praise for design and navigation.
2000-2004
Following a successful eighteen month journey as a freelancer working with both Morpheum and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, I then joined Morpheum as Creative Director and partner, which enabled me to focus on the many aspects of design I enjoy most; a one on one relationship with client needs, a forum to express creative direction, and the flexibility to turn that direction into a tangible form for the benefit of users. Morpheum's large list of government and festival clients allowed me to specialise in Accessibility and Usability standards with a dynamic visual edge.
1998-2000
I worked as Producer at Grey Interactive to create Internet.au magazine's website of the month for Melbourne International Arts Festival.
I then moved to a position at a new and burgeoning multimedia company, Eclipse Group, to become head of design for website development in the Melbourne office. The role entailed defining internal production processes and client realtionships on projects such as iPrimus, Pfizer, Plestel and BHP.
1996-1998
In the role of Art Director at Taten Multimedia I developed a passion for interface development, usability and visual experience. Cutting my teeth on National Australia Bank's first website and internet banking software, and Mazda Australia's website.
1992-1996
Working in pre-print at Earth Graphic Design grounded my skills for typography and publication design. I worked on large scale projects for Australia Post, Cadbury and Carlton and United Breweries.
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