About
I'm a designer living in Melbourne
I'm interested in socially conscious design and achieving positive social change through the use of digital technology. I'm transgender and use she/her pronouns.
Experience
- June 2021
— PresentExperience designer
ByManyI design and build digital products and services to help small to medium businesses improve their organisational culture and how they cultivate leadership skills
- July 2020
— June 2021Service designer
Victoria Legal AidWorking as a service designer for the Digital Legal Aid team, to deliver digital products to aid VLA. Worked on CaPP, a green-fields case and client management system, as well as help before court, a recent, highly acclaimed public facing client intake service. Responsibilities include: developing both low and high fidelity wireframes and prototypes, user journey maps, service blueprints and other design artifacts, running co-design workshops, conducting user testing sessions, design discovery and identifying user needs through a variety of research methods, working in an agile environment with practioners from a variety of fields including business analysts, data analysts, developers, project managers, and of course legal practioners.
- Oct 2019
— Dec 2019Contract design researcher
Paper GiantI worked as a design researcher on the LGBTIQ Legal Serivce website project with Paper Giant. Responsibilities include: designing and facilitating research and co-design workshops, synthesizing changes from user research, developing information architecture, wireframes, high fidelity prototypes.
- Jul 2019
— Oct 2019Coles level 1 IT support
ProbeProviding level one, IT support to Cole’s employees across various coles brands, including supermarkets and head office staff.
- Jul 2018
— Dec 2018Studio Technician
RMIT UniversityMaintained and helped students use studio equipment including 3D and traditional printers and soldering stations.
- Jun 2018
— Aug 2019Gender Diverse Consultant
Escape Velocity Project (Collaboration between Minus18 and St Martins youth theatre)Worked with young gender diverse people to help develop and produce a digital campaign to raise awareness around difficulties trans and gender diverse people experience in accessing public services and exisiting in public spaces.
- Mar 2018
— Dec 2018Event Staff
RMIT UniversityWas involved with ticketing, bump-in, bump- out, explaining RMIT’s creative student programs, and directing students to support. Also bartending and ticket sales for RMIT Gallery events.
- Jan 2019
— PresentCommittee member
Service Design Melbourne design and ethics comitteeI'm part of the design and ethics committee for 2019, helping develop and facilitate discussions and workshops with practioners on the intersections between industry and practice, and the ethical areas we deal with.
- Jan 2019
— PresentOrganiser
Trans and Gender diverse in Tech slack groupTGD in Tech is a community for transgender and gender diverse people who work in technology and creative industries. It’s a place to amplify and encourage one another, share our work, build networks and also to give and receive support.
- Jan 2019
— Dec 2019Organisational comittee for Civic makers meetup
Code for AustraliaHelped organise and faciliate the civic makers meetup which is a collection of practioners from various fields who have a keen interest in grassroots design and improving civic services.
Education
- Mar 2014
— Dec 2018Bachelor of Industrial Design Honours
RMIT UniversityGraduated with first class honours. Specialised in conceptual design, service design, digital interaction design, human computer interface design, systems design and inclusive human centred product design.
- Jan 2013
— Dec 2013Certificate IV in Screen and Media
Eltham CollegeFilm planning, production, and editing.