Gina Goad Email & Phone Number

New Zealand

Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand

• Responsible for the delivery of consistent, well-designed products and services through personal engagement as a team member as well as through the coaching and mentoring of my team. • Managing multiple stakeholder expectations and deadlines.• Holding the design space, negotiating with other teams, peers and management to ensure optimal outcomes.• Responsible for my team’s diversity and culture, hiring and keeping good people, and maintaining a range of voices.• Actively engaging in and supporting collaboration with other teams and skill sets within the business.•Being the Voice of Design and mindfully holding enough influence to speak on behalf of Design at all business levels.• Regularly brought in to collaborate on projects to help clarify and streamline messaging and products.• Always learning from my collaborators, always open to the ideas and views of others but also able to take the reins and make the tough decisions when called upon.• Confident to call out issues, as well as compassionate in giving feedback and praise.• Scoping and planning incoming work, setting context for the team.• Overseeing output, encouraging autonomy and leading by example.• Ensuring my team feel fulfilled, focussed and valued.• Encouraging personal and professional growth and fostering a culture of mutual respect and support.

Wellington

I have worked for Snapper since the very early days of their inception in both permanent and contract roles.

Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

I have been working for almost ten years as a freelance creative designer of all and sundry, driven by a genuine love for what I do and making my clients happy!I work super efficiently from my base on the Kapiti coast and manage my day-to-day contacts via Skype or in Wellington as appropriate. Whilst I have a small portfolio of clients, we go back a long way together and I inhabit a "universal designer" position remotely in their respective businesses, allowing them to engage me as necessary to help manage their commitment and costs.

Wellington

I provide design services to the Grow/Film/Education Wellington teams, delivering both print and online collateral within their specific time frames.

Many Places

That was a really amazing year :)

Maidenhead, Uk

I managed a wide ranging product portfolio (from childrens learning toys to blood pressure monitors) and gained a great deal of experience within the realities of large scale manufacturing and the speed of innovation in the early days of mobile devices.

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

I cut my teeth in the world of retail and marketing at Argos. It taught me many valuable lessons (the main one being that I didn't want to be a buyer) and was my earliest realisation that my professional talents leaned more toward the visual than the financial side of business.