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• As Creative Director at South Lane, I lead specialized consulting and design services spanning Brand Strategy, Brand Design, Web Design, Marketing Design, and Product Design. Collaborating with globally recognized.
• Lead brand strategy and design initiatives for high-profile clients, aligning creative execution with business goals to enhance brand presence and market impact across omni-channel touchpoints.
• Deliver bespoke brand, visual, product, and web design solutions, ensuring consistency across digital and physical platforms to meet client objectives and improve audience engagement.
• Design and develop digital platforms, including streaming and subscription-based services, with a focus on enhancing user experience and ensuring scalable, high-performance infrastructure.
• Provide product and packaging design strategies, enabling clients to differentiate within competitive markets by aligning business needs with user-centered design principles.
• Develop innovative marketing campaigns, leveraging storytelling and design to drive brand loyalty and engagement, particularly in luxury and entertainment sectors.

• As Lead Director of Design at Toptal, I was responsible for overseeing and scaling the Design vertical into one of the company’s top-performing divisions. Leading a global, remote team of Account Managers, Project.
• Led a globally distributed remote team, fostering a collaborative and inclusive environment that encouraged diverse viewpoints, open communication, and innovative problem-solving, while maintaining high standards of.
• Automated and optimized operational processes, streamlining tasks such as client discovery, job descriptions, and talent introductions, reducing manual effort and setup time, while enabling scalable growth across the.
• Developed and implemented a comprehensive recruitment framework, improving top-tier talent selection and assessment across diverse regions, enhancing team performance, individual career growth, and alignment with.
• Utilized user experience and user-centered design frameworks to map business processes, aligning user needs with business objectives, improving internal operations, team performance, and client satisfaction across.
• Redesigned individual, team, and vertical management systems, enhancing operational workflows and client experience, resulting in improved project turnaround times and overall efficiency.

• As Director of Design at Toptal, I played a pivotal role in technical account management, project management, and recruiting, leveraging a deep understanding of multiple design disciplines, including Brand Design.
• Managed a portfolio of client projects across multiple design disciplines, ensuring talent alignment with client needs and delivering cohesive omni-channel solutions across digital products, brand, and marketing.
• Led account management by translating client requirements into actionable briefs, collaborating with engineering and product teams to deliver projects across Brand Design, UX/UI, Product Design, Motion & Animation, 3D.
• Directed recruitment and talent allocation, selecting top-tier design talent from a global network, improving placement and client satisfaction while fostering collaboration between talent and internal teams.
• Applied design thinking and user-centered design to improve client outcomes, incorporating design sprints and user empathy frameworks for faster problem-solving and innovation.
• Oversaw project management from recruitment to execution, ensuring timelines, deliverables, and quality standards were met, with a focus on scalable growth aligned with business objectives.

Manila, Philippines

• As Founder and Director of BEBO Media, I introduced pioneering taxi advertising formats to Southeast Asia, transforming the transit media landscape in the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia. Through.
• Developed and launched the innovative taxi back advertising format in Southeast Asia, filing and securing multiple patents that established BEBO as the market leader in the region, ensuring brand consistency across.
• Spearheaded market expansion by forming strategic partnerships with local transit media companies in Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia, positioning BEBO as a dominant force across Southeast Asia.
• Successfully lobbied the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board in the Philippines to approve the new format, facilitating the licensing of over 3,000 taxis in Metro Manila and setting the foundation for.
• Collaborated with manufacturers to custom-design iterations of the advertising device, optimizing it for various vehicle types and enhancing adaptability with features such as LED lighting and improved trunk.
• Built and led a nationwide operations and sales team, ensuring seamless sales execution, operational delivery, and sustained client success, contributing to scalable revenue growth and expanding the brand’s reach.

Sydney, Australia

• As Design Lead at Carnival Studio, I oversaw key art, print, photography, and digital design for a wide range of projects within the film and entertainment industry. I collaborated with major clients such as Sony.
• Led art direction and design for key visual elements, including title treatments, poster design, and digital campaigns for theatrical and home entertainment film releases, ensuring consistent branding and visual.
• Developed strategic visual guidelines that ensured cohesive branding and cross-platform consistency, spanning physical and digital marketing assets for major film releases.
• Designed and prototyped digital advertising assets and immersive online campaigns for global film distribution companies, enhancing digital and social media presence and driving audience engagement.
• Provided design and art direction for promotional materials, press kits, and social media campaigns, amplifying engagement for film releases across international markets and maintaining brand integrity across all media.
• Collaborated with production and distribution teams to ensure design consistency and alignment with film marketing strategies, optimizing visual impact across theatrical and home entertainment releases. Show less

Sydney, Australia

Design Lead focussed on visual conceptualisation and prototyping for new business and other forward-thinking brands.

Sydney, Australia

Design Lead focussed on visual conceptualisation and prototyping for key inhouse labels Polo Ralph Lauren, Marcs and Morrisey.

Sydney, Australia

Design Lead focussed on conceptualising and prototyping new and innovative initiatives for Coca-Cola and Lion Nathan.

Sydney, Australia

Design Lead focussed on visual conceptualisation and prototyping for select clients including Boehringer Ingelheim, Sanofi and Pfizer.

Sydney, Australia

Art Director across multiple leading publishing titles including Playstation® 2 Magazine, Ministry of Sound Magazine and Guitarist Magazine Australia.