Education
2016
AWARD School - Top Student of 2016
2011 – 2013
University of South Australia
Bachelor of Design (Visual Communication)
2010
South Australian Certificate of Education
Saint Aloysius College
Skills
Idea Generation
Concept Development
Concept Design
Art Direction
Copywriting
Film Creative Oversight
Photography Creative Oversight
Referees
Available upon request.
Employment History
Sept - Dec 2024
Freelance Art Director at AKQA
Responsibilities:
Working autonomously across multiple briefs on a range of clients
Working collaboratively at all stages of the creative process
Working to tight deadlines under high pressure
2021 - 2024
Art Director at Leo Burnett
Responsibilities:
Understand a creative brief and strategic objectives of the client
Giving creative solutions to business problems
Working collaboratively at all stages of the creative process through to production
Working to produce creative campaigns across multiple media channels
Working to tight deadlines under high pressure
Managing clients without internal creative oversight
Building relationships with clients and suppliers
2018 - 2021
Art Director at AJF Partnership
Responsibilities:
Understand a creative brief and strategic objectives of the client
Giving creative solutions to business problems
Working collaboratively at all stages of the creative process through to production
Working to produce creative campaigns across multiple media channels
Working to tight deadlines under high pressure
Building relationships with clients and suppliers
2016 - 2018
Art Director at KWP! Advertising
Responsibilities:
Understand a creative brief and strategic objectives of the client
Working collaboratively at all stages of the creative process
Giving creative solutions to business problems
Provide creative supervision over all stages of production
Producing creative campaign executions across TV, press, direct mail, digital, social, and outdoor
Working to tight deadlines under high pressure
Building relationships with clients and suppliers
Freelance Clients:
2016 Blackbocks Content and Advertising
2016 Newstyle Media
2016 Them Advertising
2014 Australian Fashion Labels
Internships:
2014 and 2015
Supergraph (Melbourne)
Event Management and Graphic Design Internship
Responsibilities:
Designing for an existing style guide
Organisation of Artworks prior to and at the event
Coordination of volunteers at the event
Customer service and team work throughout
Working at the event in both 2014 and 2015, in charge of both financials and business administrative processes
2013
Old School the New School (Melbourne)
Graphic Design and Typography Internship
Responsibilities:
Conceptual development for Melbourne Now workshop at the NGV
Idea Generation for ‘Really Rooibos’ African Tea Packaging
Collaboration with Veronica to answer a brief set for Desktop Magazine 2014
Social media updates
Other:
2013 – 2016
American Apparel
Backstock and Sales Keyholder at
Responsibilities:
Communicating effectively with customers to ensure that their needs are met
Managing excess backstock, processing sales transactions, fulfilling online orders, store transfers and processing new stock into the system
Working in a team environment to ensure all jobs are performed efficiently
2008 – 2014
Customer Service Assistant (Casual) at Target Australia Pty Ltd - Sefton Park
Responsibilities:
Communicating effectively with customers to ensure that their needs are met
Managing stock within the childrens wear, ladies wear and mens wear departments and processing sales transactions
Working in a team environment to ensure all jobs are performed efficiently
Awards and Personal Achievements
2024
Complete three months of Language school in Italy.
Florence - Scuola Leonardo Da Vinci
Viareggio - Centro Culturale Giacomo Puccini
2023
Winner of a D&AD Wood Pencil: Spatial Design / Exhibitions and trade shows for RIGG Design Prize What Makes You Bleed - contributor
2022
Winner of the NGV’s RIGG Design Prize What Makes You Bleed - contributor
2019
Winner of the internal Yoplait global awards for innovative media of Fix Your Hanger
2018
AADC Events Committee Member
2018
Published runner-up of Newscorp SA's Annual Australia Day Competition.
2017
Winner of the 2017 AdNews Mock Brief: Humanoid for Sale.
2014 - 2016
Received creative recognition from Collage Collective Co. in partnership with Hanker Magazine for my collage works and was published their annual limited edition publications.
2014
Participant in Fourplay Exhibition presented by The Design Kids and TRACTOR, in collaborating with Parallax Studio. Creating an incomplete A1 poster to be complete by the viewer.
2014
Typographic Artwork for HIP HOP HOORAY a 2015 charity calendar in collaboration with Ask Alice Stationary and Old School New School
2014
A design collaboration with Veronica Grow featured in Desktop Magazine #301
2009 and 2010
Recipient of the St Vincent de Paul Society Blessed Frederic Ozanam Award for social justice advocacy and action
2009
Saint Aloysius College Mercy in Action Argentina Mission. Here I help paint a community centre in the Barrios which we had spent a year raising money to build through Mercy in Action.
2010
Senior Social Justice Leader, this entailed coordinating fundraising through out the school for various charities and mercy causes.
I acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land where I work and live, the Boon Wurrung and Woiwurrung (Wurundjeri) peoples of the Kulin Nation and pay my respects to Elders past and present. I celebrate the stories, culture and traditions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders of all communities who also work and live on this land.