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Freelance Designer/Developer
Auckland, New Zealand
Sep 2006 - Present (17 years 7 months)
My first major role was as Head Designer in one of New Zealand’s top web design companies, working with clients like Audi, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Tourism New Zealand as well for two Prime Ministers of New Zealand.
In 2000 I co-founded a design agency named Styrofirm, working for clients like Maybelline NY, Pizza Hut, Johnson & Johnsons, Vodafone and McCann Worldgroup.
The following year, after seeing a great future in email marketing, our team designed and developed our own SaaS / email design agency, BornKicking. This was before MailChimp and CampaignMonitor even got popular.
In 2006 I moved to Taipei, Taiwan where I have primarily been a freelance graphic designer and web developer. I founded GigGuide.tw, co-founded BLNKK/Doers, and have worked with companies like Magrette Timepieces/Belmoto, CampingTaiwan, British Chamber of Commerce in Taipei, ChinesePod, Kiwi Gourmet Burgers, NIICO 北二區教學資源中心, Megaport Fest 大港開唱, and Coliseum Sports Media.
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Founder/Creative Director
Styrofirm
Auckland, New Zealand
Sep 2000 - Sep 2006 (6 years)
The decision to create a new web and multimedia agency was an idea I’d had for a number of years but it wasn’t until I’d found the right team, comprising of four company directors, that together we began a company known as Styrofirm.
It’s no easy task establishing a company, building the brand, maintaining the high level of professionalism and still delivering the expected quality of work, but it’s something that we were able to attain and indeed shine in. Styrofirm quickly become one of New Zealand’s leading web and design solutions companies with an impressive client list and first-rate body of work.
My roles within the company were extremely broad, ranging from creative, technical, management, client contact and proposal writer. I have proven myself to be an all rounder, but with a passion and flair for creative and design.
Work included various projects for Maybelline NY, Pizza Hut, Johnson & Johnsons, Vodafone and McCann Worldgroup.
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Creative Director
Webdesign Ltd.
Auckland, New Zealand
Mar 1996 - Sep 2000 (4 years 6 months)
The internet industry at this point was still in its infancy and I was happy to be offered this position in what was at the time, New Zealand’s most well known web design company. In this role I performed a huge range of tasks including the creative, design, and production of websites, as well as setting up in-house servers, networking and other technical work.
During my long term at WebDesign we won many awards for design excellence, the most prestigious was the annual Netguide magazine award for Best Webdesigner which the company won for three websites I’d created for them.
Work included websites for two Prime Ministers of New Zealand, Audi, Mercedes-Benz and Porsche.