• Currently working at Riot Games R&D

• Previously designing Social Features, Player Behaviour and Moderation and Progression features for VALORANT and 2XKO console and PC.

Highlights:

• Helped launch VALORANT on console (June 14th, 2024)

• Helped launch 2XKO Closed Beta/Early Access (September/October 2024), Console (January 2026)

I lead and design UX/UI and research for digital experience projects for New Zealand's education sector (teachers, students, school staff, caregivers, families, and internal staff). This includes discovery, user engagement research, ideation, wireframing, information architecture, metadata, taxonomies, information design and content design, visual design and delivery. Ensuring the UX process is undertaken on all projects.

Responsibilities:

• Conducting user research, usability site reviews, competitor analysis to gain an understanding of the problems, solutions and how might these be approached.

• Creating personas, interaction, experience, journey and empathy maps to gain a better understanding of the users, customers and target audiences.

• Restructuring Information Architecture (IA) through Information Design and Data Visualisation

• Crafting design documents and presentations

• Creating interactive prototypes to communicate designs to project team, developers and project sponsors

• Running confluence, information architecture and user experience workshops with executive assistants and senior staff

• Presenting solutions and designs to C-suite executives

• Mentored UX and IT Interns, bringing them confidence and experience on UX projects at Ministry of Education.

Hackathons New Zealand looks to support and bring visability New Zealand hackathons, creative & innovation sprints, Startup Weekends and game jams. We aim to bring more visibility to upcoming hackathons and look to bring together a community of hackers (participants from all sorts of backgrounds), organisers and organisations. As part of Hackathons New Zealand, I've also provided to capture photography for some of the events.

• UX / UI design enhancement of three internal digital analytics and data web tools

• Creation and design of internal Keynote / Powerpoint presentations for Walt Disney Parks & Resorts for Senior executives (including c-suite) under the Menu Planning and Development team

• Designed internal Walt Disney Imagineering’s graphics posters