I am a Canadian-Maltese designer with a passion for making things work better. My main specialties are user experience (UX) design and branding.
I live by the mantra 'be brave'. I take pride in seeing my work offer genuine value to people's lives.
I am based in Edinburgh and couldn't recommend it more. If you are ever in the city, take this as an open invitation for a coffee – I'm always down for a chat!
Education
• User Experience Design BSc
with Distinction
Edinburgh Napier University, UK
2021 – 2022
with Distinction
Edinburgh Napier University, UK
2021 – 2022
• Product Design CertHE
with Distinction
Edinburgh Napier University, UK
2020 – 2021
with Distinction
Edinburgh Napier University, UK
2020 – 2021
• Creative Computing BSc
1st Class Hons
University of London,
Goldsmith's College, UK
2016 – 2019
1st Class Hons
University of London,
Goldsmith's College, UK
2016 – 2019
Experience
• Digital Product Officer at General Teaching Council for Scotlan
Apr 2024 – Present • Edinburgh, Scotland
• Responsible for overseeing the maintenance and improvement of the platforms used by nearly 80,000 registered teachers in Scotland to evidence their professional learning and development.
• A strong focus on the registrant user journey, while also ensuring the connecting of business requirements, user experience and technology, and bringing these elements together to create useful, useable, and feasible digital products.
• A lead role in defining technical requirements for GTCS's external-facing digital products and coordinating the planning, design, development, and deployment of updates.
Apr 2024 – Present • Edinburgh, Scotland
• Responsible for overseeing the maintenance and improvement of the platforms used by nearly 80,000 registered teachers in Scotland to evidence their professional learning and development.
• A strong focus on the registrant user journey, while also ensuring the connecting of business requirements, user experience and technology, and bringing these elements together to create useful, useable, and feasible digital products.
• A lead role in defining technical requirements for GTCS's external-facing digital products and coordinating the planning, design, development, and deployment of updates.
• Freelance Digital Designer
Jan 2021 – Apr 2024 • Edinburgh, Scotland
• Logo design and social media templates.
• Website design and development.
• UX/UI design.
Jan 2021 – Apr 2024 • Edinburgh, Scotland
• Logo design and social media templates.
• Website design and development.
• UX/UI design.
• UX/UI Designer at Zebra Growth
Sep 2022 – Sep 2023 • Edinburgh, Scotland
• Social media & print ads design.
• Website design and development.
• Brand guidelines & design systems.
Sep 2022 – Sep 2023 • Edinburgh, Scotland
• Social media & print ads design.
• Website design and development.
• Brand guidelines & design systems.
• Digital Designer at Blueprint (now Relo)
Jul 2021 – May 2022 • London, England
• Building and owning the Blueprint brand.
• Managing design projects involving stakeholders from across the business.
• Designing coherent and intuitive user flows for the marketing website, blueprint.store.
Jul 2021 – May 2022 • London, England
• Building and owning the Blueprint brand.
• Managing design projects involving stakeholders from across the business.
• Designing coherent and intuitive user flows for the marketing website, blueprint.store.
• Functional Quality Assurance Tester at Media Monks
Sep 2019 – Jul 2020 • Hilversum, Netherlands
• Functional testing of websites, apps, and more.
• Designed new daily report used by all testers.
• Worked on projects for global brands such as Google, Facebook, Huawei, HP and Amazon.
Sep 2019 – Jul 2020 • Hilversum, Netherlands
• Functional testing of websites, apps, and more.
• Designed new daily report used by all testers.
• Worked on projects for global brands such as Google, Facebook, Huawei, HP and Amazon.
• Summer Store Manager at Kenora Home Hardware
Building Centre
Jun 2019 – Sep 2019 • Kenora ON, Canada
• Supervising of staff on the store floor.
• Aiding customers with sales and inquiries.
• Maintaining point of sales system and network.
• Merchandising of products.
Building Centre
Jun 2019 – Sep 2019 • Kenora ON, Canada
• Supervising of staff on the store floor.
• Aiding customers with sales and inquiries.
• Maintaining point of sales system and network.
• Merchandising of products.
• Fire Crew Member at the Ontario Ministry of Natural
Resources and Forestry
May 2016 – Aug 2016 • Dryden ON, Canada
• Initial and sustained attack on forest fires.
• Training for safe use and servicing of hazardous forest fire suppression equipment.
• Special assignments given to the crew such as community support and aiding with logistics.
Resources and Forestry
May 2016 – Aug 2016 • Dryden ON, Canada
• Initial and sustained attack on forest fires.
• Training for safe use and servicing of hazardous forest fire suppression equipment.
• Special assignments given to the crew such as community support and aiding with logistics.