zef/a/me⋅di⋅a/ [zef-er-mee-dee-uh]
a breeze to work with, the Zef draws on intelligent strategy and experience design to craft different forms of digital media

2008

  • Nielsen Norman Group Intranet Awards – Winner (Information Architect)

2007

  • FullCodePress Trans-Tasman Challenge – Winner (User Experience)

2005

  • President of the NZ Chapter of Usability Professionals’ Association

2004

  • eGov Watch – Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) website rated the ‘most compliant’ E-Government website in New Zealand

winner_tuanz2003

  • TUANZ Interactive NZ Awards – Winner ‘Business Interactive Training’

1999

  • TUANZ Interactive NZ Awards – Judge for the ‘Craft Award’
  • Gathering Documentary – Winner Best Film, Wellington Fringe Film Festival
  • Tearaway Online – Netguide Internet Awards Finalist (Best eZine)

1998

  • Tearaway Online – NZ Magazine Awards, Website of the Year
  • Tearaway Online – Netguide Top 500 Featured Site

1997

  • Water Safety New Zealand Website – Netguide Top 500 Featured Site

antarctica1995

  • Antarctica CD-Rom – Voted Top 100 CD-Rom by USA’s PC Magazine
  • Mungo CD-Rom – New Zealand ITVA Award for Best Illustrated Title

1994-1999

  • Winner of various WAMMO and SODA awards for excellence in web design

employment history

2008 – present
Information Designer & Writer
Click Suite

2004 – 2008
Manager, Experience Design
Provoke Solutions

1999 – 2004
User Experience Consultant
Synergy International

1999
User Experience Consultant
Innovus[1]

1999
Creative Director
Extrados Limited & SpunkMedia[2]

1997 – 1999
Senior Creative
CWA New Media

1992 – present
Managing Director
Zefamedia

1992 – 1997
Producer
Radio One 91FM

1992 – 1997
Creative Director
Vidmark Productions

1988 – 1991
Assistant Editor
Tearaway Press [1] Innovus was acquired by Synergy in 2000
[2] Extrados/SpunkMedia was acquired by Innovus in 1999