TL;DR
Clients & Collabs
Google, Bangkok Bank, PLDT Inc. / Smart, University of the Arts Singapore, IHH Healthcare, NTUC, Unilever, MRA Media, Hewlett Packard, Singtel, AFL Players Association, Movember Foundation, Canon, PayPal, NRMA, Flight Centre, Ormiston College, True Agency, The Content Folk, Apostrophe Copywriters, Chin Communications, FHI 360, Indo Multi Media Publishing, The Mind Room, Greenpeace, Crown Resorts, High Carbon Stock Approach, HBF, Medibank, EnergyAustralia, Yarra Trams, Engineering Education Australia, Conflux Technology, Pop-up Labs, King Content, Show & Tell, Gardens of the Sun, Brit+Co, Abhati Suisse, Fourteen Digital, Veromo, S1T2, Loud&Clear, Tundra, Vertic, Ducere, Garuda Magazine, Time Out Jakarta, Pepsodent, Panadol, Taylor Construction, KeepCup, Hino Trucks, HPM, Gallagher Bassett, Members Own, Macquarie University, Silk Air, Swinburne University, Armaguard, Viola Design, Hyatt, Kata Pendidikan, Foreign Policy Design, Mercury Creative, Foolproof, AGENCY, Zenyum, Rare with Google, Fraser Residence, Semi Permanent, IHG Hotels & Resorts.
2015 – 2024
Freelancer / Contractor / Consultant / Partner / Friend
Jobs
2023
Content Strategy Lead at Designit in Singapore & SEA
Designit, a Wipro company, is an experience innovation studio with creative pragmatism at its core. We work at the intersection of strategy, design, marketing, and technology.
2022
Content Strategist & Copywriter at Rare with Google in Sydney / Tokyo
Rare with Google is a platform that helps underrepresented creatives celebrate their difference. It was founded to feed the industry pipeline with historically excluded talent; to give individuals the tools and networks they need to thrive at every stage of their career; and to help allies create a more inclusive working environment for them to do so.
2013
Digital Producer at Today Design in Melbourne, Australia
Today is a design company for people and planet. They co-create solutions with real people for real impact. They’re also a B Corp.
2012
PR & Communications Consultant at BIMC Hospital Group in Bali, Indonesia – (Contract)
BIMC Hospital Group is an international standard hospital group and the pioneer of medical tourism in Indonesia.
2011
Communications Consultant at FHI 360 in Hanoi, Vietnam – (Contract)
FHI 360 is a global non-profit human development organisation.
Key role: Campaign communications designer focusing on public health, specifically drug policy reform related to methadone maintenance therapy.
2009
Managing Editor at Indo Multi Media Publishing • HelloBali in Bali, Indonesia
HelloBali magazine is a monthly travel and lifestyle publication, distributed regionally in Southeast Asia.
Achievements: Alongside the Editor-in-Chief, revamping and rebranding HelloBali’s visual narrative and editorial content, driving the former nationally-distributed publication to a more prominent standing, and eventually seeing it achieve regional circulation in Southeast Asia after one year.
2008
Senior Editor at Time Out Jakarta in Jakarta, Indonesia
Time Out Jakarta is a monthly guide about what’s up and what’s on in and around town.
Achievements: Taking on the role of Project Manager for Time Out Jakarta magazine’s cover photo-shoot (issue: March 2009 / The Music Issue). The magazine cover was nominated for Time Out Cover of the Year 2009 and ranked in the international top 20. Time Out Beirut magazine published an edited version of the cover for its July 2009 issue.
2007
Communication Designer at MRA Media Group in Jakarta, Indonesia
MRA Media Group publishes and produces a wide range of print and broadcast media throughout Indonesia.
Key role: Marketing communications and advertorial designer for Harper’s Bazaar, Cosmopolitan, CosmoGirl!, and SPICE! magazines.
& Side gigs
2014
Editor of ‘Kwality Times‘, the newspaper of an alternate reality where India has taken over Australia. Here, honking is mandatory, chai is pulled not poured, and Next Gen cross-cultural hipsters are born. Kwality Chai offers an immersive experience, drawing audiences into the lifestyle of this new world. The project is the brainchild of emerging artist/curator Sapna Chandu, and was produced by Shash Lall. Kwality Chaiʼs gifted creative team includes Byron Scullin (Sound Design), Sharon Johal, Luke D’Emmanuelle, Vincent Conti and Jan Di Pietro (performers), and Sonia Nair and Aarti Betigeri (writers).
2014
Performer as part of the interactive study of performative space. ‘The Princess Theatre Inversion’ is an investigative spatial experiment, performed as part of artist and architect Campbell Drake’s PhD thesis, featuring pianists Elizabeth Drake and Vanessa Tomlinson performing ‘Piano Phase’ by Steve Reich. Watch the video.
2012
Production Assistant on a feature film directed by acclaimed filmmaker Rudy Soedjarwo and filmed in Jakarta, Indonesia. Production took three months, from January to March 2012. The film was released in theatres in December 2012.
2012
Guest Editor of two consecutive issues (June & July 2012), respectively titled Epicure and Agents of Change. I-MAGAZINE is an independent monthly publication exploring the new wave of creativity in Bali, Indonesia. It showcases art, travel, fashion, think pieces & poetry, and (sub) culture.
2009
As writer and designer of an online collection of short stories, articles, and poetry written by a curated group of Indonesian and Australian women.
2009
Participation and contribution in events: ‘Writers Cabaret’, ‘Shadow Puppet Performance and Workshop’, ‘Better Read than Dead Poetry Slam’.
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