DESIGN INDUSTRY KNOWLEDGE

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Being a part of the Design Industry requires a significant amount of professional development, and networking to keep up with the current trends within the industry. I am regularly meeting with professionals within the design industry, in particularly tertiary educators at QUT, Bond and Griffith, to ensure what I both design and teach is at the highest standard.

In the past 12 months, I have undergone courses including:

• App Prototype Development

• Hand Lettering

• Photoshop

• In Design

• Photography

• 3D Design and 3D Printing

• Future Filmmakers

 

In 2016, I was awarded the Gold Coast Area Theatre Award for Best Set Design, Best Costume Design and Best Program Design out of 800 shows in the area. My extensive experience in both event management for Westfield, Myer and multiple award winning musicals, has created a large network of industry professionals that I use as a part of my designs. This includes everything from, staging, lighting designers, audio technicians, musicians, printers, hairdressers and make-up artist.

 

Part of being a designer and working with such a large amount of people and contractors, I have to be able to communicate my ideas effectively.   Depending on the design, I select an appropriate method of presentation techniques, materials and equipment to produce a set of drawings that communicate the required ideas. More recently, this has been to set construction for musicals and landscapers for quotes for a residential landscape design. I have also had to develop a method of presenting architecture for a website and a software program; all very different styles of drawings.

Being a Graphic Designer for many musicals, I have an excellent understanding when it comes to the legal practices of design work. When designing marketing material for organisations such a Disney and Hal Leonard, I am required to adhere to a very specific style guide and full approval prior to being published.  Working within a school context, I have had students sign a release form for any photos or filming that I/or they will use for any published work.

Evidence

• Musical Posters

• Release form

• Certificates

• Set Design

• Landscape design