Group Fitness Instructor, ClubActive at Wellington City Council (2025-01 – Present)
Deliver classes across Freyberg Pool & Fitness Centre, Kilbirnie Recreation Centre and Karori Recreation Centre—busy Council facilities serving diverse communities through fitness, sport, aquatic, children's and community programmes.
- Plan and deliver structured group fitness classes across three Wellington City Council recreation facilities.
- Adapt exercises, instruction and coaching for participants with varied abilities, experience levels and fitness goals.
- Build rapport and create welcoming, encouraging and inclusive class environments.
- Communicate through clear demonstrations, individual feedback and motivational coaching.
- Monitor participant technique, complete equipment checks and maintain health and safety standards.
- Provide frontline customer service, first-aid assistance and operational cover while collaborating with recreation-centre colleagues.
Reserve Instructor at Workshop Jiu Jitsu (Present)
Black Belt, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
- Coach participants across varied experience levels and physical abilities, breaking complex techniques into clear stages.
- Provide constructive feedback while maintaining a disciplined, respectful and safety-focused training environment.
- Encourage resilience, confidence, consistency and continuous improvement.
Defensive and Tackling Coach at Toa Premier 1 Men's Rugby League Club (2023-01 – 2024-12)
- Coached defensive technique, tackling skills and safe physical execution through demonstration and practical instruction.
- Adapted coaching to different learning styles, abilities and levels of experience.
- Motivated players and contributed to team preparation, discipline and performance.
Youth Group Leader at Youth Group Leader (1996-01 – 2020-12)
Various periods
- Supported and engaged young people through organised activities and positive relationship building.
- Helped create inclusive, structured and supportive environments for people from varied backgrounds.
- Used communication, leadership and conflict-management skills to support participation.
Graphic Designer, In-House Graphics Team at Māori Television (2005-01 – 2017-12)
- Designed broadcast and promotional graphics for news, current affairs and internally produced programmes.
- Produced news graphics, lower-thirds, titles, information panels, programme graphics and promotional assets.
- Translated production briefs into clear, accurate and engaging visual content.
- Collaborated with producers, journalists, editors and production staff in a fast-paced broadcast environment.
- Prepared and checked graphics against established visual identities, technical specifications and broadcast requirements.
- Responded quickly to feedback, programme changes and daily production deadlines.
Video Editor at Māori Television (2004-01 – 2005-12)
- Edited news and current affairs content, including Te Kāea.
- Selected and assembled footage to support narrative clarity, pacing and audience engagement.
- Collaborated with journalists, producers and production staff to respond to editorial briefs.
- Prepared completed content to required technical and presentation standards for broadcast and daily deadlines.
Character Design, Illustration and Portfolio Development at Self-Directed Professional Development (2021-01 – Present)
Structured Self-Directed Professional Development
- Develop original characters, costumes, props and environments from research and initial thumbnails through to portfolio-ready presentation.
- Apply anatomy, gesture, perspective, shape language, composition, value, lighting and colour to visual-development projects.
- Use Photoshop, Blender and Daz 3D to develop artwork, explore posing, establish camera angles and create spatial reference.
- Build and refine ComfyUI workflows using image reference, pose control and visual-consistency techniques.
- Apply critique, experimentation and iterative development to improve design quality, consistency and production efficiency.
