WORK EXPERIENCE
AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS
ADOBE INNOVATION GRANT 2022
Adobe Inc.
Received June 2022
Part of Swinburne’s Adobe Creative Campus partnership, the projects represent a diverse range of teaching approaches and collaborations dedicated to improving the digital literacy of our students. Swinburne is proudly the first university in Australia to be an Adobe Creative Campus.
Award received for design and development of the learning objects in the Adobe Creative Cloud:
Bringing leadership to life online - Animating Leadership Decision Making Learning and Assessments, granted to Benji Zorella and Professor Emma Sherry.
The grants are funded by Adobe and the Victorian Government’s International Education Resilience Fund to support teachers to embed digital literacies into their curriculum using the Adobe Creative Cloud suite.
The Adobe Innovation Grants are part of Swinburne’s Adobe Creative Campus partnership – the first of its kind in Australia.
Ref: Swinburne learning and teaching approaches awarded Adobe Innovation Grants
Innovation and Excellence in Professional Management
Australian Business Deans Council (ABDC)
Inaugural award received November 2020
Received a team award for the design and development of the Blended Learning Accelerator Program within the Faculty of Business and Law at Swinburne. The program is a two-week intensive aimed at building staff digital capability in converting on- campus units to blended learning. Following implementation of the program, staff reported feeling empowered and more confident to adapt to the new normal of learning delivery.
Certificate of Recognition of Outstanding Performance
Monash University, International Recruitment Services
Received November 2011
Received a Certificate of Recognition for outstanding performance as selected by my peers, whilst working at Monash University in the International Recruitment Services department.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
e-learning designer | digital content author
Phriendly Phishing | CyberCX
Learning Experience & Design (LEAD)
09/2022 - Present
Phriendly Phishing, part of CyberCX, is an Australian-based company which provides security awareness and phishing simulation training solutions.
Cybersecurity is to be viewed as a whole-of-organisation responsibility, with strong emphasis on a positive security culture.
We teach employees how to identify and respond to common, costly and difficult to detect security threats like:
Phishing
Spear-phishing
Ransomware
Malware and scams
Cyber-safety
The training programs are measurable, scalable and can be used by anyone in your organisation regardless of technical expertise.
Learning EXPERIENCE Designer
Swinburne University of Technology
Education, Experience & Employability Portfolio
01/2021 - 09/2022
Co-creation and facilitation of the institution wide roll-out of blended learning to support the digital transformation of learning and teaching at Swinburne.
Working with course directors and teaching teams across the University to support the development of new approaches to learning, teaching and assessment.
Providing practical assistance focused on the design, development and evaluation of blended learning and learning technologies
Learning Technologist
Swinburne University of Technology
Faculty of Business and Law
01/2019 - 01/2020
Provide practical assistance focused on the scoping, sourcing and evaluation of hardware and software technologies (incl. Canvas, Microsoft 365, Echo360, Articulate Storyline, Adobe Creative Cloud)
Piloting, scaling-up, embedding and evaluating learning technologies to support the development of new approaches to learning, teaching and assessment across the Faculty of Business and Law.
Technical Lead on a team of FBL staff and students that developed and implemented conversational chatbots, which provide law students automated course progression advice, and supports the student experience by giving students quick and easy access to FAQs.
Liaise with various levels of the university to inform the Faculty's innovation goals and lead to actionable strategies in line with the 2025 Strategic Plan
Academic Support Officer
Swinburne University of Technology
Swinburne Law School
04/2017 - 09/2019
Provide comprehensive advice, expertise, and practical support and be a reliable first point of contact to managers, academics and staff.
Undertake investigations into policy or operational issues and administer special small projects of a confidential or sensitive nature ensuring the integrity of the data and findings
Provide administrative support for the Faculty’s Academic
Departments and play a pivotal role in the accurate preparation and workflow of all documents requiring approval incl, but not limited to contracts, HR admin, payment claims and ensuring appropriate records management processes are adhered to.
Provide interpretation and advice in line with University/Faculty policy and procedure and ensure compliance with a range of university wide administrative systems.
Junior School Coordinator
Department of Education
Camberwell High School (Secondary School)
04/2013 - 04/2017
Education Support based role
Ensure accurate enrolment data on CASES21 at all times, including full documentation for attendance and Census purposes
Ensuring the end-to-end lifecycle of a student enroling and exiting CHS was managed in accordance with DET processes in liaising with the wider school-staff
Complete and process all suspension paperwork, ensuring relevant information is passed onto the parents
Preparing and distributing fortnightly attendance reports for mentors, ½ term reports for SSLs and Principals highlighting any issues
Coordination of transition tours for feeder Primary Schools
Documents Officer
Monash University
International Recruitment Services
09/2007 - 07/2012
Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of higher education internal processes, policies and governance
Ensuring data management flow from the central filing to the appropriate assessors to avoid any student impacts
Logging received student documentation in Callista/TRIM, entering data and creating reports reflecting the turnaround times of the team and myself between actions
High level-management and redesign of coordination of the
Documents Teams processes and workflows
Underwent specialised TRIM training to begin digitising all student folders located at the Monash Clayton campus
Training new Document Officers that were employed throughout my four years of employment