Gary Aubin
Coolum Beach
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
Work History
Professional Driver. (booked Hire)
Sole Trader
03.2018 - 02.2024
- Improved customer satisfaction by providing timely and efficient transportation services.
- Collaborated closely with dispatchers to confirm pick-up locations, drop-off points, and estimated arrival times accurately communicated to passengers.
- Kept completely clean driving record with no reportable incidents.
- Provide safe passenger transport from Byron bay to Hervey Bay.
Director of Design (Contract)
Direct Sourcing Solutions (Asia)
10.2016 - 04.2017
- Develop key internal/external resources for newly created startup company
- Brand development/Brand management
- Explore and help define the future of the DSS branding and digital platforms
- Provide creative direction across platforms, whilst maintaining the consistency of the DSS brand
- Web design/Web development (Wordpress CMS)
- Marketing Collateral (Print/Digital)
- Presentation materials, video, slideshows, proposals
- Business Internal resources/guidelines, documentation
- Signage, Clothing, Office fit out, etc
- Empower team members to research, ideate, wireframe, design and test new features
- Collaborate with designers, product managers, engineers, and key stakeholders to create amazing experiences for clients
- Evolve and improve the design process to make sure the team has access to the best tools and process to do their work
- Think and discuss deeply about the user experience, from tiny details to the product/experience as a whole.
Creative Director for Asia Operations
CXC Global (Asia)
02.2014 - 10.2016
- Provide design and marketing support to a maturing company with 7 regional offices throughout Asia
- Develop concepts, graphics, and layouts for a wide range of digital and print media
- Liaising with external printers on a regular basis to ensure deadlines are met
- Image retouching / modification
- Designing presentations to support sales teams, video, slideshows etc
- UI/UX design, Cloud, and mobile
- Brand development/Brand management
- Web design (Front End) Web development (wordpress)
- Marketing Collateral (Print/Digital) Communication and Campaign concepts
- Business Internal resources/guidelines, documentation
- Signage, clothing, office fit out, etc
- Event management and promotion
- Banners, advertising etc.
Chief Interaction Architect
Honey Software (NZ, Australia)
01.2011 - 12.2014
- UI/UX development for cloud, desktop, kiosk, and mobile software
- Brand Manager
- Marketing collateral development
- Print and digital communications, sales and post sales support collateral.
Art Director
Practice Plus / Debtor Daddy / e360 (NZ)
01.2008 - 11.2011
- Organisation devoted to helping accountants and bookkeepers create great websites
- Websites for Accountants, Websites for Bookkeepers, Digital Marketing Tools & Strategy, Brand Strategy, Copywriting, Graphic Design
- Develop outstanding designs for Accountants
- Specialising in XERO centric accounting practices
- Lead the development team to smart on-time outcomes within budget
- Low-level CMS, Wordpress, and 3rd party CMS platforms
- Brand Manager for Practice Plus/e360/Debtor Daddy (Business units)
- Produce print, digital, and event communications for all the business units.
Creative Director
CXC Global (Asia)
07.2010 - 01.2011
- Short-term tenure In HK to develop and build the marketing requirements for the CXC Global Asia startup - its software products and services
- Brand development (Multiple software brands and management)
- Marketing collateral: Brochures, advertising, events promotion and business
- Mobile and desktop application UI development
- Design of cloud-based portal development, Web design and marketing strategy.
Art Director / Senior Designer
G&A Nelson (NZ Design Agency)
12.2006 - 10.2009
- Strategy, Brand, Design & Advertising
- Senior Account Manager for key clients and new business
- Strategy direction
- Support and management of the design team & direct creative outcomes
- Advertising, press, magazines
- Brand development/Brand management
- Web design/Web development (liaising with external web developers)
- Marketing Collateral (Print/Digital) brochures, advertising
- Presentation material, video, slideshows
- Business Internal resources, guidelines, documentation
- Signage, clothing, office fit out, etc
- Event management.
Creative Director
PayGlobal Limited (MYOB)
01.2002 - 01.2006
- Brand management: Develop and execute marketing strategies that increased the various PayGlobal brand identities
- Create and maintain all company brands and supporting guidelines for internal and external use
- Strategic marketing collateral development: Digital and printed communication, brochures, flyers, technical data-sheets, direct mail campaigns, and newsletters
- Responsible for all design, creation, and execution
- Develop interactive sales and marketing collateral and interactive training modules within the Flash authoring environment
- UI/UX (User Interface design)
- Specifications & design of UI/UX elements for all PayGlobal software applications
- General UI support, splash screens, icons, and customization
- Web design: Create and maintain all company websites (six live sites maintained and graphically supported) ranging from corporate, sales, client support and banking product websites
- Samples available
- Advertising: Develop advertising strategies & campaigns within NZ, AU, and UK
- Responsibilities included; direction, design, booking and placement.
Junior Designer/Senior Designer
Trimble Navigation (NZ/USA)
01.1998 - 01.2002
- Produce print and digital materials for communications projects
- Multimedia design and authoring, Interactive pre and post-sales educational CD-ROM's and web-based multimedia
- Scope, design & authoring for specific vertical software products
- Windows-based UI design and usability director
- Win CE Platform UI design for hand-held devices, aircraft GPS instrumentation, GIS, and Marine GPS Instrumentation
- Web Design, web portals, and online resource centers
- Video filming, post-production linear editing, audio processing, and photography
- Animated interactive technical overviews (high level tutorials).
Education
Advanced Publishing -
Otago Polytechic
Digital Communication and Multimedia (Bachelor of Computing Science) -
University of Otago
01.1998
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Professional Driver. (booked Hire)
Sole Trader
03.2018 - 02.2024
Director of Design (Contract)
Direct Sourcing Solutions (Asia)
10.2016 - 04.2017
Creative Director for Asia Operations
CXC Global (Asia)
02.2014 - 10.2016
Chief Interaction Architect
Honey Software (NZ, Australia)
01.2011 - 12.2014
Creative Director
CXC Global (Asia)
07.2010 - 01.2011
Art Director
Practice Plus / Debtor Daddy / e360 (NZ)
01.2008 - 11.2011
Art Director / Senior Designer
G&A Nelson (NZ Design Agency)
12.2006 - 10.2009
Creative Director
PayGlobal Limited (MYOB)
01.2002 - 01.2006
Junior Designer/Senior Designer
Trimble Navigation (NZ/USA)
01.1998 - 01.2002
Advanced Publishing -
Otago Polytechic
Digital Communication and Multimedia (Bachelor of Computing Science) -
University of Otago
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