ASSOCIATE

Key skills

- User experience (UX) and interaction design
- Circular economy and sustainable design practices
- Qualitative research and community engagement
- Co-design and participatory methods
- Strategic development and systems approaches
- Academic leadership and project management
- Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite, 3D CAD and Life Cycle Analysis

Experience

always possible (Associate Researcher, 2020–present): Leads workshops, user research, research tool design and impact evaluation for charities and businesses.

Forestry England (Design Consultant): Applied design thinking and co-design with young people to create digital interventions encouraging learning about nature.

University of Brighton (Senior Lecturer & Project Manager, Brighton Product Lab): Manages student design consultancy delivering UX and circular economy projects for live clients, including Deloitte, Tenscare and the Paralympics Committee. Teaches UX, interaction design and creative methods.

Friendly Fox Design (Founder): Specialist consultancy developing social innovation and user experience projects for children, with a focus on outdoor play and learning.

University of Sussex (Lecturer): Taught human factors, design for society, design for circular economy and stakeholder analysis.

Qualifications

- BSc in Physics – University of Bristol
- MA in Product Design – Manchester Polytechnic
- PhD in Games and UX for Children – University of Brighton

Professional development: Community Fellowship (Systems & Complex Systems Approaches), Mental Health First Aider, IOSH Managing Safely Certificate

Honours and contributions

20+ years blending design, research and education with a focus on sustainability and social justice

Recognised for bridging academic practice with real-world social and environmental innovation