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Creative Director
Brian is Shift Wellington’s Creative Director. He is integral to ensuring excellence in all areas of the design work that Shift creates. He takes great pride in his own visual design and in the work of the design team that he mentors and nurtures. His extensive practical knowledge of the web medium has seen him push the boundaries of traditional web design practice, resulting in standards compliant sites that are beautiful both inside and out.
Brian taught design for six years at two of New Zealand’s most respected design schools, the Wanganui School of Design and Massey University’s Wellington School of Design. He has led the design on some of Shift’s biggest projects, including Te Ara, the Encyclopedia of New Zealand for the Ministry of Culture and Heritage, The New Zealand Film Archive, Toyota New Zealand, and Tourism New Zealand.
Brian holds a Master’s degree in Fine Arts from the Cranbrook Academy of Art (USA), and a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Texas at Austin (USA).
Expert Services
- Continual Site Improvement
- Digital Branding
- HTML Template Development
- Intranet Design
- Rich Media Design
- Website Design
Core Expertise
- Design strategy and conceptual development
- Design Education and Instruction
- Interface design and evaluation
- CSS and HTML
- Creative direction