No. 16 · Design Assembly · 2021
Engagement / content strategy · Event / live experience design · Hosting / facilitation
Design Assembly
Delivering events for New Zealand's visual design community.
31
events, online and nationwide
Design Assembly has been the home of New Zealand graphic design since 2009: a member organisation for the country's design community.
In 2021 I was its Events and Community Manager. I managed all 31 events that year, online and nationwide: talks, webinars, courses and industry networking, including the ever-popular annual pub quiz.
Under The Hood was the one I got to front. It's a live monthly online session where two designers each walk through a real project, from brief to finished work, with me as host, keeping the conversation going between the guests and the people watching at home. I produced five of them, an hour each, live over lunchtime, with event partners including Adobe and G.F Smith.
I also programmed the monthly professional development courses, marketed and sold the places, and ran them on the day. Each course needed 10 people to go ahead and sold out at 40.
Through a year of Covid-19 disruption, the programme kept New Zealand's design community engaged and active.
At a glance
Client: Design Assembly
What: A year-long programme of member events, courses and online sessions
When: 2021
Where: Online and nationwide, with in-person events in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch
Scale: 31 events
My role: Events and Community Manager
My role
Managing the full events programme
Producing and hosting Under The Hood
Programming, marketing and selling the professional development courses
Running events and courses on the day
Let's talk
Tell me what you're planning. I'll come back to you within two working days.