JEMIMA WOO

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences (Powerhouse Museum) 
Senior Exhibition Designer (June 2019 – current), Exhibition Designer (2017 – 2019)
Design from concept generation, design development, documentation, construction and installation.

  • Design coordination including sourcing suppliers, scheduling and budgeting.
  • Production management and onsite construction coordination.
  • Mentoring of junior and mid weight designers; hiring new talent.
  • Design procedures and workflows for internal and external collaboration.
  • Design planning and strategy – project based and across the organisation.
  • Internal and external stakeholder management.
  • Preparing and presenting design presentations.
  • Exhibitions include Unpopular, Electric Keys, Robert Rosen: Glitterati, Graphic Identities, Iranzamin, Design For Life, Maton: Australia’s Guitar, Jenny Kee and Linda Jackson: Step Into Paradise and Akira Isogawa.

State Library of NSW
Exhibition Designer (Oct. 2014 – Sep. 2017) 

  • Design and project management including concept generation, design documentation, scheduling and budgeting.
  • Internal and external stakeholder management including building a network of contractors and builders.
  • Selected exhibitions include World Press Photos, What a Life! Rock Photography by Tony Mott, Pulp Confidential: Quick and Dirty Publishing from the 40s and 50s, Max Dupain 100, Family Fragments.

Design by Toko
3D designer (July 2014 – Sep. 2014) 

  • Design documentation and production coordination for Parramatta Council wayfinding structures.

State Library of NSW
Exhibition Designer (Nov. 2010 – 2012)

  • Designer (3D and Graphic) and project manager for multiple exhibitions.
  • Developed and implemented wayfinding and spatial rebranding.
  • Initiated, executed and managed departmental central archiving and digital filing system.

Australian Museum
3D Designer (Feb. 2009 – July 2010) 

  • Exhibitions include Yiloga! Tiwi Footy, Wildlife Photographer of the Year and Menagerie: Contemporary Indigenous Sculpture.

Australian National Maritime Museum
3D Designer (Jun. 2008 – Oct. 2008)

  • Exhibitions include Japanese War Brides, Linda McGill

Suwito Design and Construction
Designer (Mar. 2008 – Jun. 2008) 

  • Design documentation for quotations and production; preparation of client presentations (graphics, plans and 3D renderings).
  • Key clients include Johnson & Johnson and Siemens.

University of Technology Sydney, DAB Faculty
Design Tutor (Feb. 2007 – 2010)

  • Designing Sydney: Design Theory, Sustainability and Design, Ecodesign, Designing Out Crime.

id+e, Industrial Design and Engineering
Graduate Industrial Designer (Mar. – Aug. 2006)

  • Conceptual designs and prototyping of sleep apnoea mask for the client, Resmed.