Hi, I’m Tom,
I am a product designer with a background in the arts and education. I have experience in visual arts and design teaching where I developed my leadership and communication skills.

My experience in making learning more accessible and equitable across a range of students from different backgrounds and abilities built the foundation of my human-centered design practice. Anything I make or work on is guided by these set of values.

Previously I studied at the Elam School of Fine Arts, where I also briefly taught the first and second year studio programme.

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I would like to acknowledge Māori as tangata whenua and Treaty of Waitangi partners in Aotearoa New Zealand. I pay my respects to the mana whenua who are the original and continued rightful stewards of the land that I love and on which I work and reside.

Tom Hackshaw

Education
UX Design Program, CareerFoundry GmbH Berlin, 2021-2022
Foundations of UX Design, Google + Coursera, 2021
Grad Dip Teaching (Secondary), The University of Auckland, 2019
BFA (Hons), The University of Auckland, 2014-2017

Awards
Elam First in Course Award 2014-2017
First Class Honours, The University of Auckland 2017