Indigo Phillips
Senior Advisor Channel Development at Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
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Top SchoolIndigo Phillips is a senior digital advisor and UX specialist with eight years’ experience designing, researching, and maintaining government-scale websites across MBIE’s 50+ site portfolio. She blends practical front-end and CMS skills (SilverStripe, M365, HTML) with strong UX research, analytics and accessibility expertise to manage platform quality, UAT and continuous enhancements. As one of few wāhine Māori in senior UI/UX roles, she pairs technical leadership and mentorship with kaupapa Māori values—recently completing a Mana Whakatopū leadership programme that informs her empathetic approach. Her background spans hands-on product delivery (React, Angular/Laravel projects), community-facing design for rangatahi Māori, and applied web standards for NZ government accessibility. Colleagues rely on her for clear stakeholder communication, issue resolution, and pragmatic, user-centred improvements that keep complex digital services reliable.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Introdction to Information Technology, Information Technology, Introdction to Information Technology, Information Technology at Waiariki Institute of TechnologyWeb Development Bootcamp | Level 6, Web Development, Web Development Bootcamp | Level 6, Web Development at Enspiral Dev AcademyDiploma Software Development, Information Technology, Level 5, Diploma Software Development, Information Technology, Level 5 at Whitireia Community PolytechnicDiploma in Digital Media & Design – Web and Graphic Design | Level 6, Diploma in Digital Media & Design – Web and Graphic Design | Level 6 at Yoobee CollegesCertificate in Applied Digital Technology - Product Solutions Level 6, Certificate in Applied Digital Technology - Product Solutions Level 6 at MISSION READYNew Zealand Certificate in Te Reo (Hi Pi Ka Rere) Level 3, Te Pōkaitahi Reo Kaupae 3 & 4, New Zealand Certificate in Te Reo (Hi Pi Ka Rere) Level 3, Te Pōkaitahi Reo Kaupae 3 & 4 at Te Wānanga o AotearoaGoogle Analytics - Advanced, Analytics, Google Analytics - Advanced, Analytics at Google Mobile AcademyAdvanced Certificate in Computing, Information Technology, Advanced Certificate in Computing, Information Technology at Auckland University of TechnologyCertificate in Web Design and Writing, Information Technology, Level 5, Certificate in Web Design and Writing, Information Technology, Level 5 at Open Polytechnic of New Zealand
react.js, html, css, laravel, angular, php, adobe, agile, github, bitbucket, sass, design, methodology, te reo maori, kubernetes, cms, silver stripe cloud
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Github Skills (5)
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webpack6
react6
kiwi3
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Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
indigophillips/ataahuadevelopments
Sep 2019 - Feb 2020
Ātaahua Developments
Contributions:31 PRs, 58 pushes, 2 branches in 5 months
indigogeorgiana/indigo
Feb 2018 - Mar 2018
Contributions:2 PRs, 45 pushes, 3 branches in 27 days
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