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Megan Colquhoun

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I am happy, enthusiastic and capable with a desire for impactful design and good communication. I love the outdoors, the arts, environment and history, gardens and conversing with animals.

About

I am happy, enthusiastic and capable with a desire for impactful design and good communication. I love the outdoors, the arts, environment and history, gardens and conversing with animals. Recently, as a production designer at New Zealand Doctor, I stayed up to date with technology and dedicated myself to delivering work at a high standard. I redesigned the publication to provide more visual interest for busy professionals and to encourage younger subscribers, incorporating a new masthead, branding, promotions, advertising, and a new website.

Additionally, I redesigned Pharmacy Today by adjusting the size from A3 to a smaller format to reduce distribution costs and give it a fresh look. This helped inspire the diverse audience of makeup artists and pharmacists and encouraged new subscriptions. My design style remains upbeat and appealing, continuously adjusting to current trends while maintaining uniqueness.

  • Joined August 2025

Industry experience

  • Media & Entertainment
  • Professional Services
  • Healthcare
  • Education
  • Consumer Goods

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Projects · 1

Redesign publication to meet growing youthful audience and to make the publication easily acceptable to readers from a busy industry. Responsible for all images and construction of publication and production process

New Zealand Doctor
  • Art Director
  • Production Designer

Work experience· 14 roles

Production Designer · New Zealand Doctor (The Health Media)Dec 2019 – Aug 2025 · 5 yrs 9 mos

Worked as production designer for A3 publication for GPs and primary care. Introduced improved processes for meeting deadlines more easily. Responsible for most photography commissions and illustrations. Redesigned the publication, leading New Zealand Doctor to achieve multiple awards including Best Trade/Professional publication at the 2014 Canon Media Awards and judged Best Trade Publication in the world at the 2017 TABBIES. Also redesigned Pharmacy Today by adjusting format, style, and navigation to reduce costs and attract new subscribers.

Production Designer · New Zealand Doctor (The Health Media)Dec 2019 – Aug 2025 · 5 yrs 9 mos

Responsible for redesigning the A3 publication for GPs and primary care by improving processes to meet deadlines more easily, commissioning photography and illustrations. After the redesign, New Zealand Doctor achieved Best Trade/Professional Publication at the 2014 Canon Media Awards, was a finalist for Best Cover at the Canon Media and MPA Awards, and was judged Best Trade Publication in the world at the 2017 TABBIES with special mention of design suitability for busy doctors.

Designer / Prepress · PhilsticDec 2012 – Aug 2025 · 12 yrs 9 mos

Designed and prepared print-ready files for a wide variety of agricultural and horticultural product labels and instruction books, ensuring foolproof files suitable for printing.

Designer / Prepress · PhilsticDec 2009 – Aug 2025 · 15 yrs 9 mos
Page Designer · Pagemasters NZJan 2009 – Aug 2025 · 16 yrs 8 mos
Page Designer · Pagemasters NZJan 2009 – Aug 2025 · 16 yrs 8 mos
Art Director · New Zealand Gardener (Fairfax Magazines)Sep 2006 – Aug 2025 · 19 yrs
Art Director · New Zealand Gardener (Fairfax Magazines)Sep 2006 – Aug 2025 · 19 yrs

Education

Graphic Design · AUT2030 – 2025
Graphic Design · AUT2030 – 2025

Certifications and awards

Teacher effectiveness, online publishing, web design, negotiation and staff management2030 – 2025

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