Employment

CREATIVE DIRECTOR & CEO

Thought Works, Sydney (2010-present)

  • Created the YouTube channel Veritasium, which has over 2.5 million subscribers and 155 million views

  • Video creation services for education and business

  • Keynote talks and education consultancy

PRESENTER, RESEARCHER, WRITER

Uranium by Genepool Productions, Australia (2014-2015)

  • Three part, three-hour documentary on how radioactivity has shaped the course of human history.

  • I will host the show in addition to researching and writing

  • The documentary will be broadcast on PBS and SBS (in Australia) in 2015

ENGINEERING EXPERT, RESEARCHER, PRESENTER

Ancient Impossible by Wild Dream Films, UK(2014)

  • Engineering expert, researcher and presenter in segments about ancient Egypt, monuments, and ancient technology.

  • Broadcast on History 2

PRESENTER, WRITER, PRODUCER

Catalyst on ABC, Australia (2011-present)

  • Researcher, writer, presenter and producer for segments on Australia’s premier science magazine show.

  • One of three hosts for the six-part series Catalyst on The Road (2013)

PRESENTER, RESEARCHER

Breakfast on Channel 10, Australia (2012-2013)

  • Researcher and presenter of the Why Guy segment on Channel 10’s Breakfast program

PHYSICS TEACHER

Matrix Education, Sydney (2006-2013)

  • Teaching Grade 11 and 12 Physics and junior science classes of up to 14 students

  • Developing teaching resources, and making educational videos

HEAD OF SCIENCE

Matrix Education, Sydney (2008-2012)

  • Managed a team of 20 teachers and 12 tutors providing tuition to over 800 science enrollments

  • Implemented a new CRM database across the whole organization

  • Marketing on Google, development of educational and promotional videos

PROJECT COORDINATOR, FILMMAKER

University of Sydney (2005-2008)

  • Co-wrote and directed a grant to make multimedia for high school physics topics

  • Created all films at hscphysics.edu.au

  • Filmed distributed on DVD to all high schools in Australia

PHYSICS LABORATORY TUTOR

University of Sydney (2004-2006)

  • Laboratory demonstrator in second year computational and experimental labs

DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKER

Queen’s University, Canada (2003-2004)

  • Created two films on the Drama Department and its history