Amanda Judd

Amanda Judd has a diverse work experience, starting in 1996 as a representative in the New Zealand Rhythmic Gymnastics Elite Squad. Amanda then went on to co-found the New Zealand Youth Delegation in 2009 and served as Co-Chairperson of the ReGeneration Trust from 2010 to 2013.

In 2008, Amanda founded Lovenotes, a design-centric company that transformed workplace waste paper into notebooks using design thinking. Amanda served as the CEO and Director of Lovenotes until 2014.

Amanda also founded YouthworX in 2008, where they applied human-centered design to support and develop the youth of North Shore. Amanda held the position of Director at YouthworX until 2011.

From 2014 to 2018, Amanda served as the Director and CEO/Co-founder of Kai, a platform that facilitated the efficient delivery of healthy food using human-centered design and systems science.

Following their time at Kai, Amanda worked at Pushpay from 2018 to 2021, first as Lead UX Researcher and then as UX Practice Lead.

In 2021, Amanda joined Flux Federation as the Head of Design, and later in 2022, they became the Head of Product Design at Timely.

Amanda Judd has completed a Certificate in Small Business Management from Te Wānanga o Aotearoa in the year 2008. Before that, they attended Auckland University of Technology from 2003 to 2004, where they studied Fashion Design. Amanda's education started in 1999 when they enrolled at Northcote College until 2002, but no specific degree or field of study was mentioned during that time.