Specialising in a full range of communication design skills and methodologies. A rich collection of work and experience has included lecturing in communication design at Otago Polytechnic, College of Art, Design and Architecture from 2008 - 2019 coupled with community projects and consultancy roles.

Selected work includes self initiated work and creative partnerships including graphic design for Pussy Riot - Riot Days Whakatū (2019) and political campaign and consultation for local body elections and institutions.

Working in collaboration Patersons’ work has been screened as part of the short film Zebulon at Cannes Court Métrage - Festival de Cannes, 2017. Latest publication can be viewed here: Designer Pussy: The Role of Graphic Design as an Arbiter of Gender Representation, part of an edited collection Orienting Feminism: Media, Activism, and Cultural Representation (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018).