Public servant turned entrepreneur, Saneia Norton is a landscape architect and design communication specialist. At the NSW Government Architect’s Office she designed and delivered public domain projects from Circular Quay to Broken Hill until a series of mid-career speed bumps became the catalyst for reinvention. In 2016 she founded Saneia Norton Design Communication (SNDC) to help design professionals wield words as powerfully as images, build confidence presenting work and move beyond long-held scars of brutal design juries. Through lectures and workshops, SNDC’s coaching has empowered hundreds of architects, landscape architects and urban designers to become stronger communicators. Saneia is creator of the podcast ‘Dig Beneath Design’ where designers talk openly about their best and worst experiences communicating their ideas. She works part-time at multidisciplinary design office Tyrrell Studio in Manly.