STEPHEN O'HEARN
Senior Instructional Designer, 3D Animator and Immersive Simulation Specialist - Project-based
My background is in story, multimedia instructional design and 3D simulations — this combination allows me to take genuinely difficult subjects and make them simpler, accessible, and teachable.
I focus on construction safety, clinical training, and complex technical processes — work where getting it wrong has consequences.
In the last year I've integrated AI-assisted production into that foundation — not as a shortcut, but as a way to deliver senior-level work faster, at a price point that makes project-based engagement viable for organisations that couldn't previously justify it.
I also build immersive simulations — VR-based training and scenario development for healthcare and construction safety environments, where experiential learning demonstrably outperforms anything on a flat screen.
I work on a project basis. If your training project requires this level of simplification — let's talk.

Construction Safety

Clinical Training

Technical
Processes
Projects
The Provincial BARSTool Assessment
Training Program

BC Air Ambulance pilots
need to decide if a psychiatric
patient require sedation
prior to transport.
This new assessment tool
and eLearning module
guides them through this
process.
Confined Spaces - WorkSafeBC
Every year workers are injured or
die in confined spaces. WorkSafeBC
is responsible for ensuring companies
comply with safety regulations.
This Train-the-Trainer course allowed
seasoned Prevention Officers to teach
this critical training province-wide.
