Abbey Luckhurst Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, Vic, Au

Melbourne, Australia

Melbourne, Australia

My role as events coordinator for the Mission department involved the creation and implementation of major Mission events within St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne which included significant ceremonies such as ANZAC Day, NAIDOC Week and Christmas. I was also responsible for the coordination of the end of year Christmas event for 1,500 staff as well as the coordination and distribution of gifts to all staff working Christmas day.My role was moved over to the Communications Department where the responsibilities grew to include staff & community engagement events.

Melbourne, Australia

•The coordination of 11 separate cancer specific multidisciplinary teams, which equated to over 300 individual meetings in 2015. This includes providing and seeking technical advice in regards to a state of the art multidisciplinary room, and coordinating tele/videoconferencing on a weekly basis between St Vincent’s Hospital and regional hospitals. •The organizing and management of events within the cancer center including the launch of the Toyota and Cancer Center program. This was a large-scale event where the CEO of both St Vincent’s Hospital and of Toyota were present as well as other executive members of both businesses. •Assisted in organizing multiple fundraising events for the Cancer Centre, which have included cake stalls, BBQ events and staff events including Christmas parties. Over the two-year period we have raised over $6,000 for the Cancer Centre.•The coordination of the ‘Look Good Feel Better’ events within the hospital, which requires liaising with patients who are undergoing treatment for cancer and booking them into a feel good program which is run by volunteers from the ‘Look Good Feel Better’ organization.•The implantation of videoconferencing into multidisciplinary meetings, which has lead to an increase in rural patient referrals allowing us to offer greater care to patients in rural areas, this has significantly improved communication between metro and regional hospitals.•The updating of St Vincent’s Hospital Cancer Services internet & intranet site in order to simplify and streamline information; including external links, tumor meeting manuals and referral forms.•Working alongside the Cancer Nurse Coordinators to ensure their meetings run smoothly and effectively. I am also responsible for running orientation sessions for new medical staff, which includes developing a standardized manual for the Cancer Centre. This has led to new doctors within the unit more quickly adjusting to the practices of the Cancer Centre

Melbourne, Australia

Melbourne, Australia

My role at City Swoon is to host speed dating events in Melbourne. My main responsibilities is to greet everyone who attends, and to coordinate the evening via the internet. The greatest thing about working for City Swoon is that is has bought Speed Dating into the 2016. No more ringing of a bell, no more moving in the direction of numbers. City Swoon has merged technology with speed dating which results in a much more laid back and entertaining atmosphere.

Melbourne, Australia

My role with Fast Impressions was to coordinate weekly speed dating events at a variety of Melbourne’s finest venues. This includes setting up the venue, administration for the event & running the event. My role is also to ensure everyone feels welcome and comfortable when attending events. I am responsible for introducing people to others who are of similar personalities, to offer advice to people who are coming for their first time such as the do’s and don’t of speed dating i.e. just because you have a very big interest in dinosaurs doesn’t mean the ladies will be happy spending 7 minutes talking about them. My duties include--Event Coordinating weekly speed dating events around Melbourne’s CBD which includes setting up at selected venues to make it appropriate for a speed dating event.-Hosting the event, which requires being able to speak to a variety of group sizes ranging from 15 – 130 people depending on the event. The role requires good communication skills and customer service skills to ensure everyone is enjoying their night. Problem solving skills are also needed for this role for example What to do if there is a severe storm in Melbourne which leaves people stuck on public transport and in traffic while others are waiting for the event to start on time.-Engaging with a variety of personalities and working out the best way to approach them and make them feel comfortable i.e. for someone who rarely gets out to socialize I would make a conscious effort to ensure I assisted them by introducing them to people at the event and helping them “break the ice” this helps reduce the chances of the person spending the whole night in the corner to shy to approach people to have a chat.- Liaising with venue staff to ensure all catering and drinks are organized for the event.

Melbourne, Australia

I was the Event, Marketing and Sponsorship Co-ordinator for R.A.N.G.A organising the national GINGERARY Month and the annual Summer Ginge Event.Working with the founders of R.A.N.G.A and we worked towards raising money and awareness of Borneo Orangutan Survival ( BOS ) Australia, whilst raising awareness of how amazingly awesome it is to be a Ginger Ninja (whether it be natural or packet mix red)Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gingeraryWebsite:http://www.ranga.net.au

Altona

I completed a temporary contract with Chandler Macleod Altona as a Candidate Coordinator. Below is a brief summary of my responsibilities.- Overseeing interview bookings- Coordinating police checks - Checking of registration packs ( ensuring all candidates have filled out appropriate paperwork )- Candidate profile information uploads- Coordination of inductions for new candidates

Melbourne, Australia

As the Talent Coorindator for Adams Management my role was to source corporate opportunities for clients through speaking groups and other sources. I also represent Dave O'Neil, Dani Venn and Tony Moclair as their agent. My role also included approaching different companies and businesses with sponsorship proposals and negotiating fees for appearances.Duties Include:- Setting up of ticketing systems for Comedy Festivals.- Developing social media competitions for Comedy Festivals- Negotiating on behalf of clients where appropriate- Coordinating Publicity and TV appearance calls- Making Travel arrangements- Creating and Maintaining databases, Diary Management- Developing and keeping marketing materials updated, including website, twitter, show-reels, client websites and facebook pages, BIO’s etc- Developing sponsorship proposals for clients- Developing appropriate corporate work for clients including liasing with and marketing to Speakers Bureaus and event companies.

Melbourne, Australia

My role at Epworth Hospital was to assist with organising meetings, symposiums and events for a variety of different medical institutes ranging from Critical Care to General Surgery . This role required high levels of organisational skills, excellent communication skills and high quality negotiation skills which are required for successful sponsorship gain.My duties included:- Organising meetings and symposiums for four out of the eleven medical institutes at Epworth Hospital.- Coordinating fortnightly meetings for consultants, professors and clinical chairs.- Coordinating marketing, sponsorship, and ticket sales for symposiums. - Liaising with a variety of internal and external stakeholders. - Organising travel and accommodation for international guest speakers. - Provide advice on events - financial, marketing and organisational advice to ensure the event would come out with a profit and was successful for all parties involved.

Melbourne

- Organising client and meeting lists. - Maintaining client data base - Organising meetings and minutes - Updating spreadsheets with current data.

Melbourne

My role as Personal Assistant to the Coordinator of the Family and Wellbeing Unit was a role that required a high level of organisational & communication skills. Projects I worked one varied from the marketing plans for new workshops to sourcing and organising quotes for a variety of merchandise for different festivals. The role also included planning for upcoming events ie. role out plans, budget proposals, marketing, sourcing volunteers and evaluating the success of the events once completed.- Assisting in organising workshops for parents and health care workers covering a wide range of topics.- Coordinating marketing for workshops and festivals - including social media marketing.- Liaising with different organisations within the health care sector

North Melbourne Community Centre

My role as Homework Club Coordinator was an amazing experience. The program was designed to provide families in the North Melbourne and Carlton areas with free tutoring for their children in both Primary and Secondary school. My duties in this role ranged from sourcing volunteer tutors to support the program- this required actively speaking to universities and different social groups at a variety of businesses to encourage people to donate their time, to organising volunteers rosters to ensure we had enough volunteers each week.I was also responsible for the set up for each homework club night, constant updating of students information folders, frequent volunteer interviews and working with children checks and overall success of the program.

Post Grad Events Management, Events Management

Social Science, Counselling

Diploma Of Youth Work, Youth Work

Certificate 3 & 4, Community Services

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