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Sydney, NSW, AU

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Lead Tour de Cure's event team in the delivery of an extensive large scale outdoor event program. The team is responsible for delivering gold standard events across Australia that are safe and inspiring. These events connect and engage communities and play a key role in how Tour de Cure raises funds to help Australia's amazing science and research.

Australia

Event Management, Adventure Racing, Trips, Advice, Engagement, Training and Exploring.Outdoor Event DesignCommunity EngagementDestination BrandingMarketingwww.fullyradadventures.com.auRace Director & Creator - Wildside Adventure Racewww.wildsideadventurerace.com.auRace Director - Forster Adventure Racewww.forsteradventurerace.com.auEvent Manager - Dirty.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

The Outdoor Event Group is the consultancy arm of Fully Rad Adventures and provides advice, support and mentoring in the areas of event management, tourism marketing, business development and community engagement.Race Director & CreatorWildside Adventure Race, LAKES Trail Festival, Urban Hustle Adventure Challenge, Forster Adventure Race, Running Scared.

• Responsible for key projects and initiatives to support economic prosperity across the Northern Beaches and businesses to start and grow across the LGA. The role has a focus on research into changing business.
• Implement the Economic Development Strategy “Business on the Beaches”.
• Undertake research into local economic trends, including measuring progress on indicators inCouncil’s Economic Development Strategy and Destination Management Plan.
• Evaluate economic benefit of activations and events to local businesses.
• Deliver a series of events/information sessions to our business community on starting and growing a business on the Northern Beaches.
• Provide regular communication with the business community, through a business newsletter, on council programs and events to support them.

Randwick, New South Wales, Australia

This role is responsible for the design, preparation, planning and implementation of economic development programs and projects. This position guides the Economic Development Officer, and works closely with the wider EDP team, other internal departments such as Communications, Sustainability, Community Development, and external stakeholders such as small.

Burwood, New South Wales, Australia

This role was the event lead managing multiple contractors, committees and volunteers with a budget of 1million+. It is responsible for all facets of the events program including traffic management, risk management, entertainment, logistics, operations, design, marketing, staffing and communications. The role also assessed third party event applications.

Norwest

This role supervised 8 staff, multiple contractors, committees and 250+ volunteers with a budget of 2.5million. Events centrepiece was 'Summer Series’, which was a range of community and commercial events under one brand masthead and the creation of Bella Vista Farm as an outdoor concert venue. The position demanded experience in managing large-scale.

At Adventurous Life Project our mission is to build a community based on a commitment to create authentic experiences through adventures that help realise potential and regain purpose, vitality and energy.We are committed to growing an active and passionate community with a platform dedicated to harnessing the power of play and the psychology of adventure..

Special Events & Tourism LecturerPort Macquarie International School of Tourism & Hospitality

Forster, New South Wales, Australia

This position was responsible for tourism marketing and visitor economy of the Great Lakes region. Work included the management of 5 visitor information centres with 10 staff and over 50 volunteers, the region signage program, special event management & procurement, community liaison, business engagement, and tourism partnership program. The role required.

Part of a industry board leading development, marketing and change in the area of tourism for the Mid North Coast of NSW, Australia.

This position managed events ranging from major community celebrations to small functions and festivals. It was my role to create an events team capable of managing the existing large-scale events and create new ones. This role oversaw all events, the rebuilding of event leadership, signage and decoration program and worked closely with tourism, economic.

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This position led the Events Unit reporting directly to the General Manager. The team managed Councils marketing, tourism and communication strategies including a number of major projects and the event program.Event ManagerAustralia Day, Blacktown City Festival, Blacktown City Games, Blacktown City Fun Run, Cities Marathon, Doonside Festival, Kings Langley.

Australian Certified Economic Developer (Acecd), Economic Development

Diploma In Crowd Science, Major Event Crowd Movement And Psychology

Executive Certificate In Event Management, Events

Bachelor Of Arts, Leisure, Marketing & Recreation

Certificate Iv In Transport & Logistics, Driver And Safety Teacher Education

Certificate Iv In Training & Assessment, Adult And Continuing Education And Teaching

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