Amanda Sherring Email & Phone Number

Geelong, Victoria, Australia

Media and Communications Officer working within the Corporate Affairs division at the City of Greater Geelong. My role has seen me research, plan and execute detailed communications plans for a variety of projects and campaigns along with issues management. Some of my responsibilities include: - Development of professional communications plans and.

Melbourne, Australia

In June 2017 I started my own company, Fresh Take PR, furthering my work with businesses locally and across the state. At any one time I managed between 6 to 10 clients, ranging in industries from disability support through to a nationally-recognised educational institute. Some responsibilities of this role include: - Management of a portfolio of clients.

Geelong, Victoria, Australia

In 2015 Forte Magazine merged with Furst Media and joined the likes of respected arts and culture publications Beat, Mixdown and Fashion Journal. My role as Editor-in-chief commenced under the change in ownership, which opened the doors for further opportunities and a new future for Forte. Some responsibilities of my role included: - Development of the.

Geelong, Victoria, Australia

• Forte magazine is the largest music and culture magazine in regional Victoria with a rapidly growing online audience. Responsibilities of the role included the below:
• Management of a team of 5+
• Liaison with PR professionals, management etc
• Feature writing, including interviews with; Jamie xx, Julia Stone, Dave Hughes, Stephen K Amos, Matilda Brown, Richard Davies and more.
• Management of Facebook and website (Wordpress)
• Magazine direction, layout and content creation

As a Roving Reporter with Youth Central I was responsible for generating article ideas suitable for the website's young audience. Articles ranged from reviews and interviews through to thoroughly researched pieces on matters important to young people. The role also required me to to attend youth events sponsored and/or organised by the Victorian.

In this role I was responsible for online venue and event listings, researching articles, transcribing interviews, writing short features and pitching story ideas for consideration in the print editions of Time Out Melbourne.

As a contributing writer for The 59th Sound my role involved writing reviews of music releases, interviews with various musicians and attending music events on behalf of the online publication.

Melbourne

As part of the Melbourne Fringe Festival, Express Media arranges for a select group of writers to review the shows. The reviewers are selected through an application process, where an example of writing is submitted. As a Buzzcuts reviewer I selected four shows from the festival to review which were published on the Express Media website.