This was a contract role where I have provided technical expertise on the last phase of the National Synergy Program. This involved the migration of all of the Metro Mastheads to the new method of tracking advertising bookings and material nationally. I have also provided expertise on a number of outstanding items in relation to the integration of the National Booking system national ad tracking tools.I have also been involved with the technical design and testing of a new digital solution.

CLKS Media is a specialist mobile marketing agency that provides image recognition solutions to support printed advertising strategies. Services also include mobile application development, image recognition platforms, rich media content creation and data collection & reporting services. CLKS Media build iOS and Android applications that can be adapted to be embedded into any mobile phone application to capture images to send to image matching technology. It is a cloud based image recognition service that works together with the iOS and Android applications. CLKS Media, in conjunction with News Corp Australia, launched a Newsclick application as a trial to provide integrated digital features to readers of its print products. I was the project lead and Project Manager on the CLKS Media side of the project. This was a rapid roll out, requiring the rebranding of an existing application to the News Corp brand. Key Functions of this role were:• All aspects of project management, manage variables and scope.• Requirements gathering.• Analyse, design, test and document IOS and Android application changes• Collaborate with key stakeholders on the mobile architecture• Co-ordinate with internal developers, business engagement team, technical peers and external service providers to determine requirements, design solutions and implement change.• Provide training and training documents.• Extract and Analyse data using Google Analytics.• Provide support to end users and resolve usability issues.

This role followed on after my involvement with the successful implementation of the National Advertising and Prepress Ad tracking solution into NSW and has continued grow as each state has been brought in line. I am currently engaged as the Lead Technical Analyst for this deployment. This role has allowed me to explore all aspects of a national corporate project. The National Prepress rollout of MediaSpectrum has introduced technological benefits to News Limited Australia Wide and has enabled the centralisation of job functions at a national level. Following on from successful implementations in NSW, I have led the delivery of this solution into Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and currently in the process of delivering to Tasmania and Perth. Key Functions of this role have been:• Data extraction and conversion via SQL Queries.• Documentation – Business and Technical.• Process Mapping.• Report Development.• Workflow coding.• Development of Technical solutions for State based file delivery.• Working with System Architects on solutions.• Regression, SIT and UAT testing.• Development and implementation of an offshore workflow.• Coordinate Indesign CS upgrade for all users from a mixture of CS2 and CS3 to CS5.5 The project has delivered all of its key objectives incorporating a major upgrade to the software release that I was also Lead on. The transition included a number of code changes developed both in-house and in conjunction with the vendor. I am also the Lead for Report writing and am a conduit between users, the software and IT.

This role provided me with wide exposure to all aspects of project work from within the National Solutions Group at News Limited. I was part of the Technical team for the Mediaspectrum Adtracking and Pre-flight Project which encompassed a number of business areas & divisions. The solution needed to engage and deliver to the NSW divisions, Cumberland Courier and Nationwide News. As Deployment Manager for Cumberland Courier, my role took on responsibility of representing the business and ensuring that what was potentially to be a National system adhered to a National standard. I was involved with all areas of the project, from technical build right through to the business readiness and super user training. My duties included:• Preparation of pre project documentation, such as the Statement of Work.• Involved in all solution and technical workflow design.• Booking feed design, implementation and validation.• Onsite and remote work with the vendor building the solution.• Daily phone conferences.• Specification of report requirements.• SIT test case preparation and SIT case testing.• Automated email template design.• Business change identification and communication.• UAT test case design.• Preparation of business documents including workflows, procedures and training manuals.• Manage system change projects.• Conduit between vendor and the business.

This was a hectic, fast paced contract role focussed on the alignment of Courier & Cumberland Newspapers. My role involved scoping changes that could be made within the two businesses and then implementing those changes. I was able to identify and prioritise a number of key issues and headed up several structured projects.• Project Lead with the design & implementation of a split edition of the Inner West Courier, providing a new revenue stream.• Quicklay implementation and replacement of the existing pagination tool• Liaising with and successfully implementing a structured advertising rate schedule and its use by Williams Design Agency (Campaigntrack Application), the largest real estate supplier for Cumberland Courier Newspapers.• Train users on all the new applications.• Creation and implementation of a templated booking form• Key role in identifying and structuring the Ad Order entry screen for Courier Newspapers to be GST inclusive and searchable by new key pieces of data, aligning the Courier business with Cumberland.• Real estate processes improvement• Workflows – defined and refined• Mediaspectrum Ad Tracking Project preparation• Properties feature, implementation of Campaigntrack for ad booking and ad building, offering a templated way to book and build ads for the feature.

This was a hectic, fast paced contract role focussed on the alignment of Courier & Cumberland Newspapers. My role involved scoping changes that could be made within the two businesses and then implementing those changes. I was able to identify and prioritise a number of key issues and headed up several structured projects.• Project Lead with the design & implementation of a split edition of the Inner West Courier, providing a new revenue stream.• Quicklay implementation and replacement of the existing pagination tool• Liaising with and successfully implementing a structured advertising rate schedule and its use by Williams Design Agency (Campaigntrack Application), the largest real estate supplier for Cumberland Courier Newspapers.• Train users on all the new applications.• Creation and implementation of a templated booking form• Key role in identifying and structuring the Ad Order entry screen for Courier Newspapers to be GST inclusive and searchable by new key pieces of data, aligning the Courier business with Cumberland.• Real estate processes improvement• Workflows – defined and refined• Mediaspectrum Ad Tracking Project preparation• Properties feature, implementation of Campaigntrack for ad booking and ad building, offering a templated way to book and build ads for the feature.

• Management of the Ad Traffic and Ad Services teams within Courier Newspapers. Responsible for the operational activities of both with staff management of 15 employees.• Management of the ad bookings process including all credit control policies & procedures.• Deadlines met (including the pricing verification process of published papers).• Oversee the planning process of the papers, ensuring all departments relevant input and ad/editorial ratios.• Manage the collection & processing of all advertising material, whether fully supplied ads (received electronically or components of ads to be designed by Production).

• Responsible for the publishing systems of both FPC magazines and Courier Newspapers.• Created reporting from the Millennium Classifieds system using Crystal reports.• Part of a successful implementation of Integration X (a workflow solution catering for the ad tracking, proofing and prepress file delivery).• Upgrade and rollout of an Atex CMS system across both FPC magazines & Courier Newspapers.• Managed and maintained publication to the web of the Courier titles using Realview technologies.• Successful relaunches and resizes plus modular grid implementation.• Created the functional spec and worked closely with Atex to develop a booking confirmation application, implemented across both Courier Newspapers and FPC magazines.• Worked closely with IT to develop an internal Intranet ad tracking solution allowing electronic proof and approval of ads.• Involvement with the building of Oracle Business Intelligence reporting for management.

• Maintenance and support of Atex Enterprise booking system.• Provided line of communication between IT, Atex support and the users.• Electronic layout of two publications.• Responsibility for the Ad layout system itself, managing upgrades, maintenance and ensuring optimum performance.• Enhancements to the ad control application were conceived, developed, tested & implemented.• Continued to develop the Discoverer reporting and capabilities of the various systems.• Managed and maintained publication to the web of the Courier titles using Realview technologies.• Successfully launched numerous new titles.• Introduced & created four new publication codes to allow for special supplements and unique sizing.• Ad Desk implementation (ad desk is a web based material delivery portal).• Ad control – Wrap / Flip handling incorporating writing the specification to Atex to change the interface and Ad control to get new functionality.• Wrote specification requirements for an archive database. Worked with the Atex Developers, internal Oracle developers and IT to build and implement. Trained users how to search the Archive.• Migrated the reporting from Oracle Discoverer to 4i then to Oracle Discoverer 10g, including web based interface.

• Involved with all aspects of the department including the processing of ad bookings and copy, maintaining archives and repeat material.• Solely responsible for the electronic planning and ad ratios of five of the six newspapers being produced at the time (The Wentworth Courier, Southern Courier, Inner Western Suburbs Courier, City Weekly and The Messenger).• Key role in moving from a Wang booking system to Atex Enterprise suite. Plus major upgrade of the page layout system.• Close working relationship with the various departments including IT, Finance, Sales & Management.• Developed a comprehensive set of Oracle Discoverer reports from the ground up, covering high level management information through to day-to-day reports.• Upgrade of Adstack (UNIX) to Adcontrol (PC) including rework of all of the interfaces between Oracle, Adcontrol and pagination.• Creation, development and implementation of multi tier classification of customers for reporting analysis including revenue comparisons etc.