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Sydney, Nsw, Au

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

A member-funded think tank, developing economy, planning, mobility, governance, resilience, and culture policy for Greater Sydney. I led programming strategy to facilitate research, advocacy, and membership priorities. Working with senior leaders across the Committee membership I identified trends and brought valuable insights to current issues. As a result, senior government Ministers and industry leaders requested opportunities to participate. Media regularly reported on ideas developed and presented in our program. I developed targeted communication strategies to support engagement and event attendance. I implemented rigorous audience insights and engagement reporting.

Sydney, Australia

Sydney Ideas is the University of Sydney’s public talks program, its purpose is to develop engagement with university research. I developed a strong network of 150+ internal & external stakeholders, managing complex internal change to deliver a strategy to reposition the program. I identified and developed new audience opportunities, growing the annual audience from one hundred thousand, to over one million. I developed and drove an integrated communications and marketing strategy overseeing all communication and marketing, delivering branding and content strategies for social media, website and EDMs. I implemented systems to improve efficiencies in the operation, quality, and delivery of 50+ public-facing annual events. I implemented rigorous programming and audience insight reporting. I led a small, high performing team who were highly sought after for cross-functional collaboration.

107 Projects’ philosophy and mission is to improve communities by encouraging people to live creatively. 107 is committed to the advancement of culture. With a social enterprise ethos, it aims to transform how the arts, business and education engage across industries and with the wider community to create positive social change and connect emerging communities. 107 has two venues, 107 Redfern St, Redfern and Joynton Avenue Creative Centre, Zetland.

I led cross-functional teams in one of Australia’s leading music companies. I oversaw day-to-day operations across business units (artist management, record label, publishing, and touring), and facilitated the business expansion into North America.Key achievements:▪ PARTNERSHIPS & STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT. Delivered partnerships with Apple, Intel, Dropbox, Red Bull, Sydney Opera House, and Museum of Contemporary Art , generating significant revenue for managed artists.▪ INTEGRATED MARKETING STRATEGY. Led Flume’s “Skin” global campaign team. Achieved 300,000+ ticket sales, 6x Aust. platinum albums, American platinum album status, an unprecedented 11 ARIA nominations and a Grammy Award.▪ TEAM LEADERSHIP. Worked with global teams to develop strategic plans aligned with organisational goals and individual job plans.▪ OPERATIONS. Improved all internal systems, facilitated the international relocation of key team members to Los Angeles.

Sydney Opera House

Developed and delivered TEDxYouth, a standalone event within TEDxSydney program. I grew the program to a sell-out event (3,000+ capacity). Mentored a young (16 – 24y.o) team and worked with them to develop professional competences - coaching them on their editorial decisions, critical thinking, curatorial and producing skills.

Led global communications strategy and cross-functional teams based in four countries, including the global team for Tame Impala’s “Lonerism” campaign. Sold 300,000+ albums; won six ARIAs, (incl. Album of the Year), Grammy Award nomination. I delivered partnerships with Carriageworks and Destination NSW. This alliance saw four-days of sold-out programming and received extensive positive press. I oversaw day-to-day group operations, across business units of creative consultancy; record label, touring and events.

Oversaw the governance and strategic development of the station; developed training for presenters and producers; developed, curated and produced the successful "Still Life" art auction fundraisers at the MCA and AGNSW.

The Community Broadcasting Foundation is an independent non-profit funding agency, administering $13.5 million for the maintenance and development of community broadcasting in Australia.

Portfolios included NSW Treasury; Ports, Waterways; Mineral and Forest Resources. I worked through two budgets and one election campaign.Key responsibilities:▪ MINISTERIAL MEDIA MANAGEMENT. As primary media contact, I prepared detail briefing notes and advised the Minister on lines of response, particularly on sensitive issues. I led a small team working to tight deadlines to obtain media coverage of complex policy issues.▪ ELECTION RAPID RESPONSE & MINISTERIAL BRIEFINGS. I managed the election campaign rapid response unit, monitoring coverage, preparing advice for the Premier and senior Ministers. I briefed the daily state campaign WIP on key issues and response strategies.▪ ISSUES MANAGEMENT. I developed media and stakeholder engagement strategies to manage and resolve contentious issues.

An award-winning cross-functional producer, I worked across flagship television, radio, and online programs.Key roles and achievements:▪ ASSOCIATE PRODUCER, ABC FORA with Tony Jones. I ensured delivery of weekly broadcast, managed production budgets, developed external relationships and partnerships.▪ DOCUMENTARY PRODUCER, ABC Radio National. I was responsible for all functions in the process: developing story ideas talent and scripts, recording, editing, managing budgets, and broadcast delivery. I won international awards for my podcast documentaries.▪ RESEARCHER, Enough Rope with Andrew Denton. Regularly rating more than 1 million viewers per episode. The program was famous for its thorough interview research.▪ ARCHIVES PRODUCER, 7.30 Report. Working closely with producers, reporters, and editors, I sourced content from international archives and negotiated necessary copyright clearances.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba)

Executive Agenda year: Transformation; Growth; Innovation; Strategic Leadership Executive Blueprint: Accounting & Financial Management.

Bachelor Of Arts (First Class Honours), History

Honours Thesis topic: The Distance between Real and Imagined Space: Exploring the relationship between architecture, democracy.