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Copenhagen, Dk

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Melbourne, Australia

Sydney, Australia

Support our Corporate Affairs team in building stakeholder, media and government (Federal, State and Local) relations and community engagement activities, with one direct report. Responsibilities include: - Lead media engagement & responsible for building effective relationships with local, regional & metro media across the country- Deliver B2B marketing campaigns to promote value of freight rail to Australian business- Manage external communications response during network incidents- Implemented & oversee centralised community & stakeholder feedback management system - Manage local MP and Ministerial correspondence with an aim to build responsive and effective relationships with State and Federal Transport & Infrastructure bodies and agencies- Oversee community investment activities - Experience with engaging third party agencies, suppliers and consultants (including stakeholder relations professionals, designers, printers and creative agencies)- Part of team that delivered corporate brand refresh - Engage with industry advocacy bodies to promote joint policy & communication objectives

Sydney, Australia

Started as a media advisor and then promoted into Senior Strategic Issues Officer role with two reports, while still managing primary media tasks. Key responsibilities included: - Leading and responding to day-to-day media enquiries- Oversight and tracking of key organisational issues at both a strategic and tactical level and developing media strategies and responses to these issues- Identifying and executing on proactive media opportunities- Provision of media and communications advice to key business groups, project teams and community relations team, including support of several key infrastructure projects - Daily liaison with executive management team, transport agencies and the NSW Minister of Transport’s Office

Sydney, Australia

PR Agency Account Manager across largely enterprise IT clients as well some b2b and marketing. Media outreach and liaison, account management, variety of writing tasks, some analyst relationsResponsibilities included:- Develop client and media contacts throughout Australasia- Draft and revise documents, plans, speeches, marketing collateral, press releases, media alerts - Act as client intermediary during press events including interviews, briefings and industry events- Develop channel and partner relationships for joint marketing opportunities

Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

Provided strategic communications advice for the NZ Army and NZDF leadership team over three years. Developed and successfully implemented communications plans and activities with experience in:- Media and stakeholder relations- Extensive crisis and issues management - Internal and Corporate Communications- Communications strategy development

Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

Media liaisonMedia issues managementBuilding relationships with local and national media

Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

Media assistant role for the NZDF Communications team, role included media analysis and reporting, feature article writing and preparing media stories and research.

Auckland, New Zealand

Entry level communications/ media role with professional soccer team- Feature / sports writing including coach columns, weekly official fan newsletter and media releases- Media liaison (NZ & Australian media)- Developing and managing website content

Graduate Diploma, Public Relations And Communications

2005 Bachelor Of Arts, Political Studies And Anthropology

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