Chris Toussaint Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, Vic, Au

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Melbourne, Australia

MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS• Produce individual and consolidated marketing plans for four Group businesses• Provide strategic direction in line with business objectives and plan• Provide authoritative advice on national market trends, opportunities and risks• Research, plan, produce content and implement brand and advertising/sponsorship campaigns• Develop and maintain style guides to ensure consistent brand communication• Create content, deliver and report on electronic direct marketing (EDM) campaigns• Cost, design, produce content and publish marketing collateral, for brochures and branded items• Business stationery, including business cards and letterhead• Design forms and templates for business processes in electronic and hard copy format• Internal communications to promote company culture and personal brandingBLOG, SOCIAL MEDIA & WEB• Edit, content manage and publish weekly articles and monthly enewsletters for two blogs• Manage all Group LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and Slade blog accounts including content• Research industry and business news, source content and post to social channels• Maintain two-way links across all social media and online channels• Research, design, contribute to and content manage between 2-4 Group websites• Maximise SEO opportunities• Content manage Group intranetTENDERS & SALES SUPPORT• Research national tender opportunities• Coordinate bids, write content, edit, submit and manage entire processes within deadline• Ensure full compliance and due diligence• Establish, develop and maintain tender library and tender register• Analyse and report on results• Produce high level proposals and presentationsTRAINING• Attend industry seminars and present back to business• Provide induction training for new staff on marketing and communications• Provide workshop training on software eg. InDesign, LinkedIn and social media

Melbourne, Australia

21D is a not-for-profit literary and art magazine• Managed editorial team, 4 committee members, 15+ editorial staff and 30+ contributors• Responsibility for business management including: budget, cashflow, tax, printing and distribution• Escalation point for issues relating to subscriptions, contributors, copyright• Editing non-fiction submissions, copy editing and proof reading of entire magazine• Graphic design and layout using InDesign CS5 (Mac) and Photoshop CS5 (Mac)• Preparation of pre-press file for printing and meeting production deadlines• Web authoring of magazine website, administration of social media pages• Set agenda and chair at committee meetings• Organising industry events, networking functions, magazine launches

Melbourne, Australia

MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONSManage all internal and external communications, provide marketing solutions for business units and support Sales teams in six branches Australia-wide with direct reports to the Director of Corporate Development (previously direct report to CEO)• Responsibility for professional high quality design and preparation of electronic and printed documents• Designed and produced PowerPoint presentations, brochures, flyers, posters, invitations, postcards• Produced images and email/web-based materials• Preparation, research, writing, editing, formatting and submission of tenders responses• Sourcing, producing and distributing client and candidate specific marketing materials• Liaising with suppliers, printers, graphic designers• Manage relationships with key suppliers including print and online advertising media• Provision of business support to 12 line managers nationally• Writing, editing, formatting, desktop publishing for internal/external communications• Develop sales and marketing strategies to increase brand recognition• Develop new business in conjunction with the Executive, Sales team and business unitsEVENT MANAGEMENT• Plan, coordinate and host key events for clients, candidates and staff• Research, cost and book venues, catering and equipment• Design, produce and distribute email invitations with online booking and evaluation system

Melbourne, Australia

Project-based recruitment for volume and graduate roles with high-profile government clients• Candidate screening, short listing for interviews, reference checks• Assessment centres: behavioural interviews, role-play exercises, group activities• Facilitating and assessing PC based and written aptitude tests, PowerPoint presentations • Competency (behavioural) based interviewing – telephone and face to face • Meetings to decide selection outcomes with clients (assessment data integration)• Liaising with consulting team, management, clients, candidates• Conduct client site visits and job shadowing• Candidate management and recruitment administration with NGA database• Making offers of employment, reference checking, providing feedback to candidates• Answering telephone and email enquiries relating to recruitment campaigns

Melbourne, Australia

Melbourne, Australia

London, United Kingdom

Corporate recruitment within TfL Business as Usual (BAU) project team as part of a two year organisational change program. Recruitment and HR services provided to business units including Street Management, Learning & Development, London Underground, and London Buses.

Mini Mba, Core: Strategy, Leadership, Customers, Numbers; Electives: Digital Marketing, Seo

Graduate Certificate Of Arts (Applied Media), Digital Communication And Media/Multimedia

Bachelor Of Arts (Media Studies), Media & Communications

Diploma Of Arts (Professional Writing & Editing), Professional, Technical, Business, And Scientific Writing