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Sydney, NSW, AU

Sydney, Australia

• Delivered on the communications plan for both external and internal stakeholders in line with the Woolcock’s strategic objectives.
• Sourced, wrote and managed informative and engaging content for the various digital channels.
• Managed the Woolcock website’s content production, design, development briefs, HTML programming and SEO optimisation.
• Coordinated social media, including planning and strategy, content creation and audience growth.
• Maintained the Woolcock’s online presence and worked with relevant parties to respond appropriately to all feedback.
• Managed the development of electronic direct marketing communications, creating templates, writing content and administering the platform.

Sydney, Australia

• Managed operations for Cochrane review groups publishing in the world’s leading journal for systematic reviews of healthcare research, the Cochrane Library.
• Administered editorial processes for review preparation and publication, as well as editing content. Created workflows, procedures and guidance documents to ensure quality control, timeline fulfillment and compliance.
• Coordinated activities and provided support for hundreds of local and international stakeholders including staff, authors, editors, peer reviewers, methodological and content experts, consumers, funders, guideline.
• Publicised achievements through dissemination strategies including website and social media promotion; publication of consumer-friendly articles, blogs, infographics and podcasts; distribution of an annual report and.

Sydney, Australia

• Designed and managed multi-year research project at Taronga Zoo, Sydney.
• Awarded Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree.
• Research published in the Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior and featured in US Travel Channel documentary Great Zoos.

Sydney, Australia

• Liaised between reporters, editors, artists, photographers, sub-editors and pre-press to manage workflow and meet tight deadlines.
• Conducted quality control checks for editorial, design and technical errors before providing final publication sign-off.
• Developed standard operating procedure manual and checklists for production staff that improved efficiency and reduced errors.

Sydney, Australia

• Headhunted to team transitioning The Daily Telegraph to a new IT system.
• Identified and fixed software bugs to improve the user experience and created formats and templates to assist employees to use the new system.
• Created operations training manuals and provided intensive system training for all production and editorial staff.
• Ensured the transition was completed on time with minimal interruption.

Wollongong, Australia

• Wrote headlines, designed layouts and edited copy working to multiple daily edition deadlines. Supervised sub-editor team.
• Promoted to Foreign Editor responsible for story selection, design and final edit.
• Selected as a key staff member transitioning the newspaper to a new editorial IT system, which served as a test case for the nationwide rollout.

Wollongong, Australia

• Wrote stories for the news and features sections as well as writing regular columns.
• Promoted to senior news reporter at the Wollongong Advertiser.
• Performed as acting Editor managing staff and coordinating publication.

Wollongong, Australia

• Implemented database maintenance and system utilities development.
• Created computer system training material and delivered user training.
• Provided on-call software and hardware help-desk support.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Comparative Cognition

Awarded with recommendation for special commendation

Bachelor Of Science (Graduate), Animal Cognition, Neurophysiology, Physiology, Ecology

Awarded with High Distinction

Bachelor Of Arts, Journalism, International Relations, Literary Studies

Awarded with Distinction