Community Services Tablelands is a local not-for-profit that delivers government and welfare services to the Atherton Tablelands area. As Executive Assistant, her role is to ensure that Chief Executive Officer stays focused on the organisation's goals and objectives by ensuring the path is clear of roadblocks. The role includes tasks such as correspondence and calendar management as well as office and database administration. Additionally, the role makes full use of Eileen's capabilities in media and communications as she manages media relations, including CST's digital presence (website, social media) and general media. A valued team member, she often steps up to human resources personnel management or leadership areas when the need arises.

An independently owned, not-for-profit newspaper, Eacham Times is a grassroots newspaper serving the people of the Southern Tablelands since 1946. It has held off Queensland Newspapers, News Corporation and the digital era and continues to be strongly patronised and read by the people of its little corner of the world. As managing editor, Eileen sources and edits relevant content; designs the newspaper; ensures smooth pre-print and design processes and standards are adhered too; and looks after invoicing and accounting needs of general business; client liaison as required. She is proud to be a local member of the community, actively supporting regional Australia.

In her 10-year tenure at the Cairns Post, Eileen was Features Editor and drove the editorial and creative direction of in-paper supplements (Monday to Saturday). Managing a staff of 12 sub-editors and two graphic designers at peak production periods, she is proud to have been the founding editor of weekender, a leisure title produced for the Saturday paper, and then the weekly editor of the CairnsEye. Other titles in the features portfolio included entertainment lift outs and commercial publications such as the paper's real estate and cars publications. Eileen worked with sub-editors, graphic designers as well as pre-press to ensure production targets were on track. She remembers the Lose2Win project as a particular highlight. The weight-loss community campaign tackled the obesity problem in a responsible and realistic manner by equipping the community with a food and weight loss program that was published weekly over 13 weeks. In addition, the campaign featured a competition that saw five candidates profiled over the weeks that created huge community interest. The program was refreshed yearly over five years, with Eileen the project leader.

Eileen began as a Senior Writer and then became Editor. She drove creative direction, both editorially and artistically over two magazines, aimed at two different demographics. Her responsibilities included generating stories and ideas for magazines that were fresh and innovative, managing editorial teams of up to 6 people, comprised of writers and graphic designers and liasoning between the editorial teams and advertising teams as well as ensuring production deadlines were met. She developed an all-round appreciation of the complex world of publishing that still grounds her work today. From the print site to pre-press and distribution, this time was the heyday of magazine publishing that saw her help sell 50,000 magazines a month.