Fintan Dowling Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Melbourne, Australia

Melbourne, Australia

MONSU Caulfield is a student union that serves 18,000+ students. The role of Vice President involves being a member of the company executive, the board and the governing body. The Vice President also holds all secretarial responsibilities for the company, including organising meetings, recording and publishing minutes and enforcing the constitution. The role includes being the Human Resources Director, managing and coordinating a team of 50 people. In addition to this, I was the Marketing Manager and the primary digital marketing and social media director, liaising closely with our Publications Officer and Creative Director. My role also involves the implementation of campaigns, attendance at university meetings with senior Monash staff, representing the student body to external organisations such as the university and assisting the president in all duties.

Melbourne, Australia

The Monash Marketing Students' Society is Monash Caulfield's largest club. Through social events, the club seeks to enhance the experience of Monash students by providing the largest and best events at Caulfield campus. On the Professional side, the club seeks to provide students with valuable industry knowledge, networking opportunities and ways to enhance their career. The club was voted Caulfield's 'Most Valuable Club' in 2017 and MMSS's event 'White Night' has been voted 'Best Social Event' four years running.The role of President requires leadership, team management, team work and presentation skills, as well as planning, awareness and the ability to motivate a team. Under my leadership, the club organised a highly successful orientation week in 2018, including selling out our first 2 social events of the year.

Melbourne, Australia

This role has allowed me to work in one of the largest, most respected societies at Monash Caulfield in a team of highly dedicated and professional people. The role involves managing, coordinating and hosting some of the largest social events on campus. The role requires a variety of skills, including working in teams, administration and event management. Some of the responsibilities of the role include:- Booking and correspondence with DJs and performers- Venue booking- Event planning- Event marketing and promotion- Ticket sales- Event managementSome of the achievements I have been involved in working in the MMSS Social portfolio include running the largest event in MMSS history, increasing ticket sales for 'White Night' by 60%, from 750 to 1200. I have also been involved in running and pioneering joint events with Monash Caulfield's two largest clubs in MMSS and the Business and Commerce Students' Society (BCSS)

Melbourne, Australia

MONSU Caulfield is a student union that serves 17,000+ students. The role of Marketing Officer involves managing social media accounts, organising, planning and implementing promotional campaigns, building brand awareness and organising and running events.Some of the responsibilities include:- Administration and management of MONSU Social Media Accounts- Planning and implementing marketing initiatives- Event management and planning- Organising event promotion, launches and ticket sales- Booking meetings, liaising with staff and student representatives- Administration and organisation of team projects- Community engagement and public relationsMy achievements in this role included being voted 'Most Valuable MONSU Staff Member/Representative' by the student body and clubs.

Melbourne, Australia

Bartercard is the world's largest trade exchange, with the goal of connecting businesses and forming new relationships. My role as sourcing manager involved identifying and contacting businesses that can meet the needs of the network and sourcing goods and services for our members.My role included:- Researching potential suppliers- Contacting businesses- Cold calling prospective clients- Booking appointments for buying managers- Sourcing product for the Bartercard network

Melbourne, Australia

Amnesty International Monash Caulfield (AIMC) is a branch of Amnesty International that hosts a variety of social and professional events such as parties and dinners, meetings, seminars and guest speaker sessions with highly respected lawyers, academics and leading charity representatives. Prior to holding the role as Marketing Coordinator, I was the Business and Outreach Coordinator in February and March of 2016. This role involved budget and finance responsibilities alongside the Treasurer and formulating strategies to engage and grow our membership and committee base.Having a smaller executive team, the demands require a broad skill set. As Marketing Coordinator, some of the responsibilities include:- Promoting brand awareness and student engagement- Planning, coordinating and implementing marketing strategy and direction- Assisting in the organisation of Orientation Week, membership drives and event launches- Event promotion and ticket sales- Event planning and management- Frontline management of committee- Correspondence with speakers and presenters- Social media marketing and strategySome of the achievements I have been involved with in this role include increasing the membership base to over 100 members, more than doubling the size of the committee with the addition of 12 new committee members, running the two largest events in AIMC history with our 'Back to Uni Drinks' and 'Light the Night Monash'. The latter recorded our largest Facebook reach in the society's history with over 12000 people, an increase of more than 240% on our record at the start of the year. Our Social Media Marketing strategy led to an increase in Facebook likes of 45%, including a 21% increase during our aggressive two week marketing campaign over orientation week. Given that brand awareness was one of my primary responsibilities, I was particularly proud of these achievements.

Melbourne, Australia

High Profile Events is an events management business based in Brighton. It is a leading organiser of professional events catering to a variety of different organisations. Working at the company has allowed me to take part in the organisation and coordination of events with attendances sometimes in excess of 500 delegates and guests. Whilst the company organises events for a variety of different industries, it specialises in event management for the Emergency Services. Working at HPE has allowed me to gain real world employment experience. The role requires attentiveness, reliability, flexibility and attention to detail.Some of the responsibilities of the role include:- Processing event registrations- Correspondence with delegates and guests- Customer service- Correspondence with organisers and speakers- Bookkeeping and processing financial transactions, sending and receiving invoices and receipts- Filing and archiving- Use of Microsoft Excel, Summit Event Manager and mail merge.- Managing social media accounts for company clients to maximize following and engagementWorking 10-20+ hours a week on top of studying full time and being on the committee/exec for two different university student societies has allowed me to hone my time management skills and gain a greater breadth of professional experience. One of my most enjoyable tasks was managing social media accounts during our clients' conferences in order to increase engagement and awareness and generate discussion. I was able to increase our followers and engagement on two different client accounts, including growing one account from 20 followers to a base of over 100.Reference available upon request

Melbourne, Australia

MONSU Caulfield is a student union that serves 17,000+ students. Being a part of the Activities Committee involved running, coordinating and planning some of the largest social events on campus. It allowed me to work with experienced leaders and learn valuable skills. Some of the responsibilities included:- Event management- Social coordination- Planning and implementing event marketing strategies- Organising event launches- Assisting the Activities Officers in their rolesSome of the achievements I was involved in with this role included running the largest social event at Monash Caulfield for 2015, running all activities events to profit, selling out 60% of major events within the portfolio and leading a team that pioneered an aggressive marketing campaign for MONSU's After Exams Party that raised over $3000 of additional revenue for the organisation.Written reference and contacts are available upon request

Melbourne, Australia

The Caulfield Arts' Society is the largest exclusively social club at Monash Caulfield. Being an elected committee member gave me the opportunity to run a variety of events with a dedicated and experienced team with event management skills. Some of the responsibilities of the role included:- Event management- Social coordination- Event marketing and promotion- Event correspondence and bookingSome of the achievements I was involved in during my time with the Caulfield Arts' Society included pioneering and branding 'AXPres', an event that won the MONSU awards night prize for "Best New Event of 2015". CAS thrives on innovation and consistently reinventing its product offerings. Each year CAS strives to give its members new and exciting events. During my time at the society, there were two new events pioneered in 'AXPres' and 'Septemberfest', both of which were highly successful. In addition to this, I was part of the team that left the society in the strongest financial position in the organisation's history, which allowed the society to reinvest in free events for all members.

Dublin, Ireland

Working at Belvedere College allowed me to gain real world professional experience, in a full time job, working 50+ hours a week. The demands of the role were varied and intense and working with experienced professionals allowed me to gain a variety of skills.- Administration work including correspondence with suppliers and clients- Secretarial Work in database entry and streamlining- Finance and Accounting including sending, receiving and processing receipts and invoices- Customer service and public relations as a reception assistant, liasing with stakeholders and clients- Teaching Assistant- Maintenance and Grounds keeping- Rugby CoachingPart of the experience also involved living in a share house with three other gap students for the duration of the year and juggling the day to day responsibilities, communication and cooperation that came with this

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.) Bachelor Of Business, Marketing

Activities and Societies: MONSU - Monash Student Union, Monash Marketing Students' Society, Amnesty International Monash Caulfield.

Higher School Certificate

Activities and Societies: - Debating Team - Ignatian Choir - Guitar Ensemble - Senior School Musicals - Senior School Plays - Rugby.