I am a Naarm/Melbourne-based arts manager with a particular interest in the festivals sector and independent arts, and key skills in events management, leadership, and strategic planning.I'm passionate about fostering environmental sustainability, diversity, and equity within the arts sector, and have extensive experience working directly with marginalised communities. I strive to combine my own lived experiences with professional expertise in the not-for-profit and education sectors into socially aware arts practice. Outside of work, you can often find me attending theatre, going for a walk in nature, or hitting up local op shops!
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Arts ProgrammerMelbourne FringeCoburg, Vic, Au -
Sales & Events CoordinatorMelbourne Fringe Mar 2023 - PresentMelbourne, Victoria, AustraliaAt the heart of this role is Fringe Common Rooms, the year-round venue operated by Melbourne Fringe Festival. We specialise in everything from birthdays and weddings, to live gigs and club nights, to corporate functions and casual drinks. My role includes:• Managing all incoming booking inquiries;• Creatively assisting clients to realise their vision for an event;• Event operations, including creating run-sheets and event briefs; • Contract and invoice management, including post-event reconciliation; • Planning and collaboratively delivering targeted marketing campaigns;• Medium- and long-term strategic planning; • Designing function packs using Adobe Suite; -
Wattle FellowWattle Fellowship Jul 2024 - PresentMelbourne, Victoria, AustraliaThe Wattle Fellowship is the University’s co-curricula program for students to foster leadership on global sustainability, focusing on multidisciplinary approaches, transformative leadership and practical skills development. -
Restaurant SupervisorBird Brunswick Feb 2023 - Jun 2023Brunswick, Victoria, Australia• Management of bar and FOH staff • Fast-paced cocktail bartending and all-round hospitality duties• Opening and closing the venue, including cashing off tills and securing the building• Decisive problem solving and crisis management
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Peer Assisted Study Sessions (Pass) TutorUniversity Of Melbourne Feb 2018 - Dec 2022Peer Assisted Study Sessions (PASS) are weekly group study sessions led by a high achieving student (PASS Leader) who excelled in the subject in a previous year. I am responsible for:• Running weekly PASS sessions, having pivoted from in-person to online tutoring during the COVID-19 pandemic• Developing activities to revise content• Facilitating discussion between students• Teaching study skills• Maintaining relationships with faculty and teaching staff• Training new incoming PASS LeadersI tutored: "ANCW10002: Myth, Art & Empire: Ancient Greece and Rome," "ANCW10001: Ancient Egypt & Mesopotamia," "ANCW20015: Classical Mythology," “MULT10018: Power” and “HIST10007: The World Since WWII." -
Foh & Bar StaffMelbourne Fringe Aug 2022 - Oct 2022Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaAs a Festival Casual for the 2022 Melbourne Fringe Festival I worked across both the Front of House Team (Signature Events, Groundswell) and the Festival Hub Bar Team (Fringe Common Rooms). My key responsibilities included: • Customer service • Supervision and mangement of volunteers• Adherance to RSA and risk management protocols• Representing Melbourne Fringe to members of the public -
Production Manager - Tastings FestivalUmsu Inc Aug 2022 - Sep 2022I coordinated the 2022 Tastings Festival, hosted by the University of Melbourne Student Union (UMSU) Creative Arts Department. Tastings was a multi-disciplinary arts festival championing new and unfinished student works held over two weeks in September 2022. My key responsibilities included:• Delivering an arts festival with a budget of approx AUD$15,000• Managing a Production Team of 10+ employees, as well as over 50 artists, and 20 volunteers• Coordinating all festival operations, including scheduling, communications, risk managemnet, marketing etc.• Liasing with relevant departments and external stakeholders across The University of Melbourne -
Grant WriterPhunktional Jun 2021 - Sep 2021• Writing grant applications up to the value of $1.5M for Phunktional Arts 2022 programme• Coordinating with Phunktional's CEO, external stakeholders, and business partners to develop a detailed budget for future projects, including staffing costs, venue and equipment hire, travel etc.• Navigating cultural sensitivies and nuances -- Phunktional's upcoming projects involved working directly with either incarcerated youth, or with young people from remote Indigenous & Torres Strait Islander communities• General ad hoc office administration -
Experience CoordinatorAmazingco Nov 2020 - May 2021• Establishing new AmazingCo Mystery Picnics and revamping old routes -- involved high levels of research, communication with local businesses and vendors, writing location bios, and creating scavenger-hunt-style clues• Budget mangagement and invoice reconciliation• Creating customer bookings and coordinating these with AmazingCo business partners across Australia• Resolving customer complaints and tracking feedback• Creative problem solving -- for example, in cases where bookings were interrupted by COVID-19 or natural disasters -
Archives Digitisation Project OfficerOrmond College, The University Of Melbourne Dec 2018 - Dec 2020Melbourne, Australia• Digitisation of photographs, documents, and artworks for the Ormond College archival collection• Cataloguing and tracking digitised items -
Academic Centre AssistantOrmond College, The University Of Melbourne Dec 2018 - Dec 2020• General library duties -- included processing new items, returns, and holds, creating library displays, and managing shelves according to the Dewey Decimal System• Customer service, including assisting staff and students with any and all general inquiries• General IT assistance -
Legal InternProgrammed Nov 2017 - Mar 2019Melbourne, Australia• Research, including into current legislation, case precedents, and other matters as required by the legal team• Contract review and mark-up• Filing and archiving• Client correspondence, via email, telephone, and fax• Ad hoc office and legal-administrative tasks as required -
Media TraineeWorldwide Games Feb 2014 - Nov 2014
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Jade Smith Education Details
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First Class Honours (H1) -
First Class Honours (H1) -
First Class Honours (H1) -
Kurnai CollegeBiology, Psychology, English Literature, History, Mathematical Methods -
H2A (Second Class Honours A)
Frequently Asked Questions about Jade Smith
What company does Jade Smith work for?
Jade Smith works for Melbourne Fringe
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Jade Smith's current role is Arts Programmer.
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Jade Smith attended University Of Melbourne, University Of Melbourne, University Of Melbourne, Kurnai College, University Of Melbourne.
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Jade Smith has skills like Russian Language, Public Speaking, Research, Analytical Skills, Writing, Event Planning, Adobe Photoshop, Team Management, Teamwork, Social Media, Advertising, Microsoft Office.
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National P&C Manager, Senior P&C Business Partner | Employee Relations, Performance Management, Leadership, Strategic Business Partnering | Bachelor Of Psychology | Mental Health First AidMelbourne, Vic -
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