Kate Spencer

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Creative Advisor, Producer & Connector - Placemaking | Creative Industries | Innovation @ Wildcard Collective
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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Australia
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About Kate Spencer

Kate is a dynamic leader with over 20 years’ experience shaping and overseeing the strategic and creation direction and delivery of award-winning and innovative projects in Melbourne, Sydney, Malaysia, Mexico and Canada. Drawing on diverse experience from the cultural, creative and built environment, she brings a multi-disciplinary and collaborative approach to engage stakeholders, unlock opportunities and shape innovative approaches to project design and delivery. She combines people-focused leadership with exceptional stakeholder and project management skills to shape projects to maximise value and impact.She is passionate about ensuring that the foundation for “soft” infrastructure, community connections and regeneration are built into projects, places and experiences from the start. Kate is also fascinated about the role creativity has in solving society’s biggest challenges, and the often untapped creative potential within us all. Key Skills and areas of expertise:• Project management, including risk and budget management• Stakeholder engagement and management• Strategic communications and storytelling, including digital media• Facilitation and collaboration • Human centred design thinking• Creative problem solving and innovation

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Wildcard Collective

Wildcard Collective

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Creative Advisor, Producer & Connector - Placemaking | Creative Industries | Innovation
Kate Spencer Work Experience Details
  • Wildcard Collective
    Director
    Wildcard Collective Nov 2019 - Present
    Melbourne, Australia
    Wildcard Collective provides strategic advice, exploratory research and creation direction for place-based and narrative-led projects. We also work on our own projects and collaborations, with a particular focus around creativity, skills mapping and tools to support individuals in the creative industries to build sustainable careers. www.wildcardcollective.com
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  • Fb Ideas
    Partnerships, Networking And Engagement Lead
    Fb Ideas Jul 2023 - Present
    Fishermans Bend, Melbourne, Australia
    FB IDEAs is a new non-profit organisation to nurture incremental and experimental urban renewal and activation during the transformation of Fishermans Bend. Built on the principles of Innovation, Diversity, Experimentation and Activation, our role is to support a diverse range of activities that seed an innovation culture and attract smaller scale activity ahead of major investments in the area.
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  • Rmit University
    Adjunct Senior Industry Fellow
    Rmit University Jul 2023 - Present
    Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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  • Rmit University
    Development Partner, Forward - The Centre For Future Skills And Workforce Transformation
    Rmit University Mar 2022 - Jun 2023
    Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    FORWARD, the Centre for Future Skills and Workforce, is a newly established group at RMIT. Our vision is to explore and build an innovative learning ecosystem at scale, create new collaborative applied research and invent next-generation skills solutions that will catalyse workforce development in the future-oriented industries crucial to Victoria’s economic renewal. My area of interest is future skills and transformation within the Creative Industries, and the role of creativity more broadly across all sectors.
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  • City Of Melbourne
    Placemaker, Fishermans Bend
    City Of Melbourne Jan 2022 - Jun 2023
    Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    In collaboration with the Victorian Government's Fishermans Bend Taskforce, I lead an engagement and activation program under the banner of "The Gateway Hub". The aim is to connect and build community, celebrate the legacy of innovation and manufacturing in Fishermans Bend, and inspire creativity and collaboration to help shape the future Fishermans Bend Innovation Precinct.
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  • City Of Melbourne
    Senior Producer - Flash Forward Public Art Program
    City Of Melbourne Sep 2021 - Mar 2022
    Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    Flash Forward was an incredible program to revitalise Melbourne's laneways and support the recovery of the arts sector post-covid (even though we worked through the lockdowns of 2021!). It included commissioning and delivery of 40 public artworks and 40 new albums. I worked with a team of talented producers to deliver the public art program. Sites and artists I was lucky to work with include: Puzle / Evans Place, Aretha Brown / Meyers Place, Larissa MacFarlane / Royal Place, Kay Abude / Windsor Place and Jessica Schwientak / Lingham Lane.For more info go to: ww.flash-fwd.com
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  • City Of Melbourne
    Producer - Flash Forward Public Art Program
    City Of Melbourne Feb 2021 - Sep 2021
    Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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  • Sydney Living Museums (Historic Houses Trust Of Nsw)
    Project Manager, Exhibitions & Interpretation
    Sydney Living Museums (Historic Houses Trust Of Nsw) Mar 2018 - Mar 2020
    Sydney, Australia
    Key projects:• ‘Songs of home’ exhibition at Museum of Sydney (Aug to Nov 2019), including collaborations with musicians in Sydney and UK, and commissioning of 5 new works by emerging First Nations composers. • New learning facilities at the site of first Government House, focused on Aboriginal perspectives of a nationally significant site.• ‘How Cities Work’ family exhibition at Museum of Sydney (Dec 2018 to July 2019) and now touring nationally and internationally.
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  • Squint/Opera
    Head Of Production / Operations Manager
    Squint/Opera Jan 2016 - Nov 2016
    Melbourne, Australia
    Oversaw day to day operations of a busy architectural visualisation studio, with a production team of 15 people, including 3d artists, designers, filmmakers, software developers and junior project managers. Account and Project management for project including 3d imagery, live action video, animation and digital installations, targeting the architectural and property sector.Key Projects:• Fishermans Bend Innovation Precinct announcement film, for Places Victoria • Newcastle urban revitalisation film, for Urban Growth NSW• Plan Melbourne 2017–2050 vision film, for the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning• Melbourne Quarter 3d communications & display suite installation, for Lend Lease• Bid communications for: Parramatta Stadium, Barangaroo and the ACT Government’s Constitution Place
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  • Shp Heritage Interpretation
    Head Of Projects
    Shp Heritage Interpretation Nov 2012 - Apr 2014
    Melbourne, Australia
    Key projects:• George Town World Heritage Site, Interpretation Masterplan, Malaysia• The Penang Story exhibition and retail space, George Town, Malaysia• Cheah Kongsi Interpretation Centre, George Town, Malaysia• Alfred Deakin travelling exhibition, for Deakin University• Convict Road App, for NSW Parks• The Great Ocean Road National Heritage Centre, for Surf Coast Shire
  • Eness
    Producer - Creation Cinema At Melbourne Museum
    Eness Dec 2011 - Sep 2013
    Melbourne, Australia
    Creation Cinema combines kinetic sculpture, audio and 3D mapped video content to bring to life the essence of creation for Victorian Aboriginal people and show their spiritual connection to country. It tells the story of Bunjil and is one of the key experiences of the First Peoples exhibition at the Bunjilaka, Melbourne Museum.https://www.eness.com/permanent/bunjil
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  • Museum / Exhibition / Media / Design / Communication Projects
    Freelance Producer
    Museum / Exhibition / Media / Design / Communication Projects Apr 2008 - Apr 2013
    Everywhere
    Key Projects:• Project Manager, Polymer Studios (December 2017 to April 2018)• Web copywriter, NSW Parks (2012 to 2013)• Project Manager, Maribyrnong Council – Open Studios in the West (2012)• Curator – Top Designs exhibition at Melbourne Museum (2009, 2010)• Associate Producer – Groote Eylandt Indigenous school video (2009)• Producer - Fringe Furniture exhibition at Melbourne Museum (2008)
  • Museum Victoria
    Online & Multimedia Producer
    Museum Victoria Aug 2009 - Apr 2011
    Melbourne, Australia
    Key Projects:• 'Identity: yours, mine, ours' permanent exhibition at Immigration Museum, Melbourne. I was the Producer for exhibition interactives, website and video installation 'Welcome' by Lynette Wallworth• 'Talking Difference' community engagement project, including video workshops and interactive project design.
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  • 2And2
    Producer
    2And2 Oct 2007 - Mar 2008
    Role included project and production management of e-learning and video projects. Clients I worked with included: Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Goldman Sachs JBWere, Esprit Changeware, Westpac, Railcorp.
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  • Magian Design Studio
    Project Manager
    Magian Design Studio Mar 2005 - Jun 2007
    Melbourne
    I managed the design and production of multimedia exhibits for museums and interpretive experiences around the world. Key Projects included: • Museo Interactivo de Economía (MIDE), Mexico City. Winner 2007 Gold AAM Muse Award• Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa
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  • Regional Arts Nsw
    Grants And Research Officer
    Regional Arts Nsw Jun 2004 - Feb 2005
    Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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  • Palms Australia
    Fundraising And Publicity Co-Ordinator
    Palms Australia Jan 2004 - Jun 2004
    Sydney
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  • Special Broadcasting Service (Sbs) Australia
    Motion Graphics Designer
    Special Broadcasting Service (Sbs) Australia Jul 2001 - Nov 2002
    Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Kate Spencer Skills

Multimedia Project Management User Experience Video Art Direction Museums Social Media User Interface Design Graphic Design Exhibition Design Digital Strategy Content Management Content Strategy

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Kate Spencer works for Wildcard Collective

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Kate Spencer's current role is Creative Advisor, Producer & Connector - Placemaking | Creative Industries | Innovation.

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Kate Spencer attended University Of Technology Sydney, University Of Technology Sydney.

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Kate Spencer has skills like Multimedia, Project Management, User Experience, Video, Art Direction, Museums, Social Media, User Interface Design, Graphic Design, Exhibition Design, Digital Strategy, Content Management.

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