Kieran Moran - Connecting Industry. Email and Phone Number

Through my experience I have gained qualifications across all multi-media platforms and have a clear understanding of marketing, public relations, events, and communication practices within the resource and construction sector including talent and recruitment. I am competent in developing internal, external marketing and communication strategies and I pride myself on the ability to communicate and connect successfully with the community, industry, media and all tiers of government.As managing director of Connecting Industry, I develop internal and external communication strategies for major projects and businesses including the development of multi-media, marketing, events, and engagement initiatives as well as developing media, communication and stakeholder policies and procedures aligned with organisational goals. To achieve desired outcomes I consult, design and implement strategic planning across your business including the development of communications, stakeholder engagement, and event policies as well as brand/reputation, and issues management procedures and can assist and/or coordinate the handling of all media releases/inquiries/social media/interviews and presentations. It's my job to engage and connect with a variety of stakeholders within the resource, construction and government sector from prime industry to the supply chain, business associations and all tiers of government and provide community relations advice to internal and external stakeholders as well as designing social investment programs. I can design and stage large and small events for your business including conferences, expo's, industry updates and a range of smaller events plus industry and educational workshops.

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While working as a Communications and Events Manager for GEA, a 200+ business member association representing the engineering, manufacturing and services sector in central Queensland, I developed internal and external strategies across all multi-media, marketing and engagement platforms including the development of policies and procedures aligned with organisational goals. To achieve desired outcomes I introduced corporate strategic planning for the GEA Board, its employees and members which assisted me in creating the organisations marketing, communications and stakeholder policies and plans as well as implementing brand/reputation, and issues management policies. Throughout my career I have had to overcome small and large obstacles in the delivery of short and long-term operational objectives to achieve results. Working with GEA required me to engage with a variety of stakeholders within the resource and government sector from prime industry to the supply chain, business associations and all tiers of government including the provision of community relations advice to internal and external stakeholders. While at GEA I designed and implemented the highly successful marketing campaign 'We're Working On It' as well as social investment programs/projects and large and small events including but not limited to the GEA Major Industry Conference and the Gladstone Supply Chain Expo, industry updates and a range of smaller events plus industry/educational workshops and the handling of all media releases/inquiries/interviews and presentations.

I have worked as a journalist, sub/acting editor and designer for multi-media companies across Queensland and NSW with my last media roles as Acting Editor for the Whitsunday Times and Chief of Staff for the Daily Mercury in Mackay. Those positions required me to manage a team of journalists, sub-editors and designers and work across and strategically develop all multi-media platforms daily. At the Whitsunday Times and the Daily Mercury I coordinated and assigned news coverage to reporters, photographers, sub-editors and designers as well as writing and editing news articles, updating online and social media and digital engagement content including analytics, meeting publication and online deadlines, and reporting newsworthy events.

Working for Fairfax Media required me to work across and strategically develop all multi-media platforms on a daily basis. At Fairfax Media I acted as Senior Journalist, Sub Editor and Designer and wrote articles daily including coordinating and assigning news coverage to reporters, photographers and other members of the news team as well as writing and editing news, updating online/social media content and analytics while meeting publication and online deadlines and report on newsworthy events.

When working for the Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, I reviewed and identified gaps within the departments planning and deficiencies with the way the department utilised media/engagement opportunities for the department and the Minister. I proposed a proactive approach rather than reactive by developing greater multi-media opportunities and value to their audio/visual capacity across print, radio, television and social media/digital engagement, i.e. develop a comprehensive media unit that supplies media outlets including in-house media with articles, releases, images, audio and visual announcements pertaining to the department. I developed a detailed program outlining the above which was approved by the department’s Minister and Director General and implemented in early 2014. In my role I developed and implemented relevant communication materials including but not exclusive to publications, web content, social media, media releases/responses and speeches as well as ministerial media opportunities, launches, events and announcements. At the Department, I also coordinated the development and public launch of the Queensland Governments Science and Innovation Action Plan and Investment Framework publications. This required me to manage and utilise the skills and experience from different disciplines and to consult across key stakeholder and business units including universities and research institutes, the Queensland Chief Scientist, the Director General, Minister and the Queensland Premier.

Working as Media Adviser for the Gladstone Ports Corporation (GPC) and on the Western Basin Dredging & Disposal Project (WBDDP) required me to manage, coordinate and strategically direct a sustainable social and environmental vision in line with GPC goals. To achieve this I was required to consult and work with a range of internal and external stakeholders from environmental and marine scientists and engineers including environmental agencies and the state and federal government as well as facilitate all media/government inquiries/interviews and presentations. Brought onto the project at the initial hight of criticism in November 2011, to direct GPCs vision, mitigate against criticism, and to secure communications funding, I implemented the WBDDP Media, Communications and Stakeholder Plan to communicate the best message through the right channels both internally and externally, measured against well considered organisational and communications goals. The scope of the plan included brand/reputation and crisis management and all media related functions including communication/stakeholder engagement activities and events. The scrutiny GPC and the WBDDP faced was challenging to say the least; however, implementation of the Media, Communications and Stakeholder Plan secured extensive funding and allowed the project to be media managed professionally with all stakeholders and government regulators satisfied to allow the WBDDP be completed in designated time frames.While working for GPC and the WBDDP I designed projects and events including but not limited to; Public, Industry and School Harbour Tours, School/Club Education/information Sessions, WBDDP Community BBQ Updates and Community Information Stalls, as well as handling all media inquiries/interviews and presentations. I designed presentations and reports for local, state and federal government agencies as well as government reviews to satisfy state and federal government conditions and regulations.

While working for APN News, now News Corp, I wrote daily articles covering health, politics, business and industry (including the CSG/LNG industry) for The Gladstone Observer. I also wrote and compiled the business section, created the CQ industry publication (which is still prominent today) and the fishing section (PANPA branding and events award HookUp 2010) as well as acting as deputy editor when required. Due to my experience I have a clear understanding of all multi-media and 360 edit platforms and what is required across the media industry.

I first ventured into media and journalism in 1999 and complimented my passion for the written word and the chase by enrolling in a journalism degree in 2007. During the degree, I submitted articles as per assignments to The Townsville Bulletin with the highlight being the front-page story in April 2009. The article (Bouncers Behaving Badly/Guards Take Bribes) won the 2009 Queensland Media Award (Queensland Clarion Award) in which I was awarded the ‘Most Outstanding Journalism Student – Regional’ (All Media). To further compliment my studies, I completed a journalism internship in November 2009 at The Townsville Sun newspaper where I wrote news articles and the bulk of their feature articles to deadline over a three-month period.

The Barfly magazine, formally The Barfly, was a weekly street-press publication based in Cairns, Queensland with approximately 80,000 readers per week. The publication covered music, arts and culture as well as local, national and international politics. While at The Barfly, I managed seven staff and all the day to day operations of a weekly paper including sales and advertising, editorial, media and communications management, coordination of events, promotions and community engagement as well as cross-marketing promotion, budget management and the coordination of web and social media strategies.

The Bandwagon magazine was a monthly songwriters and musicians publication based in Cairns, Queensland with approximately 40,000 readers per month. The publication was primarily focused on music industry opportunities, education and advice as well as local arts and culture. While at The Bandwagon, I managed all the day to day operations of a monthly paper including sales and advertising, editorial, media and communications management, coordination of events, promotions and community engagement as well as cross-marketing promotion, budget management and the coordination of web and social media strategies.

In 1998 I founded the Cairns Songwriters & Musicians Network (CSMN), an incorporated association which grew to over 2500 members by 1999. CSMN became the largest music industry development association in Australia , educating musicians and songwriters and promoting the artistic, cultural and commercial value of North Queensland and the wider Queensland music scene.CSMN became the first point of contact and interface for emerging artists and industry workers within the wider music industry and was the active voice for the North Queensland music industry on a national and international level. CSMN was instrumental in the creation of other music industry associations around Australia and provided a national voice for policy development and advocacy issues for the music industry.

While working as Media and Events Coordinator for the Palm Island Aboriginal Shire Council I advised the CEO and Chairman on key media and government multi-media strategies and projects and prepared speeches for Councillors and the Chairman (Mayor) including all event planning, funding, promotions,marketing and media communications.I developed and implemented external communications strategies and a comprehensive media, communications and stakeholder plan and liaised with local, state and the federal government and industry stakeholders on a routine basis. I developed and managed campaigns on projects including garnering media, community and government support, managed web development and media strategies including the development and execution of the Palm Island Spring Festival in 2000, which is still the second largest Indigenous festival ever held in Australia today after Stomping Ground in the Northern Territory. The Palm Island Spring Festival featured national and local Indigenous artists over two days, was broadcast Australia wide, opened by the Queensland Premier and attracted international attention with front page articles in the Washington Post and the New York Times.