Leonie M Hicks Email & Phone Number

Australia

In this part-time role, I tutored Public Relations students and assessed their work, to develop their skills in PR strategy development and tactical writing.

Melbourne, Australia

As Change and Transformation Manager, I developed and implemented transformation programs for private and public sector clients, using a human-centred design approach.

Melbourne

I joined JLL in 2017 to work on what became the winning bid for JLL’s Department of Treasury and Finance Victoria contract.As a Bid Writer within the Corporate Solutions team, I developed tender responses and sales presentations that clearly articulated solutions to our clients’ key problems.

As part of the dynamic Development, Strategy and Innovation division, my role at Linfox was a unique blend of corporate training, strategic selling and thought leadership writing. I produced creative submissions for tender opportunities, business proposals and sales presentations, compiled and published Linfox’s quarterly thought leadership journal and lifted the standard of business communication across the business through a corporate training program.Key achievements:► Established a Linfox-wide process for developing creative and engaging tender submissions.► Developed and implemented a popular and effective education program to improve business writing skills across the organisation.► Founded a corporate Toastmasters club to improve presentation skills and general confidence in communicating for head office employees.

For five years, I managed Deakin's Property and Infrastructure Division’s internal and external communication and engagement.My primary responsibilities were:► Leading the Division in building and managing effective relationships with our stakeholders.► Developing and implementing communication and change management strategies for capital works and transformation programs. Key achievements:► Developed and implemented a multi-faceted communication and change management strategy for a complex project involving the relocation of Deakin’s Business and Law Faculty from one Geelong Campus to another. This project spanned 12 months and included construction across 11 construction zones of a small, densely populated campus, followed by the Faculty’s relocation and transition.The project was awarded a Vice-Chancellor’s Award in 2013 for its Outstanding Contribution for building social, human and economic capital.

Melbourne, Australia

Marketing our Business to Business (B2B) legal handbooks to our subscribers from small-to-medium enterprises.Primary responsibilities:► Coordinating direct mailing campaigns, SEO and web content management.

Master Of Communication, Professional Writing / Public Relations

Bachelor Of Business, Marketing And Psychology