Liam Phillips

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Manager Digital Development @ Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)
Perth, WA, AU
Liam Phillips's Location
Greater Perth Area, Australia
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About Liam Phillips

Experienced news editor, producer and project manager specialising in digital news across mobile, desktop and social media to a mass audience. Keen interest in quality local, national and global news, business and sport. I'm an avid watcher of trends in the media industry and have a strong interest in data and newsroom analytics and their ability to enhance the understanding of the audience.More recently, I have focused on the crossover between content and technology in the media space, working on developing digital content management systems for large media corporations.

Liam Phillips's Current Company Details
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)

Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Abc)

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Manager Digital Development
Perth, WA, AU
Website:
abc.net.au
Employees:
8717
Liam Phillips Work Experience Details
  • Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Abc)
    Manager Digital Development
    Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Abc)
    Perth, Wa, Au
  • Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Abc)
    National Operations Project Development Manager
    Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Abc) Feb 2023 - Present
    Perth, Western Australia, Australia
    Coordinating the strategic development of ABC News and the crossover between content and technology, with a focus on digital transformation.
  • Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Abc)
    Business Partner
    Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Abc) Jun 2020 - Mar 2023
    Perth, Western Australia, Australia
    Content lead, CoreMedia 10 web content management system upgrade program
  • Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Abc)
    Digital Editor
    Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Abc) Jun 2017 - Jun 2020
    Perth, Australia
    Leading the digital transformation of the ABC newsroom in Perth and beyond.
  • Fairfax Media
    Am Editor - The Sydney Morning Herald
    Fairfax Media May 2016 - Jun 2017
    Sydney
    Coordinator of the news agenda and editor of the homepage for The Sydney Morning Herald, Australia's leading quality independent news masthead. I oversee news being created across all sections of the newsroom - including local, national and international news, business, sport, entertainment and lifestyle - and determine the priorities to be promoted on our mastheads. I coordinate major cross-topic news stories, liaising with five Fairfax newsrooms across Australia and affiliated… Show more Coordinator of the news agenda and editor of the homepage for The Sydney Morning Herald, Australia's leading quality independent news masthead. I oversee news being created across all sections of the newsroom - including local, national and international news, business, sport, entertainment and lifestyle - and determine the priorities to be promoted on our mastheads. I coordinate major cross-topic news stories, liaising with five Fairfax newsrooms across Australia and affiliated newsrooms in New Zealand, along with foreign correspondents located in bureaux throughout the world.Analytics are used to closely monitor the performance of content and generate a close insight into the digital readership, which informs more accurate story commissioning and promotion. Show less
  • Fairfax Media
    Am News Director - The Sydney Morning Herald
    Fairfax Media Jan 2015 - Apr 2016
    Coordinator of the news agenda for the Sydney Morning Herald, including liaising with foreign correspondents and editors from news, sport and lifestyle sections across the newsroom. I had overall editorial control of the newsroom out of hours, including legal responsibility for copy, commissioning all staff and dealing with reader feedback.
  • Fairfax Media
    Editorial Lead - Adobe Aem Content Management System Design And Implementation
    Fairfax Media Jul 2012 - Jan 2015
    Sydney, Australia
    I was a core member of a team tasked with implementing a new editorial content management system into Fairfax Media to unify digital and print production across five states and New Zealand for the first time.The project included a rigorous international examination of the market-leading systems that involved newsroom visits to the US, UK and China. The CMS chosen was the new Adobe AEM system - at that time untested in mass-scale editorial production, but now acknowledged as one of the… Show more I was a core member of a team tasked with implementing a new editorial content management system into Fairfax Media to unify digital and print production across five states and New Zealand for the first time.The project included a rigorous international examination of the market-leading systems that involved newsroom visits to the US, UK and China. The CMS chosen was the new Adobe AEM system - at that time untested in mass-scale editorial production, but now acknowledged as one of the market leaders. My role involved designing the system from the ground up, leading a multi-departmental team of editorial, product and technology staff. It also involved coordinating the training and rollout of the system across more than 700 editorial users in Australia and New Zealand over 12 months. Show less
  • Fairfax Media
    Breaking News Editor - The Sydney Morning Herald
    Fairfax Media Aug 2011 - Jun 2012
    Sydney, Australia
    Coordinator of breaking news for the Sydney Morning Herald, with specific focus on digital platforms. Pioneered the introduction of live blogs into news coverage through events such as the death of Apple founder Steve Jobs. These have since become the cornerstone of breaking news coverage for Fairfax Media, forming the anchor of all local, national and international news, sport and lifestyle events.
  • Fairfax Media
    Chief Of Staff - Watoday.Com.Au
    Fairfax Media May 2008 - Aug 2011
    Newsroom coordinator for launch of WAtoday.com.au, Fairfax Media's first venture into the WA media market. Responsibilities included coordinating the news agenda, homepage editing and day-to-day management of newsroom staff, including rostering.
  • West Australian Newspapers
    Deputy Editor, Online
    West Australian Newspapers Dec 2006 - May 2008
    Perth, Australia
    Manager responsible for homepage content and design, supervising junior production staff and overseeing digital coverage of big events including 2008 US presidential election and death of Perth-born Hollywood film star Heath Ledger.
  • Daily Mail
    Deputy Travel Editor
    Daily Mail Jan 2006 - Aug 2006
    London, United Kingdom
  • Evening Standard
    Digital Producer
    Evening Standard Jan 2006 - Jul 2006
    London, United Kingdom
  • West Australian Newspapers Limited
    Reporter
    West Australian Newspapers Limited Jan 2002 - Dec 2005
    Perth, Australia
    I covered rounds including general news, police and features. During my time as a reporter I won the WA Media Award Tourism Prize for travel writing in 2004 and the A.H. Kornweibel Arts Prize for feature writing in 2005.
  • West Australian Newspapers Limited
    Cadet Reporter
    West Australian Newspapers Limited Jan 2001 - Jan 2002
    Kalgoorlie, Wa
    I completed a cadetship for WA Newspapers on the Kalgoorlie Miner. In this year I was awarded the Country Press Association award for best news story of the year and the Perth Press Club Country Prize for best non-metropolitan journalist across all platforms.

Liam Phillips Skills

Breaking News Online Journalism News Writing Newspapers Feature Articles Journalism Editing Social Media Media Relations Copy Editing Copywriting Storytelling Editorial New Media Digital Media Blogging Newspaper Photoshop

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Liam Phillips works for Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Abc)

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Liam Phillips attended Murdoch University, The University Of Western Australia.

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Liam Phillips's colleagues are James Carr, Mietta Adams, Yara Murray-Atfield, Timothy Halton-Ryder, Jeff Hepburn, Jeremiah Smit, Shelley Faulkner.

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