Mark Whearem Email & Phone Number

Kings Canyon Northern Territory

Managing the retail store at Discovery Park Kings Canyon.

Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Australia

Melbourne, Australia

In The Dark Presents (also known as ITDEVENTS) is a leading marketing, special event and production company focussing on the LGBTQI+ market since 2010 within Australia. Producing over 70 events a year across 4 brands in 5 states as well as owning the successful Mary’s Poppin bar in Adelaide. Drag Expo 2022 Set over two days, this was the first Drag Expo in.

Melbourne, Australia

• Destination Melbourne was Greater Melbourne's independent not for profit tourism body. Less than two months into my role and the organisation announced that it was no longer financially viable to keep trading due to.
• Started discussions with a global professional services company to take up the sponsorship of the Industry Development programs.
• Started discussions with a telecommunications company for sponsorship of tourist facing products
• $28,000 completed deals sold in a month
• $220,000 worth of proposals in the market

Melbourne, Australia

Although I was "out of work" since October 2018, I didn't seriously start looking until January 2019.

Melbourne, Australia

• Learnt the mechanisms of recruitment including recruitment marketing, candidate screening, behavioural testing, intelligence testing, recruitment publicity, talent management solutions, succession planning systems and.
• Successfully passed all training
• Maintained and managed clients accounts in Salesforce meeting all KPI’s

Melbourne, Australia

• Privately owned retail (Love Play) and hospitality businesses (Hanoi Mee)
• Increased presence of retail & hospitality businesses by developing and implementing the first marketing plans
• Managed and developed, deployed first websites for both businesses with an external supplier.
• Manage, maintain and promote E-commerce site for retail business. Via E Bay, Google, FacebookInstagram and Adwords. Using organic and paid advertising.
• Developed and deployment of Google Adwords, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn marketingstrategy for both retail and hospitality. Managed on weekly basis, maintaining both businessesin the top 5 of the first search.
• Increased sales and patronage of both businesses by over 50%

Melbourne, Australia

• Online news, jobs, events, research and funding resources for the not-for-profit and charity sector.Key Achievements
• In the 3rd quarter, I achieved my budget of 180K, achieving 160% above target by years end.
• Successfully utilised content marketing to promote, jobs, events & sponsored articles, viaFacebook, LinkedIn & Twitter accountsCareer/Job Portal
• Increased sales by 60% and signed-up key recruitment agencies and multinational not-for-profit clients onto the career/job portal
• Developed new marketing and sales collateral and oversaw 70% increase in subscribers.Digital advertising and Content Marketing
• Increased multi-platform sales by 29% and introduced new revenue streams of electronic direct mail and utilised social media channels to future promote clients paid connect.

Melbourne, Australia

• ASX-listed company that produced publications, conferences, events & industry based job boards.Key achievements
• Launched new industry-based job board network to over 600 businesses and recruiters throughout the Marketing, Media and Advertising industries nationally
• Introduced new ROI-driven partnerships
• Developed additional job boards as key business development assetsThe company was heading to and went into liquidated not long after I left.

Melbourne, Australia

• Key achievements
• Reached 102% of my online sales target
• Commended for my ‘Value Story’ and for my Business Needs Analyst skills
• Scored 92.7% for customer satisfaction.The training was great, however, I am a consultative salesperson, a call centre environment was not for me.

Melbourne, Australia

• Independent journal of record for Australia’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex communitiesKey achievements
• Lead the very new Melbourne office as part of the company's initial growth into Victoria
• Part of the new leadership team that clawed back loses after the Global Financial Crises in 2008, making a profit of $80,000 in 2009.
• Implemented key marketing initiatives to increase brand awareness
• Successfully developed sponsorships deals with key stakeholders
• Created partnerships with key organisations, shared intelligence and achieved an increase in advertisers spend.

Melbourne, Australia

• Publishing house of Gay and Lesbian local, national, quarterly and annual titles.Key achievements
• Succeeded and maintain a monthly budget of over $110K.
• Implemented key marketing initiatives to increase brand awareness
• Increased advertises, revenue and pagination of publication I was directly responsible for
• Successfully developed sponsorship deals with key stakeholders
• Created partnerships with key organisations, shared intelligence and achieved an increase in ad spend.

Hsc, Year 12 - Arts, Business Studies, Social Sciences.

Activities and Societies: Student Representative Council Student Radio Student Cafe Drama ClubHSC

Bachelor Of Arts Youth Affairs, Ba (Youth Affairs)

BA (Youth Affairs)