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Melbourne, Vic, Au

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

I am part of the AU12 Antler Cohort, working alongside more than 60 other entrepreneurs aspiring to create Australia's next generation of world-leading startups.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

As a senior investment manager my role involves sourcing new investment opportunities for crowdsourced funding (CSF) campaigns. I help companies by conducting due diligence to assess the suitability of new deals, outline the benefits of CSF and negotiate deal settings.Being a new team within the business, I'm also heavily involved with developing systems and processes to optimise for efficient information flow. Following design thinking principles, I lead projects that delivery continuous user experience improvements for anyone that interacts with our team, both internally or externally.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

My role focused on sourcing, onboarding and assisting companies to meet their funding goals via equity crowdfunding campaigns. I coached founders on optimising their campaigns for success by advising on appropriate deal setting, developing their investor pitch and executing digital advertising campaigns. I helped successfully fund 19 campaigns with a combined total raise amount of more than $27m.I also led several strategic internal projects in the following areas:- Establishing a pipeline reporting function in our CRM- Creating an internal project management template to share campaign information- Piloting a marketing service product offering to create an additional revenue stream

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

IE is a leading digital consultancy specialising in UX design and software development. I joined IE to help establish an outbound sales function within their organisation. I worked with the leadership team to develop new initiatives to build new connections with potential clients and deepen those with exisiting clients. I also helped develop strategies for using gated content to generate new inbound leaders.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

I founded Laneway Cups with the idea of combining stylish design with sustainable products. By partnering with independent artists we created reusable coffee cups with unique designs that showcase local street art.

Melbourne, Australia

I led a new careers program called VU Verge, which focused on finding new ways of proving work experience for students. We partnered with local businesses and large employers to place more than 500 students in jobs around the western suburbs of Melbourne.

Melbourne, Australia

Credshare is an instant shortlisting platform for recruiting skilled tradespeople set up with the vision of making it simple for companies to find the right person for the job. My role involved expanding our offering in the training sector, to allow our users to clearly identify their skill gaps and connect with quality training providers.

Melbourne, Australia

My role at Practera involved recruiting businesses to participate in their Live Projects program, which matched more than 200 students from Melbourne Universities with local businesses for a three-week internship program. I successfully filled all business availability for this program and liaised with our business partners throughout to ensure a quality experience was received.

Melbourne, Australia

The Upstart Academy was an EdTech platform designed to support tertiary students with virtual internship experience. Our platform offered a range of online projects that students could complete to gain work experience in an online setting. We offered a range of projects across digital marketing, business development and design.

Sydney, Australia

EduGrowth is Australia’s not for profit national acceleration network for high growth, scalable, borderless education. EduGrowth was founded with the vision of seeing 100 million learners p.a. taught by Australian providers by 2025. Upstart Academy was a member of their first accelerator intake, which launched in February 2017.

Perth, Australia

In late 2016 The Upstart Academy took part in the Vocus Upstart Accelerator along with 6 other startups. The four-month program involved:- Mentoring from successful founders, investors and business leaders;- Pitching to investors and potential customers;- Expert-led workshops on topics such as marketing, leadership, capital raising and business development.

Melbourne, Australia

Working with the the National leadership team I assisted in a variety of functions across finance, operations and communications. Working with the finance and analytics teams I lead the development of a National reporting dashboard to inform the decisions of business leaders.

Melbourne, Australia

Supporting the Trade and Working capital Specialised Sales team with the origination and management of a broad range of Corporate and Agricultural clients. My key responsibilities included:i) Preparing product support papers for new and existing clients;ii) Completing annual renewal reports for existing clients;iii) Liaising with bankers around the management of existing clients;iv) Preparing product comparison advice; and v) Field examinations for clients with Invoice Finance facilities.

Melbourne, Australia

Completed a 4 week secondment as a Business Banking Associate at the Richmond BBC. During this time I assisted a Senior Banking Manager managing his portfolio of clients which included Property Developers, Real Estate companies and Financial Services firms.

Melbourne Area, Australia

Working with the Client Coverage team assisting in the origination, execution and ongoing management of a portfolio of Hedge, Infrastructure and Superannuation Fund clients. This role involved a blend of client coverage and portfolio management tasks. My role with the client coverage team involved:i) Preparing research reports for prospect clients;ii) Identification of internal networks for new-to-bank clients; andiii) Facilitation of client meetings and presentations.My role with the portfolio management team involved;i) Preparation of credit submissions for new-to-bank clients; andii) Managing existing client portfolio;

As part of the NAB graduate program, myself and a team of NAB colleagues were assigned to On The Line to deliver a strategic project. As team leader I coordinated our teams efforts and handled communications with key stakeholders at On The Line.

Perth, Australia

I completed two internship programs in the Private and Corporate Tax teams respectively. During this time my key responsibilities included:- Completing Tax legislation research;- Preparing individual income statement for high-net-worth clients; and- Preparing BAS reports for corporate clients.