Bec Mcintosh Email & Phone Number

Brisbane, QLD, AU

Brisbane City, Queensland, Australia

• Design the strategy for the Queensland Connect business network and Queensland Talent Attraction strategy in conjunction with TIQ’s overseas posts and Queensland-based teams.
• Design, develop and manage the implementation of a stakeholder engagement strategy that builds a global network of expats, alumni, allies and high-profile individuals including consultations in Brisbane, and Townsville.
• Establish and manage effective communication strategies that build strong networks and relationships across Qld businesses, universities, trade networks and external strategy partnerships, countries and sectors; and.
• Establish, lead and maintain effective communication protocols, stakeholder negotiation and liaison activities across cultures and other private and public sector organisations.
• Utilise systems such as LinkedIn navigator and Salesforce marketing cloud to establish and manage processes for identifying and managing key clients globally.
• Develop and lead initiatives that raise the profile of Queensland’s talent ecosystem globally and supports the attraction, retention and integration across Queensland's priority industry sectors.

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

• Design, development and facilitation of a variety of courses for UQ International Development for international audiences including:
• Course Designer, Lead Co-Facilitator for a 6-week program for 200 International students hosted online
• Course Co-designer and Lead Facilitator 3 mth online course for Women in Executive Leadership, Mongolia hosted online with pre-assessment, unit-based, prework.
• Designed and facilitated 3-part online Business Model Canvas Workshop series for DFAT grant assessors across Europe, Africa, and APAC
• Lead Facilitator for Pacific Fisheries Leadership Program coaching on skill development from human centred design to productivity and design thinking delivered remotely
• Lead Designer and Co-facilitator, coach for a 3 day, in-person Leadership Communications Course Pacific Fisheries

City Of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

• Designed and lead the development of a new MBA Career Strategy 2019-2021 including the implementation of a longitudinal research study mapping and categorising students on entry to MBA to assess trends in career.
• Coach MBA students from a variety of cultural backgrounds one-on-one in developing their capabilities including technical, professional and leadership skills and supporting students to assess and reflect on current.
• Create talent pipelines into business, consulting and startups and provide advice to a wide range of employers from branding, role scope and salary including connections into Main Sequence Ventures
• Group workshop delivery online and face to face to MBA students to develop insights into their interests, capabilities and values and industries
• Lead the development, design and program managed the pilot of entrepreneurship program, Test Your Big Idea via online learning platform Practera for MBA and UQ Alumni and rewarded for my efforts with a commendation.
• Contributed to the provision of specialist career and employment information and consultancy to academics based on national and international research in career education and career development

• Conducted client discovery meetings with a wide range of corporate clients to understand need and explore areas of opportunities.
• Supported curriculum design in the development of innovative and successful courses in Entrepreneurship, Ag Traction, Climate Risk, Cyber Security, Digital Health contributing to enhancing the student learning.
• Worked effectively with clients to develop proposals to scope work and collaborated with UQ legal and Business School colleagues to develop and review contractual terms.
• Developed a Go to Market strategy for two executive education programs. A template, which was adopted as best practice for all Executive Education programs in the UQ Business School.
• Assisted in the design and project management of several online education short courses working closely with academics managing the timeline and key activities with learning platform providers, Guroo Producer.

St Lucia

• Initiated and developed an intern program with over 65 ecosystem startups participating drawing from ecosystem contacts at River City Lab, Fishburners and Collider placing approx 200 students.
• Supported the awareness of researchers of commercialisation pathways through the ilab accelerator fostering strong relationships with Uniquest. Facilitated industry connections for early-stage validation.
• Worked closely with startup founders from over 50 companies to build experiments to validate ideas, workshop business model canvas, plan go to market strategies, hire talent and prepare for investment.
• Developed a strong community and extensive connections of ilab alumnus and ecosystem players including scaleup founders investors and strategic partners to support accelerator founders.
• Coached startup founders on early-stage validation and experimentation.
• Conducted workshops, briefing sessions, engaging presentations wrote blog posts for a wide variety of audiences including national and international delegations and donors on the ilab accelerator program.

St Lucia, Brisbane

• Continually initiate, research, design, conduct and evaluate workshops, seminars and programs for undergraduate through to postgraduate students of both domestic and international origin as well as academic and.
• Established Volunteer Expo, an annual event, running for the past 7 years attracting up to 60 charities and not for profits and 2000 students.
• Contribute to the provision of specialist career and employment information and consultancy to academic elements and the University generally, in particular based upon national and international trends in career.
• Deliver advice and strategies to students to develop insights into their interests, abilities and values in relation to choosing their career path, career development, self-understanding and decision-making.
• Developed the agenda, arranged a panel of 5 guest speakers from students to startup CEO’s and Industry representatives for the Qld National Association of Guidance and Careers Advisory Services (NAGCAS) PD Day hosted.
• Developed and hosted in conjunction with Red Eye Apps, a Startup Summit for Careers Service Managers with 98% of Queensland Universities in attendance. Speakers included Director of iLab and Entrepreneur in Residence.

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Spring Hill

• Strategic Communications
• Coordinated community engagement for major projects in the Metropolitan District, including providing project managers with ongoing strategic communications advice, and developing and implementing communication.
• Developed strategies for stakeholder management and consult with a wide range of interest groups, including from culturally and educationally diverse backgrounds, and people with disabilities and language limitations.
• Assisted the Manager in providing communication advice and support to the District Director, manager and other district staff in the areas of media and issues management, risk assessment, community engagement and.
• Developed, plan and manage key communication activities such as displays, expos, career markets, road commissionings, launches, media opportunities and other events as required.
• Drafted content and material for departmental publications and promotional projects.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

• Eurodesk UK, funded by the European Commission is part of a network of Eurodesk sites across Europe. Management
• Organised and managed strategy and delivery of UK-wide training and promotional events per calendar year for new and existing partners including: one national conference, four regional seminars and a rolling program of.
• European Executive Committee elected representative, guiding the strategic direction of Eurodesk across 26 European partners
• Supported and managed 3 staff and a budget of £135,000 and developed external funding applications including the successful bid of Europe Direct attracting a total of £210,000 p.a. over three years. As part of.
• Generated work plans, bi-annual reports and briefings for the British Council, Scottish Executive, the United Kingdom’s Department for Skills and Education and the European Commission ensuring all monitoring and.
• Developed new and fostered existing relationships with the British Council, European Commission and European Parliament representations in the UK, Foreign and Commonwealth Office as well as regional government.

Bathgate, Scotland

• Designed, established and managed the strategy development and delivery of an innovative National Scottish Executive modernising government initiative for young people across a local authority area.
• Established partnerships, sourced funding and conducted a European educational project including two study visits and a bi-lateral youth exchange for thirty young people with two Youth Councils from Oslo, Norway.
• Facilitated the development of links between local young people and the Community Planning Partnership which included representations at meetings the CPP review 2005 and CPP evaluations.
• Designed and delivered innovative community engagement initiatives including consultations with young people on International Youth Work, the Children’s Panel, Smoking in Public Places Bill, Community Planning.
• Developed and promoted a local youth ‘smart card’ and website www.youngscot.org/westlothian.
• Developed and supported a youth congress of twenty-five young people from across the local authority area.

Coorparoo, Brisbane

• Queensland
• Assisted in the development and delivery of innovative health training in seven remote indigenous and Torres Strait Island communities, 'Joe's Story'.
• Coordinated state-wide marketing for both mainstream and indigenous outreach services of the charity – the Independent Living Centre.
• Designed promotional and marketing material for mainstream and indigenous populations throughout Queensland.
• Designed and managed web content for www.ochreshores.net in collaboration with indigenous advisors and presented a paper to the International Health Promotion and Education Conference in Paris 2001.
• Consulted with community support groups and non- government organisations throughout Queensland on the development of new projects.

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Digital Media

Qut, Business Communications (Major Advertising)

Graduate Diploma, Career Development