Mel Huggins Email & Phone Number

Sydney, Nsw, Au

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

At SOCIETY, supporting and championing our team to achieve both personal and professional goals plays a key role in our overall success. Leading with passion, my role has a multifaceted approach - from managing and delivering integrated campaigns for clients including Woolworths, Kraft Heinz, web development projects for METS Ignited to working on the operational elements of the business also.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Sydney, Australia

Taking on a new opportunity to expand my skills and knowledge in the events industry, I lead and empowered my team to deliver successful conferences and events ranging from 200 to 1000 plus delegates across Australia. As a team leader on multiple conferences at any one time, I successfully managed sponsorship portfolios, drove delegate registrations sales through innovative marketing campaigns and managed project budgets consistently exceeding profit KPI's for my clients.I worked across content creation including social media campaigns (a service not offered perviously to clients due to lack of knowledge and skills), worked with designers to created conference and marketing collateral and managed and worked on the back end of Wordpress websites for our clients. Roles include budget and overall program management, speaker management inclusive of travel arrangements, leading committee meetings, overseeing registration and abstract management through eventsAIR, development of marketing materials, sponsorship management including development of prospects documents and website creation and management.

Canberra, Australia

I was the project lead for large corporate events for DST Group including:* Defence Science Student Conference - managed all aspects of this two day conference including program development, travel planning and booking, conference registration for up to 200 people, catering, venue management, social events, organising 70+ student presentations, MC duties, volunteer management, design of promotional collateral etc* Strategic Context Seminar - two day high level seminar for GPSL (leadership training program) delegates with up to 1000 DST staff and scientists joining via live stream. * Landforces Conference - working with Army, DST and CASG to develop and manage a cohesive three day conference. Main Landforces expo attracts around 2000 pax, of which we were responsible for 600 DST specific delegates. Responsibilities included venue management, catering, program development, AV etc. Joint collaboration with Army, CASG on main conference dinner for 600 pax. * Partnerships Week - three day on-site open day inviting up to 1500 industry, academia and defence personnel to get an insight into DST’s work and to encourage them to partner with DST on technology development projects.

Sydney

During my time at PPR I worked on some of the agency’s biggest brands in the consumer, charity and technology space. Clients included Microsoft (Xbox), McDonald’s, Bunnings, Emirates Airline, Dell, Alienware, RMHC, South African Tourism and Vail Resorts. I worked with PPR teams across Australia to execute various national campaigns and client roadshows.I led state PR teams, working with creative and advertising agencies, day-to-day management of various client accounts including budget, scope of work, capacity planning, invoicing, preparing campaign reports and evaluation.I also drove integrated communications campaigns for clients including McDonald's and South African Tourism. This included strategies to increase brand trust scores and maximise share of voice for brand placement.

While at the Institute I was responsible for the management of the Institute’s national awards portfolio, which included nine prizes and awards programs. For each program I was responsible for liaising with architectural media publications, developing materials for the Institute’s internal communications and the general running of the programs.Responsibilities include:• Web content development and management – including web design management for sponsor events and programs• Developing and managing project budgets• Leading and managing architectural tour to Europe and Spain• Sponsorship Management – Working with the Institutes sponsors to deliver events and marketing campaigns • Management of National Award events portfolio – budget preparation, staging, venue selection, script development, video production for eight events throughout the year• Member on the Australian Gallery of Design Advisory committee• Preparing project reports

Starting as a Consultant I quickly moved into the Senior Consultant position where I would manage the day-to-day implementation of PR campaigns. I was also responsible for managing a team of consultants on my clients. Client portfolio Responsibilities include:• Day-to-day PR campaign implementation• Media Relations• Content development – including briefing documents, newsletters, media materials, web, speeches• National event coordination - for Mobile Muster’s Guinness World Record Attempt, which included working with local governments for support, celebrity management, run sheet development. • Local marketing implementation – working with Bunnings and McDonald’s to promote local activities and messaging• Campaign development – working with ACT Crime Stoppers and Outward Bound to develop key campaign plans• Community Consultation – for GHD on the Googong Dam development

As part of my internship my key responsibilities included:• Media monitoring and evaluation• Media release writing• Develop driver biographies• Proof reading media materials• Assisting event staff with the open air cinema, schoolies week and Indy 2000 events • Assisting with photo opportunities• Database management for Indy 2000

Key Responsibilities:• Media release writing• Researching animal species and developing fact sheets for media• Writing articles for Taronga Zoo’s internal and parent newsletters• Proof reading and editing media materials, itineraries and material for the zoo’s internal newsletter• Media hosting - accompanying television crews while filming for news stories and television shows, escorting print publications including local Sydney newspapers and international magazines, such as Hong Kong Cosmopolitan, around the zoo • Assisting with print and broadcast media photo calls for animal releases• Media monitoring

Sydney, Australia

As part of my internship my responsibilities included:• Media monitoring and evaluation• Database management specifically updating the Tourism New South Wales media list• Proof reading and editing media materials and itineraries• Reviewing web copy• Booking and organising accommodation, flights and car hire for television crews and media itineraries