A bit about me... I started working for Telecom NZ at the tender age of 19, after a 6 months stint on the phones, I started exploring different avenues of the corporate world. A few years of Learning Development Delivery preceded roles building & maintaining the various CMS systems that support the call centres across the country. Becoming the Manager of the Online team within two years saw me lead a team of 14 online specialists based throughout the country. In my first year as a manager, my team scored the 2nd highest engagement score, I was also nominated as one of the top 40 employees in the company, our team were nominated as one of the Top Performing Teams, and we won a Plain English Writing Award.After the technical challenges of consolidating 12 different knowledge base systems into one, I switched over to Gen-i where I managed the website migration from MOSS 2007 to Silverstripe in just under a year.An opportunity of a life time then popped up to become the Digital Channels Manager for the FIFA U20 World Cup 2015. An amazing experience working with the FIFA Digital team for just over two and a half years helping deliver one of the biggest and most successful international tournaments New Zealand has hosted.Highlights include growing the tournament's social media channels to just under 1m, multiple sell-out matches across the country and a marketing stunt that took the world by surprise with players on the outer ring of the sky tower!Northern Football Federation was next as Marketing Communications Manager. The goal was to jump shift the perception of the Federation within the country across community football, coach development and the representative team. Re-position the brand and connecting with people took a close to two years, but saw an increase in club engagement and player satisfaction levels. I also developed by Graphic and Video skills to help deliver content cheaply for a non-profit organisation.In 2019 I was then offered the opportunity to become the Marketing Manager for the New Zealand Open (Men's Golf Tournament) for which I had been supporting for a number of years already. With only a five-month lead into the tournament and little to no documentation I was able to produce and deliver a clear marketing plan which was tailored to the two main goals for the tournament, Increase Sky Viewers and Increase attendance. Both goals were not only met, but well exceeded their targets.I am now role sharing with the New Zealand Open and at New Zealand Golf, supporting them in developing clubs and other marketing initiatives.