If you want a marketing message that is as stimulating as black coffee and just as hard to sleep after, you have come to the right place.With more than 20 years in the communications field, I work with a variety of SMEs, academic and membership organisations to improve their business communications. .I have a knack for taking technical jargon and translating it for the layperson, and have experience in academia, government, utilities, as well as small business and larger corporations.So for anything from one-page flyers, to detailed annual reports, you need Black Coffee Communication - where your message never sleeps.

Managing a team of writers in the delivery of large content operations for beta sites.

Annual Report Writing is a specialist service from boutique copywriting and communication agency, Black Coffee Communication.Drawing on experts across the fields of publication, design, content, marketing and photography, Annual Report Writing can ease the stress of preparing your organisation’s annual report.We understand governance requirements and have experience across a variety of industries, including utilities, oil and gas, mining and construction, health, government agencies and the community sector.Not only can we write your report, we can project manage the entire production, from concept to printing.

Managed the communications unit of SafeWork SA, the South Australian agency responsible for OHS and IR education, regulation and enforcement.During my time there, staff numbers ranged from 9-12 and the team was responsible for the agency's publications; media; advertising campaigns, website; graphic design and the annual Safe Work Australia Event and Awards.As manager, I led the team, as well as represented SWSA on national bodies and represented the communications unit on various internal working groups. I reported directly to the Director of Field and Frontline Services and was answerable to the SWSA OHS Advisory Committee - made up of external representatives from unions, business and WorkCover.

Writing, editing, production (Quark) of fortnightly staff newsletter. This involved liaising with academics, deans of schools, administrative staff, the Vice Chancellors office, and inhouse printers to ensure technical academic details were easy to digest by the wider university audience.

When Great Southern Energy merged with Advance Energy and Northpower, there was a spill and fill of all positions. The company was set up with both a corporate structure, responsible for setting overall objectives, and eight regional teams, with day-to-day operational responsibilities. As Manager, Community Relations, I was responsible for stakeholder management in the Riverina region. Working closely with the Regional General Manager and the senior management team, I ensured Country Energy was seen as a good corporate citizen in the region. This involved managing our relationship with councils, business groups, community organisations and the media, as well as heading up two customer service centres (in Wagga Wagga and Young) and dealing with high-level customer complaints.

I was initially brought on board at Great Southern Energy to work on the promotion of the company to the ACT community and media in readiness for a potential merger with the ACT-owned ACTEW. When this merger fell through due to political reasons, I was hired as the Public Relations Manager. This role involved media and stakeholder relations, project management and writing of the annual and other reports, high-level customer complain management and crisis and issues management.