Marie-Clare Byard Email & Phone Number

County Dublin, Ireland

Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Inspire Mentoring is a social enterprise programme run by Innovate Communities, a non profit based in Ballymun, Dublin.As Programme Manager, I recruit and engage volunteer mentors who dedicate their time to supporting college students from under represented backgrounds, who have gone to college via the access routes (www.accesscollege.ie).These students benefit from the mentorship by gaining valuable social capital, career guidance, and support, significantly enhancing their career prospects and their self belief in their career potential.- I build strong relationships with stakeholders, volunteer mentors, and mentees, organising monthly online and in-person events at LinkedIn HQ Community space, to keep participants motivated and engaged. - Manage all event logistics from start to finish.- My role also includes producing reports for funders, aligning with project goals, and tracking engagement metrics. - Develop, update, and deliver all training sessions for onboarding new mentors and mentees.- Oversee LinkedIn ad campaigns to recruit mentors and boost brand awareness.- If you are interested in becoming a volunteer mentor, check out: inspirementoring.ieThis video showcases what we do, it is a video from one of our LinkedIn events: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Rnz4Lrgb0E

Social Innovation Hub, Civic Centre, Ballymun, Dublin 11

Founded Now Media in 2016 to specialise in content creation/social media management live at events, taking over event managers' social media channels and getting their brand seen online in their tone of voice. Our goal is to maximising engagement, generate traction all while building on brand awareness.We do this through capturing authentic content through genuine real human connection with our audience, I am a gifted networker, a skill I only realised I had when I became self-employed. I make genuine connections with the event audience and get them comfortable on camera to give interviews or take photos.Based in Dublin, NOW-MEDIA captures the essence of an event, when we leave your event, your event story is already online and being engaged with!Live-streamings events to showcase community engagement and build brand presence, my favourite event every year is getting to live stream the Dublin Liffey swim on Facebook on my smartphone from a boat on the Liffey with the event compair.Since Covid lockdowns, the events scene has changed a lot and is not as busy, businesses don’t have the same budget for outsourcing social media content creation, so I pivoted into online training.Training courses delivered both in person and online include:- Smartphone photography - How to create better content with just your smartphone, photography 101 - Video marketing - How to market your brand online using video - Content Ideation, planning and scheduleI run Now Media part-time since post covid along with working part-time in Innovate Communities.

Dublin City, County Dublin, Ireland

Work as “Social Media Trainer” with Content Plan since 2020, on a contract basis, running both in person and online training. Deliver 3-hour engaging training sessions for Business owners, SME's, StartUps, and Entrepreneurs on topics like Video Marketing and Smartphone Photography.Developed customised training materials to cater to the specific needs of each training session.

Guest blog contributor with Irish Tech News, since 2016Sample: Pendulum Summit 2024: https://irishtechnews.ie/pendulum-summit-2024-reviewed

Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

- Support Services: Engaged with adults and parents seeking support through social media DM’s, providing empathetic, knowledgeable assistance, ensuring their query was dealt with in a timely manner- Designed and created all promotional content in Canva and scheduled in Meta Business Suite and Hootsuite- Submitted monthly and quarterly reports on social media performance metrics to the CEO- Increased social media engagement by 25% through targeted story content

Dublin

- Responsible for promoting and running the ERF Education Programme from start to finish, invigilated course exams, supporting students throughout the programme.- Promotion, planning and coordination of annual conferences, awards night, and monthly breakfast briefings.- Managed communication with stakeholders, from newsletters to running regular surveys via MailChimp.- Developed content for ERF website, increased site hit rate, managed all site updates.

The Linc, Blanchardstown Institute Of Technology, Dublin 15

Invigilate exams at Pearson Vue test centre, meet and greet students, sign-in & register students electronically. Ensure the smooth running of the test centre.Liaise with tech support in the UK when systems problems occur. Resolve problems as quickly as possible to minimise interruptions to exam. Report all errors to UK support.

Dublin

Worked within a team of 7 people on an industry partner (National Recruitment Federation) project, a full website re-design (www.nrf.ie).Worked to a strict 12-weeks deadline (April - Aug '14), we covered the following areas within this process to develop the site: - Research, Braining storming, scope documentation completion, product definition - Information Architecture, wireframing, mock-ups (Low & high fidelity). - Review & selection of Content Management systems - Research & select the appropriate template Within CMS - Review branding and colour scheme in keeping with existing corporate colours - Developed Personas, Scenarios, User Stores - State transition diagrams - Weekly Client meetings & Reviews - Functionality testing - User-centered TestingThis 12-week contract was part of the industry work experience within the B.Sc. completed Aug '14.

Guiness Enterprise Centre, Dublin 8

Digital Designer

7 Riverwalk, Citywest, Dublin 24

- Ensured the compliance of all employee training to align with FDA regulations- Managed all employees' HR files, responded to employee inquiries, handled sensitive data such as disciplinary hearings, and maintained utmost confidentiality- Served as PA to the MD overseeing diary management, travel coordination, and meeting scheduling- Screened CVs for managers, designed interview templates, and prepared all offers of employment contracts - Produced a 130-page employee handbook on company policies, plus a 26-page company car policy- Managed and reviewed the company healthcare policy annually for all employees and their families- Tracked all absenteeism, generated reports for department managers and the MD- Managed IT annual budget spend, provided tech support to remote staff, reported IT issues to HQ Denmark- Coordinated management meetings, prepared agendas, took minutes and followed up on actions- Managed temp staff and reception staff

Cpd Diploma In Enterprise Development

This was 30-week part-time programme which included workshops in product development, presentation skills, pitching, finance, sales.

Bachelor Of Science (B.Sc.), Digital Technology & Design, Distinction

Subjects taken: ============ - Web Graphics Design and Production - Front-end Web Development, including Wordpress - Digital Marketing.

Agile Project Management - 2-Day Intensive Course (June 2014)

Agile Management course in DCU, provided by their Center for Software Engineering COURSE CONTENT: - Plan-driven to Agile - The Agile Team.

Sketching For Design - 2-Day Intensive Course (July 2014)

Introduction to Design Sketching Introduction to Perspective and Line Quality Introduction to Markers, Light & Shadow Freehand Sketching.

Certificate In Creative Web Communications

Completed 6 modules (Visual Communications 1 & 2, Web Development 1 & 2, Web Design 1 & 2) from the Digital Media degree program, achieved.

Education record

The IACT iDTP Master Diploma teaches the skills needed in order to become a graphic design expert using the Adobe software suite.

Diploma In Employment Law, Irish Employment Law - Legislation & Cases

This was under taken over one year, on a part-time basis

Bbs, Bachelor Of Business Studies - Management, Honours

Completed 4-year degree on a part-time basis, 3-evenings a week, while continuing to work full-time.

Train The Trainer, Training, Merit

Course content: Concepts of Training Factors Affecting Training Training Needs Analysis (TNA) Instructional System Design (ISD) Design.