I am a seasoned communications and marketing professional with a passion for reputation management and online engagement. I’ve worked across agency, not for profit and political environments and partnered with businesses to meet their communications and marketing objectives.My communications skills span media relations, publicity, social media, issues management, speech writing, events and community engagement.In the marketing space I have managed the production of websites, catalogues and point of sale materials and written for a wide variety of purposes and audiences. I love translating complex information into engaging and concise text, and working with graphic designers and website developers to bring print and digital projects to life.Professional highlights include:• Managing the marketing and communications for the move and name change of a secondary school, including strategy development, project management, copywriting, coordination of marketing materials and advertising, social media and publicity• Working closely with celebrity chef Kylie Kwong to develop and launch her first ever range of products, which achieved extensive media and online coverage including a cover story in The Age's Good Weekend magazine• Overseeing the media launch of Oxfam's fair. coffee brand and the publicity surrounding its entry into Coles, Woolworths and independent supermarkets nationally• Planning, project managing and implementing the communications and marketing elements of two complex community engagement strategies, including a state government project and one that spanned education, development and planningWhen I’m not wrestling with words, my interest in the world has seen me travel extensively through Central and South America, Europe and parts of Asia, including a month studying Spanish in Panama. I have a massive weakness for South Australian produce and good coffee.