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Sydney, Nsw, Au

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Produced packaged news content for 7NEWS Sydney, Sunrise and national bulletins.Collaborated with news reporters and producers to edit content within time constrictions to tight deadlines.Covered live news and sporting events including the Women's FIFA World Cup coverage and NSW State Elections.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

The Seven Network entered a content partnership with Google to deliver packaged content in the form of vertical slides, curated to their audience along with our own website.I managed the design and analytics of these stories while communicating with key internal and external stakeholders.I was responsible for sourcing original stories and creating bespoke video content delivering results in line with the business objectives.As a digital journalist of almost four years, I have experience in writing feature articles, celebrity interviews, technology reviews and pieces in collaboration with publicity agencies.7NEWS.com.au is Australia’s fastest growing current events and global news website (Nielsen DCR: Jun-19 to Apr-21), the top news website in Australia for people under 40 (Nielsen DCR: Apr-20 to Apr-21) reaching 10.2 million Australians each month.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Responsible for providing video content for 7NEWS.com.au, Australia’s number three news website.Aided the development of the site’s video strategy, using poster frames, SEO and keywords with daily video views consistently reaching over 300,000 generating significant revenue. Used Photoshop to create bespoke images for the news team, unique to each feature and story created. This was a particularly successful strategy used throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Tokyo 2020 Olympics and the 2020 US Election to gain an advantage over competitors.My graphics appeared daily on the main article slot of the 7NEWS.com.au front page as well as making their way to newswalls for broadcast programs such as Sunrise and The Latest.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Broadcast News Editor on the 4pm and 6pm 7NEWS Sydney bulletins, as well as Sunrise and The Morning Show.Following scripts and with tight deadlines, I delivered packaged content ranging from 30 seconds to extended pieces over two minutes.Operating a control station to send footage across the country and to different networks.

Sydney Australia

Designed social media assets to advertise games, player milestones and merchandise/game-day promotions.Assisted the group with the game-day experience from organising entertainment rundowns to fan interaction.

Sydney, Australia

Coordinated campaigns to encourage former students to reconnect with the university in the form of networking events, EDMs and social media marketing.Designed the university’s weekly mail-out to more than 190,000 former students, taking portraits and conducting interviews, photographing events and designing social media content.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Managed a team of more than 30 student employees in a fundraising effort for MND research and scholarships for disadvantaged individuals to the amount of $250,000.Initiated charity fundraisers for the university, supervising and training volunteers to drive donations.

Bachelor Of Commerce, Marketing

Activities and Societies: Macquarie University Philanthropy Society Major in Marketing, minor in Music Production Studied additional areas.

Education record

Band 5 performance in Music, Legal Studies, Business, English and Mathematics. Ranked first in Music, first in Photography and Digital art.