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Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

This was a blended Corporate Communications and Internal Communications role. Internal Communication impacts include: - Delivered the Yammer communication network for a diverse national workforce. Within six months achieved top five in SWOOP Analytic's Global Yammer Communities - Introduced two regular communication channels for the CEO and Executive Leadership team to ensure staff were fully informed and had the opportunity to provide feedback through a period of organisational transition - staff rated these as their most valued and reliable information sourcesCorporate Communication highlight: - Conceptualised and led an initiative to shift long-standing independent nation-by-nation blood cancer awareness month into an integrated international drive to raise awareness of the impacts of blood cancer globally. Achieved successful informal partnerships with national organisations in the UK, US, Canada and New Zealand.

Brisbane, Australia

I was very pleased to be invited to step into this emerging role at RACQ. -Consolidate and capture the extent of significant activity which drives and supports positive employee experience outcomes in order to establish an organisational narrative of supporting our people - Driving extensive leader and employee investigation and research to inform an Employee Experience Strategy and the development and delivery of RACQ's first-ever Employer Brand - Developing an Employee Experience Strategy with input from key business stakeholders that: captivates, motivates and engages employees, positions RACQ as a valued employer in a modern and dynamic market environment and shifts the dial on delivering employee experiences which achieve optimum member outcomes- Redesigning, enhancing and delivering employee events with a strong focus on the Employer Brand and Employee Experience- Establishing a core component of a Group Measure linked to the employee experience, driving business take-up to achieve Measure targets - Design and implementation of a centralised employee recognition program- Providing advice and service to business owners on employee experience language and sentiment

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

This new role was established to redesign the Internal Communication function to support the needs of a rapidly evolving business. The initial uplift was substantial with early achievements including: shifting from a print to online employee newsletter, reducing the function's email traffic by 40%, building face-to-face communication channels for the senior executive team, establishing leader-specific information channels, introduction of Yammer as an employee collaboration resource and implementing a contemporary SharePoint intranet platform. Impacts include: Partnering with Organisational Development to co-design a three-year culture initiative empowering teams to lead and drive culture goals, such as collaboration. o Winner Australian Psychological Society 2018 Workplace Excellence Award for Change Management o Shortlisted International CEB Internal Communications Excellence in Change Communication lntroduced low-cost, high-value annual employee events to drive community/customer engagement and employee recognition. Identified event synergies to reduce budget expenditure, while increasing event impact.

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

This newly established role was developed to provide Communications advice to Departmental leads in the Coal Seam Gas sector plus, as required, insights and advice to Director-General and acting Minister. Impacts included:- Recommending, establishing and chairing departmental communication working group to quickly consolidate responses to key media coverage - enabling an expedited approach to provide key content for the media unit to ensure timely departmental responses - Designing and leading a fast-tracked initiative to enhance and refresh all departmental web and print content in advance of a Community Cabinet meeting - Establishing standard attendance at weekly Executive Management Group departmental meeting to provide communication advice and identify areas of activity that require communication attention and support - Designing and delivering an external communication strategy for the Director of the LNG Enforcement Unity. Aimed at the full gamut of community stakeholders this included securing regular radio spots on the primary regional network, developing articles for key stakeholder newsletters and publications and regular video blogs on the departmental website

Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

A role developed to provide both strategic advice and operational delivery of a significant volume of tailored content to industry, government and media stakeholders. The objective was to amplify the research outcomes of the Centre in the lead-up and during the Federal Government funding round.- Established systems, stakeholder database, media plan, web presence, communications monitoring framework - 500% increase in media coverage within three months - Significant increase in industry uptake of research via design and delivery of user-friendly research publications - Delivered on Board objective to achieve significant coverage in key media - in particular, the Australian Financial Review and ABC Business radio programming -

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Transitioning from an established and very successful media career in television, radio and print as both a journalist and presenter across news, current affairs, documentary and lifestyle programming.During this consultancy period my longstanding clients stretched across a diversity of sectors including Banking, Government, Public Relations, Apprenticeship, Media and large private sector Corporations. Services included: PR, change, internal and corporate communications, media training, Master of ceremonies, workshop facilitation, presentation training. Clients included Bank of Queensland, Queensland Government Departments, Bayley Willey Holt, Brisbane Airport Corporation and Australian Broadcasting Corporation.