Ted Grieve Email & Phone Number

Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand

As the acting Communications Lead, I lead a team of 11 staff providing communications (external & internal), media, social media and graphic design support to all departments of Hutt City Council.My key responsibilities and achievements in this role are:Team leadership to support the wellbeing and development of our team members. Leading the programme of work and managing workflows across the Communication Team to ensure we are prioritising effectively and delivering to our internal customers.Ensuring our communications activities and outputs align to Council’s strategic priorities and core values, and we are providing meaningful, relevant and respectful communications and engagement to our communities.Managing stakeholder relationships with internal project owners to understand their requirements and priorities, and agree expectations of the support and delivery of the Communications Team.Managing risk through close communication with all parts of the business to understand issues, identify potential risks and develop mitigation plans, then planning communications content and activities to support our plans. Process improvement and development to support more effective workflows and better outputs from our teams working on Council’s corporate communications and our major projects. Budget management for the Communications cost centre and administration of HR tasks for all team members.Coordination of Council’s media functions through close collaboration with the offices of our Chief Executive and Mayor to ensure activities are aligned and relationships with local journalists are strengthened through frequent communication and responsiveness.

As a Senior Communications Advisor I am a guardian of Hutt City Council’s brand and reputation, managing a wide range of marketing activities and outputs. My responsibilities include: Developing and implementing marketing strategies and communications plans to publicise and promote Hutt City Council’s brand, major projects and key messages to a wide variety of audiences. Communications Lead for strategic projects across Council, including RiverLink, new cycleways and roading projects, as well as the Council’s Integrated Transport Strategy. Creating marketing materials to promote Council’s projects and messages, including: including press releases, social media posts, advertising, videos, webpages, post-campaign ROI reports. Event management Media liaison with local journalists regarding Council’s strategic projects and current events.

Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

As a Group Account Director at GSL Promotus I coordinated marketing and communications campaigns and guided cross-functional teams working across a range of clients in the private and public sectors. This included all aspects of planning, budgeting, strategy, working with creative teams, supervising account service teams and managing production to deliver campaigns and projects on time and on budget.I have worked with Suzuki New Zealand, The Reserve Bank of New Zealand, Lincoln University, Inland Revenue, The Health Promotion Agency, Quitline, Statistics New Zealand, The Ministry of Health and The Asthma Foundation of New Zealand.

Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

In this role I managed staff working on a range of marketing and advertising campaigns for our clients in the public and private sector.

Wellington

In this role I worked with a number of clients in the public and private sectors, managing all aspects of Account Service and Production processes to deliver advertising and communication campaigns.

Palmerston North

In this role I had responsibility for all New Vehicle pricing negotiations and activity for Toyota, Lexus and Daihatsu in New Zealand.

Palmerston North

In this role I was responsible for all New Vehicle pricing activity for Toyota, Lexus & Daihatsu. I was also responsible for the newly created area of Product Training, managing one staff member who created and delivered the training material.

Palmerston North

In this role I was responsible for Product Planning & Pricing activities for Toyota New Zealand. I managed two staff members to plan specification and model lineups for all Toyota, Lexus and Daihatsu models, including all pricing negotiations and administration.

Palmerston North

In this role I was responsible for New & Used Vehicle Marketing for Toyota New Zealand.I managed 3 staff members to complete all product & retail marketing for the Toyota, Lexus & Daihatsu brands. This involved planning, implementing and measuring a wide range of campaigns (ATL, direct, digital + more) and managing the media and creative budgets.

Palmerston North

In this role I was responsible for managing marketing campaigns for Toyota New & Used Vehicles.

Auckland

In this role I was responsible for managing airfare pricing for Singapore Airlines & SilkAir, managing a travel agency incentive programme, maintaining the local content for the online booking engine and creating trade communications for travel agents and the NZ travel industry.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Distinction

Bachelor Of Commerce (Honours), Marketing & Management

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