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Melbourne, Vic, Au

Canberra, Act, Au

Canberra, Act, Au

Leadership of high-performing teams responsible for key streams of work included proactive and reactive media, reputation management, employee engagement, and progressing the strategic objectives of key work areas.

Doncaster, Vic, Au

Connected a front-line health workforce to the resources, information and news they needed to perform their work every day during the COVID-19. Lead the development and delivery of AV's first ever digital communications strategy. Uplifted the capabilities of AV's communicators and others to deliver useful, timely and relevant information to a range of audiences and stakeholders.

Melbourne, Victoria, Au

Responsible for developing and implementing the communications strategy and operations for RMIT's 85,000 students at the university's Australian and international campuses. This role included advising senior leaders, managing reputational risk, leading crisis comms, staff engagement, student experience and delivering uplift to communications practise at all levels of the organisation.

Melbourne, Vic, Au

Led the development of a digital newsroom which launched in November 2013 and grew an audience of two million monthly unique readers in under four years. Role included business development work focussed on technology design and implementation, audience strategy, staff recruitment/retention and media appearances to support brand marketing. Responsibilities: - Lead a talented team of content editors and digital producers- Find, curate and shape content to represent The New Daily's values - Drive content production in a fast-growing digital environment- Publish, update, revise compelling content across multiple platforms- Deliver for stakeholders (owners, staff, readers, advertisers) - Developed commercial opportunities around content- Segment and personalise content, connecting it with the right audience- Lead major projects from conception to completion (eg, website rebuild, bespoke EDMs)

Sydney, New South Wales, Au

- Drive the online finance coverage for the The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald- Find, edit, write and publish to Fairfax Media's national network of websites- Lead a small, proactive small team of reporters- Identify major stories from Asia, Europe and the US- Launch the Markets Live stockmarket blog each day- Cover the day's events on the ASX - Lead the coverage of breaking news events as they unfold

Sydney, New South Wales, Au

As a breaking news reporter at theage.com.au. I worked alongside video journalists, photographers and online editors covering a full range of news events - from the Melbourne Cup to Melbourne's gangland war. Before moving to the breaking news desk, I worked as a site producer across all sections (sport, business, general news, opinion) for theage.com.au.

Melbourne, Victoria, Au

As a staff journalist, editor and producer, my tasks ranged from writing articles, developing story ideas and commissioning work from experts and other commentators. During the 2007 election, I wrote a daily media diary. At the peak of the climate change debate, I curated an environment group-blog, and I managed Crikey's business coverage through the GFC of 2008.

Journalist, editor, online producer and copywriter. I worked with clients including the Victorian Government, 2006 Commonwealth Games, Pacific Hydro, Cadbury and Seven. I managed the production of print magazines for clients, wrote online marketing materials and website copy, contributed chapters to books including 50 Years of Australian Television, wrote a large portion of the Official 2006 Commonwealth Games book, and ran a satirical sports website.

Working as freelance journalist, I wrote feature articles for The Age newspaper, including features and reviews for the Epicure food section. I also reviewed restaurants for The Age Good Food Guide and The Age Cheap Eats Guide. At the same time, I wrote music features and reviews for Melbourne street press magazine Inpress, travel features for Postcards magazine, a spin-off of the Nine Network's travel show. To fill the gaps between jobs, I worked as a bookseller at Readings Books and Music in Carlton.

Sydney, Nsw, Au

Liaison between Macmillan and other publishers whose books were distributed by Macmillan, including Walker Books.

Diploma Of Professional Writing, Writing, General

Bachelor'S Degree, Construction Management

Vce