Tim Weller Email & Phone Number

Australia

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Leading Telum Media's growth in the Australia and New Zealand region.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Connecting communicators with journalists via Australia and New Zealand's (and wider Asia-Pacific) most comprehensive media relations platform.

Sydney, Australia

Deliver the Region’s specific growth targets and working in tandem with the Region Head to deliver the overall business plan and objectives for the region.Oversee and manage the sales and renewal teams and ensure they receive adequate training and development to achieve the business standards required.

Sydney, Australia

Responsible for growth of the business across ANZ and building a sales team alongside a sustainable client management programme.

Australia/Hong Kong

Activated multiple freelance communications projects involving strategic positioning for clients based in Australia and throughout Asia.

Asia - Singapore/Bali/Thailand/Japan

• Marketing Direction: led all aspects of Ministry of Villas’ brand and tactical media marketing campaigns; including paid sponsorships.
• Strategic Partnerships: identified and fostered relationships with third parties such as brand ambassadors, technology partners and social media influencers to increase revenue and onboard new affiliates.
• Chief Strategist and Business Growth Planning: Crafted strategy and new business approach alongside co-founders for advancing core capabilities in Japan, Indonesia, Thailand, Australia, India, and Singapore.
• Content Lead: Directed a remote global workforce (including teams of 25+ employees from regions ranging across the US, Europe, and Asia) for planning, crafting, editing, and uploading a strong content workstream for.
• FLAGSHIP PROJECT: April's Chance and It's The Ship 2016 Singapore/Malaysia Marketing Campaign.

Singapore

• Nominated as Quality Control Champion of Edelman Singapore – 3 years successively. Led the company-wide roll-out and refresh of the Quality Programme as mentor and champion for Singapore office in 2015.
• Entrepreneurial Spirit Award Winner – won 1st place competing amongst 160 employees at the Edelman Singapore office in the category for superior staff with the drive to take charge and make a difference for clients.
• Best Creative Execution Award - Road To Cannes (Edelman Singapore).
• Perfect Manager Score from the E2 Edelman Global Excellence Program (9 out of 10) from an independent Client Quality Review.
• Led the Edelman Financial Services Practice for all client operations, new business, and global liaison with other markets.
• Continued to improve corporate reputation and abilities to laterally expand the business horizon into new areas for combined client work across multiple sectors.

Singapore

• PayPal Listing (New York / Singapore) Led the positioning, rollout and international cross-market liaison listing between the US (New York) and Asia (Sing) for the eBay/PayPal split when the payments division spun off.
• Initiated $750k SGD research-led overhaul of website CX and online comms for German global billion dollar certification and accreditation giant TÜV SÜD.
• Key team leader of PR pitch win for Singapore's first billion-dollar company Garena, the internet and digital tech giant.
• 100% dedicated focus in the Finance and Professional Services sector, specialising in corporate communications.
• Actualised the vision for the financial sector practice through building a successful team framework and cross-market networking capability, as well as in-house skill sets such as M&A and IPO support.
• Operational Lead for organising and facilitation of numerous high-profile events with major players, including: The Economist (The World in 2016 Singapore Edition), Financial Times, United Nations Development.

Singapore

• Managed multiple clients and campaigns, teams, budgets and resource on sizable pieces of business across the office and the region.
• Firm-wide responsibility for client profitability, proactive new business solicitation, and quality of client service and employee development.
• Mastered superior communication skills and the ability to counsel client’s senior executive management on public relations and marketing issues.
• Management of the overall quality of work across multiple, sizable clients as well as the individual performance of team members.
• Demonstrated by example the professional quality of leadership in the pursuit of excellence for all operations to live the Edelman values (Quality, Integrity, Respect, Entrepreneurial Spirit and Mutual Benefits).

Singapore

• Established competencies across following key areas: client/stakeholder engagement, maintaining an entrepreneurial mindset, collaborative accountability, talent development, skilled judgment, effective communication.
• Honed strong media training, crisis simulation and crisis communications skillsets.
• Led key client accounts taking ownership of the delivery of high-quality implementation of day-to-day client activity of team.
• Played a coordinating/lead role in new business pitches including identification and capitalisation on potential opportunities. Owned the development, preparation and sell-in of strategic communications plans that.
• Developed skills as a finance practice digital strategist, focused on consultative selling and negotiation skills, as well as owning the budget monitoring reporting process for client end-to-end campaigns.
• Utilised established frameworks of Edelman PR storytelling within proposals and in crafting master narratives, including a commitment to ongoing coaching and mentoring client executives and interns to learn these.

Singapore

• Key member of only 11 employees for Pelham Bell Pottinger Asia successfully winning the Public Relations Consultancy of the Year 2011 at The Gold Standard Awards from Public Affairs Asia after only 1 year in the.
• Honed ability to think creatively in order to find the unique client story and successful development of PR insight in crafting new business presentations – built upon core strengths in public speaking, presenting, and.
• In coordination with managing directors, developed PR strategies and campaigns to generate coverage and change overall perception on client-by-client basis. Managed the day-to-day PR activities and leading accounts.
• Worked closely with international offices to pitch and coordinate regional and global media outreach, creating annual media strategy around key calendar milestones, and generating proactive story ideas/topics and angles.
• Pitched and placed feature articles, working closely with journalists to execute coverage for all types of media (broadcast/print, online, owned, social media channels), work under strict deadlines, organise and manage.

London, United Kingdom

• Involved in strategic forward-planning overviews for clients directly with senior directors, and execute agreed media programme activities.
• Identifed forward features and public relations opportunities within the media, proactively engaging journalists and media.
• Analysed and interpreted new business briefs; contributed to new business proposals by carrying out the required research involved with the pitch and presentation.
• Researched and assisted in development of press releases, features, and proposals for client activities. Maintained close liaison with clients to ensure work quality.
• Arranged product fund launches, representing international clients at external conferences involving extensive background information of the industry and client activity.
• Informed senior directors with business competitors oversight and industry info; seek out and identify proactive opportunities related to client business.

London, United Kingdom

• Responsible for the management and support for a number of clients in both the financial and mining sectors, dealing with journalists in organising media conferences, press releases and company results distribution.
• Proactively identify new forward features and upcoming opportunities within publications and target media.
• Arrange press briefings, draft biographies, press releases, background briefing notes, etc.
• Acquire and maintain solid media contacts with journalists and other areas relevant to client activity with detailed understanding of the target media for the client portfolio.
• Monitor all news media expediently as it pertains to client needs, organise and implement work-in-progress client meetings.

Bachelor Of Journalism, Majoring In: Law, English, Sociology, Multimedia

Education record

Activities and Societies: Debating - (Undefeated) Full Honours, Soccer - (Undefeated) Full Honours, Theatre (Lead) - Honours, Volleyball.