General Manager

• Mar 2023 - Present

I commenced this role at a time when the organisation had recently experienced significant staff turnover while attempting to transition operating models in alignment with the current strategic plan. In my first General Manager role I executed the following: - Development and delivery of a complete redesign of the Next Wave SharePoint, leading to higher staff engagement with organisational process and increased efficiency in data and project management. - Review and consolidation of Next Wave digital platforms and subscriptions, streamlining costs and data management for the organisation moving forward - Completion of the 2022 audit and annual report for the organisation and implementation of audit recommendations to ensure the organisation’s financial management processes strive to meet best practice - Development of a catch-all evaluation for the Next Wave artistic program to ensure program statistics are captured for future reporting and for the organisation to have data to evaluate the roll out of its current strategic plan and operating model - Worked in collaboration with the organisation’s Treasurer and bookkeepers to ensure financial management processes and knowledge can be maintained through organisational change - Development and delivery of the organisation’s 2023 EOFY campaign - Development of new finance pack for board reporting and preparation of 2024 organisational budget for CEO to present to board - Maintained relationships with key local and state government funding bodies - Conduction of organisational-wide employee temperature check upon commencing in the role due to starting at a time of significant operational and structural change. I then led the re-establishment of professional development planning and goal setting for staff across the organisation - Design of flexible work process and drafting of policy Show less

Arts Activation Officer

• Jan 2022 - Feb 2023

As Arts Activation Officer, I worked with artists and community stakeholders to develop and deliver exhibitions, arts programming and public artworks throughout the City of Melton. I collaborated with my teammates in the small yet high-performing Arts & Culture team and with colleagues across Council, including but not limited to Libraries, Young People, Economic Development, Events, Community and Intercultural Services and Heritage. In late 2022 a restructure dissolved the Arts & Culture team. Highlights from this role include: - Initial Development of a Cultural Ecology survey and study for the City of Melton - Curation, Public Programs development and Exhibition Management of the 2022 Melton Library & Learning Hub exhibition program - Providing input and feedback to the City of Melton Public Art Masterplan - Public Programs Management and Production for Melton Library & Learning Hub exhibition Winanga Burruguu by local emerging artist and Kamilaroi woman Lucy Webster. Programs included the Reconciliation Week Opera performance by Wiradjuri soprano Shauntai Batzke and artist talk with Lucy Webster, the NAIDOC Week Arts Market curated by Lucy Webster - Curation and Exhibition Management of CS Gallery exhibition program while acting on higher duties, including curation of the 2022/23 exhibition Wonderful-strong (exhibition concept developed by Madeleine McClleland) featuring illustrations by acclaimed author and illustrator Maxine Beneba Clarke - CS Gallery gaining PGAV membership and requesting NAVA membership and access to NAVA resources for the Arts & Culture team - Management of temporary public art logistics including working with colleagues in Parks and City Design and external business and community stakeholders on confirming sites for artworks, developing briefs for temporary public art projects, working to Council Procurement policies - Development of the Groundwork program, a professional development and capacity-building program for local artists Show less

Exhibition Officer, RMIT Culture (previously RMIT INTERSECT)

• Jan 2020 - Jan 2022

I commenced my role as Exhibition Officer at RMIT INTERSECT in early 2020, working on Project Space Gallery exhibitions and public programs for Posthuman Publics and Paul Yore's Pleasures Against Nature. As the COVID-19 pandemic began unfolding at the start of this year, I managed to negotiate and manage the postponement and cancellation of the 2020 SITUATE residency program and the safe return of Taiwanese artist Huang Ding-Yun amidst confusion, closing borders and travel restrictions. RMIT Culture underwent a significant restructure in late 2020 and I became an integral member of the newly formed Curatorial Team. I developed the framework for the Curatorial Team SharePoint in collaboration with colleagues, worked on the recruitment and onboarding of the Curatorial Front of House Teams and developed a rostering system for Front of House that covers all four gallery sites. While managing these operational aspects of the restructure, I also produced and delivered a range of projects across the galleries program--including a solo exhibition of new work by artist John Meade shown at Project Space Gallery, and the group exhibition RE/SET, presented at First Site Gallery Show less

Audience Engagement & Studio Programs Manager

• Jan 2019 - Dec 2019

During my time at ACE Open (now named Adelaide Contemporary Experimental), my programming consistently met and exceeded audience visitation targets, with approximately 25% of all audiences visiting to attend a public program. I enabled engagement with contemporary art and artist’s practice through screenings, performances, workshops, school visits and professional development courses. The success of public program engagement led to my role evolving from Public Programs Coordinator to Audience Engagement Manager in early 2019.As a member of the organisation's inaugural staff team, I managed the creation of policies and procedures for ACE Open's volunteer program, Front of House staff and managed staff training and professional development programs. I collaborated with senior management and the ACE Open board on the creation of the organisation's strategic plan (2017-2020) and annual reports (2017-2019). I developed the organisation's inaugural Audience Engagement strategy and worked in consultation with ACE Open’s Marketing Manager to implement organisation-wide access & inclusion planning. Show less

Public Programs Coordinator

• Apr 2017 - Dec 2018

ACE Open is South Australia’s leading organisation for contemporary visual art and artists. Established in 2017, ACE is built on the trailblazing 116-year history of its predecessors: the Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia and the Australian Experimental Art Foundation.

Emerging Arts Professionals Program, Venice Biennale 2019

• Sep 2019 - Oct 2019

As part of the Australia Council’s Emerging Arts Professional Program, I pro-actively engaged in a wide range of professional development opportunities. I conducted research for and facilitated a guided tour for the Australia Council's Champions Program and assisted with the development and delivery of a networking event for Biennale staff. I was also successful in receiving scholarship funding to further my research into engagement programming and strategy with visits and meetings with staff at several arts and cultural organisations across Europe and the UK. “The program is a proven launch pad for arts professionals. Many past participants now hold high-level positions within the Australian and international arts sectors and credit their time in the program as a pivotal point in their career development. This really is a great example of how Australia’s representation at Biennale Arte 2019 can be leveraged to create opportunities and build the capacity of the broader visual arts sector,” Dr Wendy Were, Australia Council Executive Director Strategic Development and Advocacy Show less

Public Engagement Assistant

• Mar 2016 - Apr 2017

As Public Engagement Assistant at the MCA, I assisted with the administration and program delivery for a series of long-lead, multi-part programs including the museum’s socially engaged C3 West program (Women of Fairfield project), the Bella program (for audiences with a disability) and GenNext (for young people). I managed the administration for a series of complex large-scale three-day weekend festival programs, where my highly developed event management and production skills were essential for ensuring successful delivery of a range of programs and events including new performance art commissions, interactive programming for children and families, accessible programming for audiences with a disability and a range of formal talks and panel discussions with key members from the national visual arts sector. Show less

SIGNAL Young Artists Program Support Officer

• Nov 2015 - Mar 2016

Signal is a creative studio for young people 13 to 25 years located on Northbank in the heart of Melbourne. The program offers young people the opportunity to work alongside professional artists in a collaborative way, through multi-artform workshops and mentoring. Signal provides emerging and established artists with opportunities and spaces for exploration, creation and showcasing. Signal is a creative studio for young people 13 to 25 years located on Northbank in the heart of Melbourne. The program offers young people the opportunity to work alongside professional artists in a collaborative way, through multi-artform workshops and mentoring. Signal provides emerging and established artists with opportunities and spaces for exploration, creation and showcasing.

Programming and Communications Assistant (Internship)

• Jul 2015 - Nov 2015

I undertook a five-month internship at Abbotsford Convent in which I assisted with the programming and communications of the Convent's large-scale community-orientated annual festival, Open Spaces. Upon researching previous festivals, I identified that there was scope to introduce a literary-focused program to the event, one that could simultaneously promote the Convent's literary tenants but also engage Melbourne's independent writers and publishers with the event and organisation. I coordinated the logistics of the book and zine fair, including collaborating with external event companies to arrange equipment and supplies for the program. I managed all internal and external stakeholder relationships for the book and zine fair, with a number of external organisations and independent publishers reaching out to the Convent to express their interest in being involved in the event. I created copy and content for the Convent's digital platforms, including a blog post which focused on the book and zine fair. During program delivery I managed the event set-up, stakeholder arrival and departures, provided customer service to visitors and coordinated a series of talk programs relating to writing and publishing as part of the fair. The Open Spaces festival was attended by over 3,000 people and the book and zine fair concept was seen as a key success of the program, one that has since been repeated in following festivals. Show less

Information Officer

• Oct 2014 - Nov 2015

As an Information Officer working across both National Gallery of Victoria sites (International & Australia), I was responsible for invigilating works and providing feedback on interpretation and visitor experience in the galleries. I was responsible for maintaining and safely handling a number of artworks, including David Shrigley’s The Artist and Carlos Amorales’ We’ll see how all reverberates. I assisted in providing training to my colleagues on how to handle these artworks and documented all handling and public interactions with the works on the log book provided by Conservation. Show less

Schools Bookings Supervisor

• Aug 2012 - Sep 2014

Artists, their practice and the gallery space are at the centre of Tate’s schools’ program. We believe that working alongside artists, surrounded by artworks, encourages students to think creatively and independently.

Membership and Ticketing Officer

• Jun 2011 - Aug 2012