Experience

NIXCO

• Australia
• Public Relations and Communications Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Communications & Business Affairs

  • Jul 2019 - Present

• Senior Communications Manager

  • Jan 2017 - Jul 2019

  In this role, I develop and execute strategic communications campaigns for clients such as Madman Entertainment, Sculpture by the Sea, Roadshow Films, Australians in Film, Oz Comic Con and AFI | AACTA; unit publicity for film and TV projects such as The Dry, Peter Rabbit 2, The Gloaming, Babyteeth and Diary of an Uber Driver; and manage a team of four.



The Stranger short film

• Producer

  • Apr 2020 - Present

  I am currently producing The Stranger, a short film by writer/director Jenny Hicks. The Stranger, a psychological noir thriller centred around a stranger that arrives at an isolated farmhouse in the middle of the night, seeks to confront prejudices and stigma against people living with mental illness. It stars AFI Award winners Fiona Press (Waiting, The Heights) and Steve Bisley (Mad Max, Doctor Doctor), as well as Harry Greenwood (Hacksaw Ridge, The Nightingale). I am currently producing The Stranger, a short film by writer/director Jenny Hicks. The Stranger, a psychological noir thriller centred around a stranger that arrives at an isolated farmhouse in the middle of the night, seeks to confront prejudices and stigma against people living with mental illness. It stars AFI Award winners Fiona Press (Waiting, The Heights) and Steve Bisley (Mad Max, Doctor Doctor), as well as Harry Greenwood (Hacksaw Ridge, The Nightingale).



Village Roadshow

• Australia
• Entertainment Providers
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Publicist - Aus/NZ - Roadshow Films

  • May 2014 - Dec 2016

  In this role, I directed the national publicity campaigns for a diverse portfolio of Roadshow Films' theatrical and, as of August 2016, home entertainment releases in Australia and New Zealand. I handled a wide variety of film and TV titles including content from suppliers Warner Bros. Pictures, Lionsgate, The Weinstein Company, Village Roadshow Pictures, HBO, BBC, ABC and more. I managed the publicity campaign for each title in my portfolio, including contributing to marketing strategy sessions and writing the publicity strategy; securing interviews with key talent in print, TV, radio and online media; planning and implementing talent tours; handling the media screening strategy; coordinating the publicity budget for campaigns; maintaining relationships with Australian entertainment media; and managing publicists in state and New Zealand agencies. Some of the publicity campaigns I handled include INTERSTELLAR, AMERICAN SNIPER, SAN ANDREAS, MAGIC MIKE XXL, ODDBALL, THE HATEFUL EIGHT, BATMAN V SUPERMAN, THE DAUGHTER, THE LEGEND OF TARZAN, SUICIDE SQUAD, SULLY, THE FOUNDER and RED DOG: TRUE BLUE. Some of the talent I have worked with on Australian publicity tours include Quentin Tarantino, Samuel L. Jackson and Kurt Russell (THE HATEFUL EIGHT), Channing Tatum and Joe Manganiello (MAGIC MIKE XXL), Chris Hemsworth (IN THE HEART OF THE SEA), Alexander Skarsgard (THE LEGEND OF TARZAN), Joel Edgerton (THE GIFT & FELONY) and Shane Jacobson (ODDBALL).



University of Southern California

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Masters Candidate

  • Aug 2012 - Aug 2014

  I completed a Master of Arts in Strategic Public Relations at the University of Southern California's Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism, where I received the Dean's Scholarship and the Outstanding Graduate Scholar Award for maintaining the highest GPA. While studying at USC, I took the opportunity to complete a number of internships for leading entertainment companies including Hulu, PMK*BNC, ID-PR, CBS Television and AFI Film Fest. I was also the co-president of USC Annenberg's in-house PR agency, TriSight Communications where I led a significant rebranding of the agency.



CBS

• United States
• Entertainment Providers
• 700 & Above Employee

• Internship

  • Jan 2014 - May 2014



ID

• United States
• Public Relations and Communications Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Internship

  • Jan 2014 - May 2014



Hulu

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 700 & Above Employee

• Communications Intern

  • Jun 2013 - Aug 2013

  During my internship at Hulu I worked with the Content Communications Manager on the launch of the online video service's original and exclusive programming during the summer of 2013. Most significantly, I worked on the launch of Seth Meyers' and Mike Shoemaker's animated comedy "The Awesomes," including talent appearances at San Diego Comic-Con and the Television Critics Association summer press tour. I managed talent schedules, staffed on-site interviews, booked logistics, tracked coverage and collated post-event press reports.



PMK•BNC

• United States
• Public Relations and Communications Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Internship

  • Jan 2013 - May 2013



The American Film Institute

• United States
• Entertainment Providers
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Internship

  • Aug 2012 - Nov 2012



NIXCO

• Australia
• Public Relations and Communications Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Communications Executive

  • Feb 2010 - Jul 2012

  In this role, I supported the national publicity managers on film and TV PR campaigns by running the grassroots promotions, assisting on tours and premieres, writing media releases and managing the media screening schedule. I also helped manage the PR campaign for Sculpture by the Sea, the world's largest outdoor, free-to-the-public sculpture exhibition, for three consecutive years. My role included pitching interviews and feature stories to print, TV, radio and online media; writing press kits and media releases; and organising and running the media launch.



NIXCO

• Australia
• Public Relations and Communications Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Publicity Assistant

  • Sep 2009 - Nov 2009



NIXCO

• Australia
• Public Relations and Communications Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Internship

  • Feb 2009 - Mar 2009