Tourism Coordinator - Destination Marketing, Social Media, Video Production

• May 2005 - Present

Produce and coordinate print and digital promotional material including - brochures, visitor guides, advertisements, social media posts (creating content and undertaking graphic design). Maintain and update website content using CMS. Produce videos (shooting, editing & file creation using PP) for use at Council presentations and major events. Identify and promote tourism projects and activities. Promote Regional Area and products. Engage with stakeholders. Organise product launches and other events including trade shows. Represent Council on tourism & other committees and at events/trade shows. Coordinate Filming Approvals throughout the City. Effectively communicate with management and the community in all aspects of destination marketing .

Producer & Video Editor

• 2004 - Present

Preserving family memories by editing 'snapshot' highlight pieces (music video style) of weddings, engagements, christenings and other special family celebrations, using either home video footage or professionally shot footage. Contact us at snapshot_videoediting@live.com.au Preserving family memories by editing 'snapshot' highlight pieces (music video style) of weddings, engagements, christenings and other special family celebrations, using either home video footage or professionally shot footage. Contact us at snapshot_videoediting@live.com.au

Tourism & Promotions Officer

• Nov 2002 - May 2005

TV Production & Media Liaison at Goodwill Games

• Aug 2001 - Sep 2001

Liaising between television producers and competition managers at figure skating and gymnastics at Goodwill Games. Coordinating start of competition, medal ceremonies, release of results and athletes & media in mixed zone. Keeping time and counting down to Director to allow for commercial breaks. Distributing results, statistics and compiling information for on air use. Coordinating media requests for vision, access to competition floor, mixed zone and other duties to assist BVM. Liaising between television producers and competition managers at figure skating and gymnastics at Goodwill Games. Coordinating start of competition, medal ceremonies, release of results and athletes & media in mixed zone. Keeping time and counting down to Director to allow for commercial breaks. Distributing results, statistics and compiling information for on air use. Coordinating media requests for vision, access to competition floor, mixed zone and other duties to assist BVM.

Associate Producer (major outside sports broadcasts) & Media Liaison

• 1991 - 2001

Setting up, coordinating and supervising the sports results service and other information for on-air use. Compiling briefs for on-air talent. Carrying out research in support of producers. Assisting senior directors & producers with on-air duties. Coordinating mixed zone interviews. Collating run-downs, news & program scripts. Shot listing material for edit.

Vision Mixer - Video Wall Operator

• 1991 - 2000

Vision Mixing using grass valley switchers, namely downstreaming sports including cricket, golf, motor racing and tennis. Operating one of the first video walls used in a studio setting - on Funniest Home Video Show, Wide World of Sports, Sports Sunday, and a collection of other ad hoc program uses such as 60 minutes intros and special one-off shows. Working in both live and pre-recorded studio control room environment.

Segment Producer - Today Show

• 1995 - 1998

Producing and coordinating weekly segments, both on line and out in the field. Researching and contributing fresh program ideas, sourcing talent & resources to shoot both local & interstate based stories. Sourcing funding streams to warrant interstate trips in order to film stories. Compiling information on various topics into briefs for on-air talent. Writing scripts. Preparing packages with editor and graphics team. Assisting Senior line producer on-air. Monitoring international news feeds and making decisions as to whether various news items warranted air-time. Editing program openers, playoffs, playons and overlay. Keeping track of run-down changes and coordinating these changes as needed particularly on huge news days including the Port Arthur Massacre in 1996, Thredbo disaster of 1997 plus more.

Producer - TVC Productions

• 1992 - 1995

Producing lower budget TVC’s for clients of Channel Nine’s direct sales department. From meeting with client, conceptualisation, storyboarding, script writing, sourcing location, talent & crew, filming, editing, post production , f.a.c.ting (rating approval) and distribution. Also producing the opening & closing billboards for the entire network across the country, determining who was sponsoring what program, organising voice over artists to record script, sourcing vision to edit with, instructing editor what to edit, booking satellite & bearer time to distribute completed billboards to set deadlines and liaising with a range of stakeholders from sales reps, media buyers, to agency producers, editors, talent & crew.

Summaries Producer at Sydney Olympic Games

• 2000 - 2000

Producing highlight packages of various Olympic sports including archery, tennis, badminton and modern pentathlon for all rights holders. Field producing at venues using ENG crews and post producing in edit to meet twice daily feed out to rights holders. Producing highlight packages of various Olympic sports including archery, tennis, badminton and modern pentathlon for all rights holders. Field producing at venues using ENG crews and post producing in edit to meet twice daily feed out to rights holders.

Directors Assistant & Media Liaison at Sydney Paralympics

• 2000 - 2000

Assisting Director and producing commentators with live to air duties at Paralympic track cycling and basketball. This included sourcing start lists, player profiles, stats (pre-digital era), undertaking research to feed information and content to commentators for on air discussion. Counting down to breaks and keeping time. Approaching athletes to get interviews in mixed zone. Sourcing overlay and other duties as required. Assisting Director and producing commentators with live to air duties at Paralympic track cycling and basketball. This included sourcing start lists, player profiles, stats (pre-digital era), undertaking research to feed information and content to commentators for on air discussion. Counting down to breaks and keeping time. Approaching athletes to get interviews in mixed zone. Sourcing overlay and other duties as required.