Experience

Canberra Institute of Technology

• Australia
• Higher Education
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Teacher

  • Feb 2020 - Present

  I teach across communications, marketing, business and leadership, online, in the classroom, to corporate groups and for CIT's traineeship program. My area of growing interest is facilitating more effective language, literacy, numeracy and digital skill assessment and development. I teach across communications, marketing, business and leadership, online, in the classroom, to corporate groups and for CIT's traineeship program. My area of growing interest is facilitating more effective language, literacy, numeracy and digital skill assessment and development.



Fiona Parbery Communications

• Freelance Copyeditor

  • Mar 2019 - Present

  I can work with you to make your award submission, corporate document, proposal or web content more effective. Get in touch if you have something written already that needs to be proof-read quickly, if you have a draft that needs a bit of work to make it pop, or if you need new content written from scratch. I can work with you to make your award submission, corporate document, proposal or web content more effective. Get in touch if you have something written already that needs to be proof-read quickly, if you have a draft that needs a bit of work to make it pop, or if you need new content written from scratch.



Icon Water

• Utilities
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Team Leader Communications

  • Feb 2014 - Feb 2020

  I managed a small team encompassing external and internal marketing and communications activity, including campaigns, brand management, project management, digital communications, market research, media management and recruitment. Key achievements ▪ I developed an industry-first solution to communicate utility pricing with the ourprices.iconwater.com.au website. ▪ I coordinated the rebrand of ACTEW Corporation to Icon Water in 2015 including project management, resource management, design, contractor management and budgets.



Canberra Institute of Technology

• Australia
• Higher Education
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Communications Manager

  • Apr 2012 - Jan 2014

  I was responsible for all internal communications activity for CIT's 1000+ staff members. This involved the development of an internal communications strategy which complimented the CIT brand identity system, implemented with content that was benefit-driven, relevant and engaging to the community/channel/audience (supported by appropriate research-based metrics). Key areas of development included the staff intranet; an online platform for staff collaboration and communication; internal communication during a significant organisational restructure; and CIT’s internal response to a 2012 ACT WorkSafe directive.

• Communication Officer

  • Jun 2008 - Apr 2012

  As CIT's Communication Officer I developed communications strategies for a range of external and internal strategic priorities. I had editorial responsibility for positioning a range of marketing communication channels in a way that was relevant to the audience (eg CIT's staff intranet, website, industry e-newsletter and key publications). I launched CIT's first foreay into social media, setting up and administering social media accounts including Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, Twitter and Google+. I'm proud of the internal communications campaigns I ran to increase digital literacy of staff; the advice I provided to senior CIT staff about appropriate expansion into these and other channels; and the planning and execution crisis response across our social channels.



VisitCanberra

• Australia
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Marketing Officer

  • Jun 2007 - May 2008

  As Marketing Officer I contributed to online marketing and communication including website content creation for Australian Capital Tourism's two primary websites, www.visitcanberra.com.au, and www.floriadeaustralia.com.au. This included managing the redesign of a new website for Floriade and providing strategic advice around the structure of the new site and how best to use it to communicate core messages. I liaised regularly with the media and with key tourism stakeholders, working with both parties to create positive content for distribution through third-party channels as well as those owned by ACT Tourism.



Canberra Institute of Technology

• Australia
• Higher Education
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Project Officer

  • Nov 2006 - May 2007

  As Project Officer I supported the Curriculum and Accreditation team within Canberra Institute of Technology by undertaking database management, web editing, proof-reading, preparation of formal documents, section liaison with external stakeholders, minute taking and research. As Project Officer I supported the Curriculum and Accreditation team within Canberra Institute of Technology by undertaking database management, web editing, proof-reading, preparation of formal documents, section liaison with external stakeholders, minute taking and research.