Experience

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  South Regional TAFE

  • Australia
  • Technical and Vocational Training
  • 200 - 300 Employee

  • Senior Governance Officer

    • Nov 2023 - Present

    • Provides high-level communications support to the Executive Leadership Team and Governing Council in relation to governance and strategic priorities.• Preparing, writing, and coordinating high-level reports, corporate documents, and plans such as Annual Report, Strategic and Business Plans, Ministerial correspondence, and briefing notes.• Governing Council meetings support including preparing agendas, minutes, and monitoring actions.

  • Manager Marketing and Governance

    • Feb 2022 - Oct 2023

    • Managed all marketing and corporate communication services, including content creation, branding, media, event management, advertising, and digital strategy.• Writing stories, taking photographs, producing promotional artwork, and publishing them on college communications channels.• Contributed to achievement of college and sector goals through communication strategies.• Prepared Ministerial responses and briefing notes and assisted Governing Council meetings.

  • Manager Student Services

    • Mar 2017 - Jan 2022

    • Responsible for leadership and planning in the areas of student relations and support services, disability support, library resources, course information, customer service, and application processes, to provide students with quality support and resourcing to enhance their learning experience.• Identified and implemented innovative change with a commitment to efficiency and quality improvements with a customer-centered focus. • Coordinated student events including orientations and awards.

  • Manager Marketing and Communications

    • Jan 2015 - Apr 2017

    • A shared resource between two regional TAFEs - South West and the Pilbara Institutes of Technology.• Coordinated and provided content for integrated marketing campaigns across multiple platforms, including traditional media, digital and social media.• Content creation including writing, photography and design of flyers, brochures, advertisements.

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  Federal Member for Forrest, electorate office

  • Bunbury

  • Media and Communications Officer

    • Nov 2011 - Jan 2015
    • Bunbury

    • Writing articles, press releases, speeches, and briefing notes, Ministerial correspondence, media responses, social media, and constituent assistance.• Coordinated the Federal Member of Parliament’s media relations, advertising, and promotions.

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  Bunbury Mail

  • Senior Journalist

    • Aug 2008 - Nov 2011

    • Coordinated editorial department of five journalists and wrote a variety of weekly stories on topics including business and regional development, law and order, councils, sports, and general news.• Sub-editing, proof reading and page layout production.• Determined story selections, editorials, and letters to the editor.• Training and coaching new staff members.

  • Journalist

    • Jul 2007 - Aug 2008

    • Sourcing news leads, interviewing, writing and photography for newspaper and website.• Story editing and page layout

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  Esperance Express

  • Esperance, Western Australia, Australia

  • Journalist

    • Jun 2006 - Jul 2007
    • Esperance, Western Australia, Australia

    • Sourcing news leads, interviewing, writing and photography for newspaper and website.