Rover.

Fractional Brand Communications Strategist

Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency

Senior Advisor, Engagement & Partnerships Group

Southern District Health Board (New Zealand)

Communications Advisor (Covid-19 Public Health Response)

Isaac Construction Limited

Responsible for stakeholder engagement and communications on the Dunedin City Council’s George Street - Retail Quarter and Three Waters project.

Communications Manager

Transpower New Zealand

Responsible for stakeholder engagement and communications for Transpower’s Clutha Upper Waitaki Lines Project. This $100m fast-tracked project is a significant part of Transpower’s support to shift New Zealand to electrification and a low carbon economy by 2030.

Stakeholder Engagement Manager (CUWLP)

Various Companies

Published journalist 
Covered range of stories across different niches for newspapers and magazines within Australia/New Zealand.
Magazines: Next Magazine; Kia Ora Air New Zealand, Dish, Taste, New Zealand Seafood, LINO
Newspapers: Otago Daily Times; The Press Christchurch
Volunteer reporter: 3 years on local community monthly "Valley Voice", Dunedin
Broke local refugee housing story on Syrian family which went national on all channels.

Freelance Journalist

Senior Advisor Communications & Engagement
PR/Publicist, Media Liaison

Lead for communications and engagement to a range of organisations within nonprofit, and public sector.

#sciencecommunications # scienceeducation #fashion
#universityofotago #dunedincitycouncil #literacyaotearoa

Senior Communications Advisor

New Zealand Rugby

Stakeholder engagement with all national teams to deliver apparel, formal wear and equipment. Worked closely with adidas, and other major sponsors. 
Teams: All Blacks, Blacks Ferns, New Zeland Maori, New Zealand Sevens, Super 12, New Zealand U19, New Zealand Secondary Schools and RWC1999.

Outfitting Officer to All Blacks

Cranberries

Founder, New Zealand's first online startup for flowers. Part of Christchurch's emerging tech scene who saw possibility in the World Wide Web

Founder

Merrill Lynch

Alumni Graduate Coordinator

There's two ways to wreck your reputation in new markets like Linkedin:

	1.	Communicate with your community and pray it works out 
	2.	Make critical business decisions without the right intel

Most new CEO's like you on LinkedIn fall into the first category. 

Business is ramping up right, but you're missing  
a critical piece in your battle armour:

-lacking communications expertise inside your team 
-the right approach to nail your brand communications strategy.

Which is why you're not getting where you want to be.
Resulting in:

	•	Having the wrong conviction about engagement 
	•	Failing to communicate the right message at the right time

And I know your time is precious.
Mine is too. 

There's the kids to get sorted out after school.
And a new baby on the way. It's hell. Utter chaos.
Forget the sleep deprivation, let alone kicking off in a new market

And it's easy to full into a false sense of security - guru jargon.

Best case scenario: you post content randomly, and pick up a few followers.

Now imagine, a 3 step process to action now, and put in place.

The key to securing your reputation inside communities

	•	best practice communications and engagement principles
       •      a 3-part framework for you to follow

You're in a strong position. 
You've built the community.
You need the right tools to grow intel 
You want to eliminate roadblocks to risk.

"How the hell am I going to get to make time for this ?", I hear you ask.

Here’s how.

I train you in using corporate best practice - now for you:
(from some of NZ's newest $60M-$300M clean energy projects I've worked on)
	
What You Get: 4 hrs of
	1.	A proven structure from a professional
	2.	Steal 7 Non-negotiable communications & engagement principles
       3. 	Best Practice for Community Engagement 

Which you can roll out immediately.

Most importantly, you'll feel a deep sense of relief.

Because I promise:
-You won't waste another 6 months going round in circles 
-You'll be clear on next steps, what matters, and when
-You'll understand how to unlock invisible risk

My results speak for themselves:

	•	“You set the bar high. This is inspirational.”
	•	“Great starting points for progress. I’d love to have you on this journey.”
	•	“Julie is an exceptional communicator, proactively building relationships.”
	•	“This makes so much sense. I will work on this over the weekend.”
	•	“Thank you so much, Julie.”

I have more testimonials, but LinkedIn says I'm out of characters.

Ready to be get started?

Let's nail your brand reputation together. 

DM me, and I'll take care of the rest.

Shelter vs Comfort.

What I took away from listening to Martin Shaw’s conversation
 at The Realisation Festival.

We’ve traded shelter for comfort.

Modernity taught us to control the elements.

To keep out the weather.
Perfect the temperature.
Live for tomorrow.

Except there's a cost.

We've forgotten how friction keeps us alive.

Comfort was always going to be easy.
Shelter is hard.

It looks like:
A slow burn.
A conviction.
An impact.

Where one isolates.
The other restores.

It’s no different to your next step.

What you're willing
to trade.

Our lives are a tradeoff.

I've traded speed for slow.

I know which one lights up my child's face.

That's what really matters.

Listening. 

A late night conversation with a teen.

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🌳 Repost if this might be useful to your network

Julie Howard

Public relationships guide for silent leadership on Linkedin | Winner 2025 Global Sustainability Delivery Award: Te Ara Tupua ‘Transport Project’ for ESG | Ask about ‘The Howard Report’ | S.E.T.I fan

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