Unispace

Principal, Strategy

Senior Associate - Strategy & Change

CoreNet Global Australia Chapter

Vice Chair Program Committee

Program Committee Member

Deakin University

In this part-time role, I tutored Public Relations students and assessed their work, to develop their skills in PR strategy development and tactical writing.

Academic, School of Communication and Creative Arts

As Change and Transformation Manager, I developed and implemented transformation programs for private and public sector clients, using a human-centred design approach.

Change and Transformation Manager

I joined JLL in 2017 to work on what became the winning bid for JLL’s Department of Treasury and Finance Victoria contract.
As a Bid Writer within the Corporate Solutions team, I developed tender responses and sales presentations that clearly articulated solutions to our clients’ key problems.

Bid Writer - Business Development

Linfox

As part of the dynamic Development, Strategy and Innovation division, my role at Linfox was a unique blend of corporate training, strategic selling and thought leadership writing.
 
I produced creative submissions for tender opportunities, business proposals and sales presentations, compiled and published Linfox’s quarterly thought leadership journal and lifted the standard of business communication across the business through a corporate training program.

Key achievements:
► Established a Linfox-wide process for developing creative and engaging tender submissions.
► Developed and implemented a popular and effective education program to improve business writing skills across the organisation.
► Founded a corporate Toastmasters club to improve presentation skills and general confidence in communicating for head office employees.

Business Writer - Development, Strategy and Innovation

For five years, I managed Deakin's Property and Infrastructure Division’s internal and external communication and engagement.

My primary responsibilities were:
► Leading the Division in building and managing effective relationships with our stakeholders.
► Developing and implementing communication and change management strategies for capital works and transformation programs. 

Key achievements:
► Developed and implemented a multi-faceted communication and change management strategy for a complex project involving the relocation of Deakin’s Business and Law Faculty from one Geelong Campus to another. This project spanned 12 months and included construction across 11 construction zones of a small, densely populated campus, followed by the Faculty’s relocation and transition.
The project was awarded a Vice-Chancellor’s Award in 2013 for its Outstanding Contribution for building social, human and economic capital.

Manager, Communication and Engagement

Portner Press

Marketing our Business to Business (B2B) legal handbooks to our subscribers from small-to-medium enterprises.

Primary responsibilities:
► Coordinating direct mailing campaigns, SEO and web content management.

Marketing Coordinator

An innovative and values driven professional with 14 years’ experience leading workplace strategy, change management and human-centred design for some of Australia's largest organisations. 

I create workplace and change strategies to help clients uplift their physical space, technology and culture. I love bringing diverse perspectives together to co-create solutions to complex problems.

EXPERTISE
> Workplace strategy 
> Human-centred design
> Change & transformation
> Business development
> Corporate communications 
> Stakeholder management

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