Beth Christie

Strategic Lead | Marketing, Brand, Communications, Operations

Australia

About

Brand, marketing and communications strategist. Commercially wired, creatively driven, often (proudly) over-dressed. Genuine highlights from others: "You've got to be the best dressed person in our industry" "I'm keen to get Beth's thoughts on that" "Ask Beth, she will know, and if she doesn't, she will know how to work it out" "I've started my new job, and most days I think to myself: what would Beth do in this situation?" And lastly, for my F1'ers out there: "She seemed genuinely impressed. She (Claire Williams) even compared the brief to a motorsport brief"

Experience

  • Founder - Principal Consultant at ChicaneConsulting
    Mar 2025 - Present · 1 yr 5 mos

    Founded Chicane to leverage my leadership experience, creativity, analytical skills and smarts in a more agile way. Currently: • Partnering directly with brands advising on strategy, brand direction, communications activity, research and more. • Partnering with advertising agencies and design studios, providing freelance expertise in business management, strategy and production on a short - medium term basis.

  • Marketforce | A member of Clemenger BBDO Network (3 yrs 1 mo)
    • Senior Client Director
      Feb 2023 - Feb 2025 · 2 yrs 1 mo

    • Client Director
      Feb 2022 - Feb 2023 · 1 yr 1 mo

      Brought in to lead and grow the agency’s largest portfolio of clients: Harvest Road (Harvey Beef and Leeuwin Coast), Alinta, Department of Training and Workforce Development (TAFE), Racing and Wagering WA and Fremantle Dockers. Client and Strategy lead whilst managing Account Managers, Account Coordinators and (not scaring off) interns.

  • Strategic Communications Consultant (1 month contract) at Department of the Premier and Cabinet of WA
    Jun 2021 - Feb 2022 · 9 mos

    Department of Premier and Cabinet: COVID-19 Communications Brought in for a month and stayed 9. Overhauled and streamlined processes, optimizing the way we worked with our creative and media agencies to drive both cost and time efficiencies and further developing the analysis and learnings around campaign effectiveness.

  • Strategic Communications Consultant (12 month contract) at Western Australian Electoral Commission
    Jun 2020 - Jun 2021 · 1 yr 1 mo

    Brought in to lead the State Government Advertising tender which was awarded to The Brand Agency and Carat. Commissioned extensive research which led the strategy and campaign development process, whilst setting up clear, relevant and effective KPI's to ensure record voter participation. On top of this, I overhauled the outdated digital ecosystem across all touch points and ensured an integrated approach between typically siloed operations and communications branches.

  • Freelance Strategic Planner at Freelance
    Feb 2020 - Jun 2021 · 1 yr 5 mos

    Brought in to work on short term new business pitches, but have maximum impact at the height of Covid. Agencies included The Hallway, Untangld, Marketforce. Clients included Kmart, Westpac, Entiire and Netball WA.