Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
A highly experienced Project Director and Head of Production - Events, working agency side for a variety of clients. • Extensive experience in project planning and management to achieve successful project and business outcomes • Proven ability to develop rapport and engage with a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders to foster and sustain partnerships • Outstanding communication skills – ability to communicate with influence across multiple stakeholders and project teams and instigates strong strategic and leadership focus in achieving quality outcomes. • Proven track record in delivery of multiple projects that include a creative overlay on time and on budget • Demonstrated success in management of all business processes and quality assurance / project governance including the development of business improvement systems • Successful implementation of project planning methodologies • Comprehensive experience in the delivery of client briefs including initial briefing, project scoping, budgeting, live and video content creation, integrated marketing speaker sourcing and management, tendering, risk assessment, resourcing, team and client management, forecasting, post evaluation and financial reconciliation. • Resource management • Demonstrated strong emotional Intelligence in leading and supporting teams • Extensive experience in planning, managing, reconciling and reporting project budgets. Managing financial forecasting (including forecasted revenue). Delivering on revenue targets and managing day to day financials. Extensive project management experience spanning across multiple sectors; - broadcast events and agency side in corporate communications, producing large scale B2B corporate events, content development for stage, screen, plus content for large scale outdoor projections and video for a variety of clients - music – festivals and promoters - film distribution - integrated marketing campaigns With over 25 years’ experience in fostering strong and trusted client and stakeholder relationships (across all levels of management), from external partners to mentoring and building highly effective project teams. A passionate, flexible team leader, I am able to work efficiently in demanding and complex work environments. Personal contact: email: [email protected]
Provide expertise in strategising, organising and maintaining a high level of attention-to-detail in delivering the The Electric Canvas creative content on time and within budget. This position is crucial for overseeing and ensuring appropriate creative direction, resource allocation, productivity and efficiency across concurrent projects. My role is to apply appropriate strategy to facilitate the delivery of high-quality work, whilst managing strong client and stakeholder relationships.
Senior Producer, Badu Gili Light Projection on the Sydney Opera House Bennelong Sails 2023
Manage and nurture existing collaborator relationships whilst delivering quality strategic experiences. A multi disciplinary role, I led the production team across a wide range of integrated marketing solutions, from in person and virtual experiences, content production and integrated communications campaigns (video, socials etc). Also overseeing operational elements of the business such as implementation of project management systems and processes and financial reporting. My role included setting up the projects team, creating budgets and delivering on revenue targets, managing day-to-day financials, client service, stakeholder engagement and project management including scheduling and delivery of logistical elements from conceptual stage to delivery. Ensure appropriate WHS and Risk Management has been implemented for each project. Key client relationships and projects I have produced and managed include; • Sydney Opera House light projection ‘Badu Gili’ 2018 and 2021 • DNSW Vivid Light Pylon Projection 2022 • Salesforce APAC, ASEAN and AMER various projects – in person events, virtual, hybrid events and integrated marketing campaigns, • LinkedIn Summit 2018 • CSIRO D61+Live (2day forum and exhibition) • producing content for VW and Supply Nation experiences My role also included to constantly seek out new, interesting, unexpected and valuable collaborators.
Responsibilities: * Project Lead for Westpac Bicentennial program March-June 2017, which consisted of 20 national events over 4 months including a national touring exhibition * Project lead for City of Sydney New Years Eve event 2016/2017 * Project Lead for Telstra Business global events in Singapore and Melbourne * Project Lead for Macquarie Bank and ASX