Curriculum Vitae
Freelance Communications Consultant
Wellington
August 2004 - current
Offering strategic and online communications advice and writing to a variety of clients. I am currently providing change communications advice to the Community Pharmacy Services Programme. Prior to this, I was the acting Internal Communications Manager at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Before this, I provided strategic change and internal communications advice to major transformation programmes at the New Zealand Police and the New Zealand Defence Force.
Online Communications Executive
Telecom - Wellington
December 2001 - July 2004
Providing strategic online communications advice for communicating with Telecom's internal audience of 7,000 Trans-Tasman staff.
Tripled readership of Telecom's online news centre, Pulse, provided strategic management of CEO Theresa Gattung's intranet site, coporate Intranet portal About Us and the corporate section of Telecom's website.
Undertook content usability for both Intranet and Internet content.
Project managed the introduction of webcasting as a communications tool for both external and internal announcements.
Presented to a variety of conferences (CHINZ) and organisations (PRINZ Wellington, Department of Internal Affairs, Massey University students) on online internal communications and, with Telecom usability expert Brian Norris, on introducing usability to Telecom.*
Passed, with distinction (85 percent), the Advanced Certificate of Internet Marketing in March 2003.
* Proceedings of the 4th Annual Conference of the ACM Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction NZ chapter, 3-4 July 2003, University of Otago. Copy of paper available on request
Communications Consultant
Wellington
July 2001 - December 2001
Offering expertise in public/media relations, writing, editing, and web content.
Senior Communications Adviser
Department of Corrections - Wellington
May 2000 - June 2001
Two roles including providing strategic media advice, producing and implementing communications plans and managing communications for inmate employment.
Freelance Communications Consultant
Wellington
March 1999 - April 2000
Offered writing and editing expertise as well as media liaison and media strategy advice. Included project for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, as part of the Solomon Islands Taxation Assistance Programme.
Press secretary
Labour Media Unit, Parliament - Wellington
October1997 - February 1999
Worked with a range of Labour MPs. Portfolio areas included health, social welfare, housing, ACC, conservation and environment.
Victoria University
Bachelor of Arts - politics and psychology
February 1995 - October 1997
Senior Media Officer
New Zealand Police - Wellington
July 1993 - February 1995
Senior media adviser at Police National Headquarters. Strategic and operational advice for national issues and major inquiries.
Senior Secretary
Financial Times - London
March - June 1993
Secretarial duties for UK Trade Advertisement Manager and Agency Group Manager in Advertisement Trade Sales Department.
Travelling
Africa
August 1992 - February 1993
Senior Secretary
Financial Times - London
June 1991 - July 1992
Secretarial duties for UK Trade Advertisement Manager and Agency Group Manager in Advertisement Trade Sales Department.
Temporary Secretary
Love and Tate - London
March - May 1991
Various temporary secretarial assignments in companies throughout London.
Travelling
Canada
January - February 1991
Media Officer
New Zealand Police - Wellington
May 1988 - December 1990
Media adviser based at Police National Headquarters.
Journalist
Putaruru Press - Putaruru
December 1986 - April 1988
General journalist covering wide range of issues in the South Waikato.