[ { "role": "Principal and Founder", "company": "Hamann Communication", "endYear": "", "endMonth": "", "location": "Remote", "startYear": "2014", "startMonth": "", "currentRole": true, "description": "Consulting across a wide range of clients, from blue chip to NGOs. Specialist areas include Property, Finance, tech-disruptors, Health and insurance.\n\nHamann Communication supports a number of small business clients & Start-Ups who don't have the budget for a large agency, and also manage communications for companies preparing for IPOs, Investor relations, and manage ASX results and other corporate announcements.\n\nHamann Communication also supports PR agencies who need additional resources for a particular project, often with a very short lead time, or who require a skill set they don't have in-house. \n\nIt also offers temporary remote small PR agency management to enable business owners to go on holiday, safe in the knowledge their clients and staff are supported by senior PR counsel. This led to an expansion into fractional communications roles, standing in for senior leaders who are out of the office for a time, on leave or secondment.\n\nThe agency services National and International clients - mainly USA, UK and Asia (Singapore and Hong Kong).\n\nHamann Communication is a pre-approved supplier for NSW Government under SCM005 (Pre-qualification Scheme) for Crisis Management; Internal and External Communication; Event Management and Infrastructure Communications.\n\nWork undertaken includes web content, blogs, media relations, proposal writing, brochure production, change management and customer comms, social media management, press releases, media training and media campaigns (strategy and implementation), crisis and issues management, annual report writing, E-book writing, awards submissions, general research and SWOT analyses. \n" }, { "role": "Lecturer Public Relations", "company": "", "endYear": "2019", "endMonth": "3", "location": "Parrmatta", "startYear": "2017", "startMonth": "6", "currentRole": false, "description": "In addition to my own consultancy I spent one day per week lecturing and tutoring public relations students across all key areas of the discipline including, strategy, crisis communications, media releases/press kits, event management and social media. " }, { "role": "Senior Corporate Affairs Manager", "company": "Aussie", "endYear": "2014", "endMonth": "2", "location": "Sydney", "startYear": "2012", "startMonth": "5", "currentRole": false, "description": "Leading the external communication and most internal comms function for this well-loved Australian iconic financial services brand. Working closely with marketing and sales functions as well as HR. Also close regular liaison with the executive chairman and founder." }, { "role": "APAC Corporate Affairs Lead", "company": "Reader's Digest", "endYear": "2012", "endMonth": "1", "location": "Sydney CBD", "startYear": "2007", "startMonth": "8", "currentRole": false, "description": "Heading the Corporate Affairs function for the Asia Pacific region (11 countries), I have accountability for all corporate, external and internal communication and PR/Media relations for all magazine, online and consumer (book, and DM sales) properties. Magazines include Reader's Digest, HealthSmart, Handyman and Discovery Channel Magazines, as well as one of Australia's leading food websites Allrecipes.com.au. I am responsible for Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, as well as all Asian communication requirements. Asian countries include: India, China, Taiwan, Thailand, Singapore, Philippines, Malaysia and Hong Kong." }, { "role": "Communications Consultant - Self employed", "company": "Self employed", "endYear": "2007", "endMonth": "", "location": "Remote", "startYear": "2003", "startMonth": "", "currentRole": false, "description": "PR, writing and editing consultant - including website copy and PR training for small companies. Contracted and consulted to University of Western Sydney and tutored PR students at Sydney community TV station TVS on longer term projects in that time. Other clients included: Harrod Foods, Blue Mountains Natural Spring Water, Hawkesbury Council, Bennetts Real Estate, McGrath Real Estate and Ultra Developments." }, { "role": "ANZ Corporate Affairs manager", "company": "Coca-Cola South Pacific", "endYear": "2003", "endMonth": "", "location": "", "startYear": "2001", "startMonth": "", "currentRole": false, "description": "Responsible for PR of all soft drink brands for Coca Cola South Pacific in Australia and New Zealand. Also responsible for message development for professional associations such Australian Soft Drink Association, and representation on issues such as childhood obesity.\nGovernment and Community relations were also part of my remit and I was the instigator of the company's support of an Aboriginal Literacy program, which later (after my tenure) won an award.\nInvolved in the development of The Coca-Cola Foundation and all the legal/legislative steps in the set-up along the way.\nPart of the senior management team for the company, my role was to protect and enhance the international corporate reputation and values of the Coca-Cola Company through managing the outgoing messages of all external and internal communication. I managed the Australian Corporate Affairs team (three in team). In addition to PR and communication accountability, this role had a heavy focus of Corporate Social Responsibility, and Issues Analysis & Management. In 2002-2003, I also used my existing sports experience to develop the communication strategy for the Rugby World Cup Based Sydney Australia" } ]