Communications consultant, writer and journalist

4/2000 – 7/2014

° Write speeches, briefings, talking points and press lines for Australian Ambassadors, senior diplomats and visiting Ministers to France and Accredited Countries (of North Africa);
° Advise on and develop media and communication strategies for the aforementioned including the formulation of key messages;
° Advance all public speaking events regarding mis-en-scene; program elements, and the participation of visiting politicians and the Australian Ambassador (including G20, WTO and OECD Ministerial Meetings);
° Manage all media aspects of the aforementioned.
° Pitch stories, initiate and place op-ed articles and interviews in relevant newspapers, audiovisual media and web sites;
° Produce analytical reports including diplomatic cables on French political, trade and business topics;
° Provide media monitoring of major foreign, trade and other relevant public policy issues;
° Conduct media liaison with French & international media (including maintenance of contacts data base);
° Manage Embassy public diplomacy events including budgetary elements;
° Provide written and photographic material for Embassy social media including Ambassador’s content (Facebook).

Management (allg.), Mediaplanung, Veranstaltungsmanagement, Autor / Schriftsteller, Redaktionellen Gestaltung, Redaktion (allg.), Content Management, Journalismus, Medien (allg.)

11/1997 – 4/2000

Range of news and feature articles on political, business educational and cultural subjects for Australian, Canadian, English and American newspapers and web sites (Financial Times, Globe and Mail (Canada), The Australian, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Australian Financial Review, The Age (Melbourne))

Autor / Schriftsteller, Redaktion (allg.), Journalismus

6/1994 – 10/1997

General and business news, plus some feature writing, for Australia's national news agency.

Journalismus