Dec 2024 – Present · 1 yr 3 mos · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · On-site

• Teaching students and researchers at Melbourne University’s School of Population and Global Health in developing effective political engagement and advocacy skills.

Dec 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 3 mos · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Nov 2020 – Nov 2022 · 2 yrs · Oxford, England, United Kingdom

• Researching how to combat misinformation through content strategy and policy reform.

Aug 2019 – Oct 2022 · 3 yrs 2 mos

• Purpose is a creative campaigns organisation that works with leading foundations, businesses, and non-profits to design and implement initiatives that mobilise people to address critical social and environmental issues. In August 2019, I became the Managing Director of Europe. My focus has been on growing a successful office of 60 across Europe and developing and leading projects with The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the United Nations Secretary-General, the LEGO Foundation, the Children's Investment Fund Foundation, the IKEA Foundation, Google, Luminate Group, the World Health Organization, and The Fred Hollows Foundation.

Sep 2016 – Aug 2019 · 2 yrs 11 mos

• I led a number of public mobilisation campaigns across Kenya, India, Europe and the US on access to healthcare, censorship and youth mobilisation for large foundations and philanthropies. See links below for a selection of campaigns:

Mar 2019 – Mar 2022 · 3 yrs · London, United Kingdom

• Comic Relief is a major charity based in the UK, with a vision of a just world, free from poverty. Since our creation in 1985, through the generosity of the Public and our partners, we have successfully raised over £1BN towards delivering our vision. We are grant-maker, fundraiser, partner, advocate and creative agency. From this uniquely versatile position, Comic Relief evokes a sense of responsibility and compassion towards people in the UK and around the world.

Oct 2012 – Oct 2016 · 4 yrs · New Delhi + London

• Oxfam is an international NGO that is part of a global movement of dedicated people working hard to fight poverty and injustice.
• I led the development and implementation of the digital worldwide influencing strategy – an ambitious agenda to build the digital campaigning capacity of Oxfam and partners. I led a team that supported campaigns from Europe, Middle East, Latin America, Africa to Asia, working with in-country teams, partners and coalitions to mobilise around issues on land, climate change, inequality and humanitarian crises. Under my leadership the digital worldwide influencing strategy has mobilized of 2.5 million supporters around the world and built tools and resources that were accessible to over 2,000 partners.

Jan 2011 – Sep 2012 · 1 yr 8 mos

• Teach For Australia is a NGO that aims to end educational inequality in Australia by placing outstanding graduates to teach in disadvantaged schools. At Teach For Australia, I was responsible for the development and implementation of a federal and state government engagement strategy to ensure financial and political support for the organisation.
• Within this fully funded government organisation, l implemented a campaign using targeted and strategic stakeholders to apply pressure on Australian political parties to ensure on-going funding for the program in the state/federal budget. This campaign was sucessful and saw the organisation secure funding from both levels of government.

Mar 2010 – Jul 2015 · 5 yrs 4 mos · Melbourne, Australia

• OurSay was an independent organisation started by a team of young people passionate about harnessing the power of social media to revitalise critical participation in democracy.
• As Co-Founder and Director, I have worked in a variety of different roles from operations, finance, web development, external relations and public relations. Over the last three years, OurSay has grown from a volunteer-run organisation to an organisation with ten employees and a sustainable business model. We've worked with a variety of clients such as the Australian Federal Government, Fairfax Media, The University of Melbourne and Deakin University. I resigned in from the Board in July 2015 as company received it's first round of venture capital.

Oct 2009 – Dec 2010 · 1 yr 2 mos

• Following my selection for the Australian (Victorian) Government Graduate Program, I worked through secondments at the Department of Human Services, Department of Premier and Cabinet and the Department of Treasury and Finance.
• My work in the program involved a number of roles, which included briefing government leadership and ministers on policy issues, financial analysis of government expenditure and implementation of government programs throughout the Victorian government.