Simone Macrae

Simone Macrae au.linkedin.com/in/simonemacrae-Brunswick East Victoria- Key Skills Administration ● ● ● Managing payroll and employee leave and entitlements Bookkeeping, invoicing and data entry Accounts payable and receivable Communications ● ● ● Building and maintaining internal and external relationships Social media coordination including Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and blogging Develop, document and demonstrate internal processes Project Management ● ● ● ● Creating and adhering to budgets and schedules Communicating and liaising with internal and external stakeholders Quality control of internal and externally created content, source and version control Managing multiple concurrent projects and timelines Technology ● ● ● ● ● Adobe Creative Suite: especially Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Acrobat, Indesign Microsoft Office Suite, Google Suite Product development using Agile methodology, mainly Scrum JIRA, Trello, Basecamp, Asana, GitHub Unity, HTML, CSS, Javascript, jQuery Ability to learn new ideas, programs and technologies quickly and efficiently. Employment History Digital Content Developer, Editor and Coordinator Self-employed Jul 2017 to Present ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Web development, design and content management Proofreading, editing and copywriting Social media coordination and implementation Business administrative tasks, including bookkeeping General research & documentation Grant, funding & residency applications Budget and schedule management Digital Project Editor Cambridge University Press Sep 2013 to Jul 2017 ● ● ● ● ● Project management, including budgeting, scheduling and quality control Product Owner, identifying bugs and improvements for inhouse software Developing, maintaining relations with internal stakeholders and external suppliers Editing, proofreading, website and content management Problem-solving, finding efficient solutions to product requirements and conflicts HIGHLIGHTS: ​creation of internal widget library to improve schedules and reduce budgets, taking ownership of improving existing software and technologies 1 of 2 Simone Macrae au.linkedin.com/in/simonemacrae-Brunswick East Victoria- Production Controller – Export The Five Mile Press Jul 2012 to Sep 2013 ● Project management, including budgeting, scheduling and quality control ● Developing and maintaining relations with internal and external stakeholders ● Negotiating budgets, spreadsheet and database organisation HIGHLIGHTS: ​first aid officer, maintaining strong external relationships in a volatile market Reception & Admin Assistant PC Plus Solutions Jun 2004 to Apr 2012 Admin & Accounts Bookkeeper Swedish Truck Technics Jan 2005 to Apr 2012 Volunteer Experience Board of Directors, Community Manager and Treasurer Aug 2014 to Present WiDGET Women in Development, Games and Everything Tech A not-for-profit association devoted to representing and providing support to women and non-binary people in Games and STEM industries, WiDGET aims to engage in research, advocacy and support in the interest of its 900+ members. ● ● ● Solely organised and managed online festival, WiDGET Presents… #nonoFOMO [2018] Founding board member [2017] Advisory committee and community moderator [2014] Highlights:​ executed several successful events, founding director and contributor to official formation Exhibitor Staff PAX 2016, 2017, 2018 ● ● CheckPoint​: sales, promotions Mallow Drops,​ Gritfish​: booth supervisor, demonstrations, sales, promotions Event Staff GCAP​ & ​Unite GCAP October 2015, Unite October 2016 ● ● Collaboration with Boop.Social for GCAP 2015 Social media live updates at Unite 2016 with Lumi Consulting Education Scrum.org:​ Professional Scrum Master (certification pending) Griffith University​: Bachelor of Games Design Southbank Institute of Technology​: Diploma of Editing (Publishing) 2 of 2