Julie Delaforce

Current

Online & Communities Specialist at Network Communications

Past

Production Assistant - Ninemsn at MSN
Business Operations Co-ordinator at Defence Force Recruiting

Education

Charles Sturt University
Charles Sturt University

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Industry

Public Relations and Communications

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Julie Delaforce’s Summary

Girl geek who loves anything to do with the internet and social media in particular. I especially enjoy social networking and online communities. I have a keen interest in design and user experience.

Currently working in Digital PR and love getting involved with online communities and social networking. I get great satisfaction from customising social media plans for clients and helping them to understand the social media landscape.

I have a strong personal interest in anything online, and especially like trying out new social media tools and anything to do with mobile/web convergence.

My favourite blogs are:
http://mashable.com/
http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/

The Social Networks I subscribe to include: Flickr, Photobucket, Digg, Delicious, StumbleUpon, Twitter, Flickr, Facebook, YouTube.

Julie Delaforce’s Specialties:

Social media marketing
Digital PR
Online Research & Insights
Facebook for business
Community Management
Awareness of Social Media etiquette
Online Media Production: HTML, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Video, Design
Expertise and interest in: Facebook Applications, Plurk, Twitter, Flickr

Julie Delaforce’s Experience

Online & Communities Specialist

Network Communications

(Public Relations and Communications industry)

May 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)

Industry experience: FMCG, Food & Wine, Travel, Entertainment, E-commerce

Vertical experience: Female lifestyle, health and wellbeing, family and children

Expertise in: Facebook for business, online communities, project management, event management, social media marketing, virtual product launches, online strategy, online PR, SEO

Achievements:
Delivered successful social media marketing campaign for a boutique Australian winery. Included:
*Social media and social networks mentoring & education
*Online community creation and management
*Creative concepts for widgets/Facebook applications, managing relationships with widget developers
*Blogger and online community/forum outreach
*Online word of mouth
*Sourcing opportunities for interviews & features with online media
Production Assistant - Ninemsn

MSN

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Online Media industry)

October 2006 — February 2008 (1 year 5 months)

Experience in: Entertainment, Travel, Female lifestyle, Teen Lifestyle and Shopping Verticals.

Traffic Reporting using Nielsen and Omniture.

Skills in: CMS, HTML coding, Photoshop, SEO, writing for the web, event management, project management
Business Operations Co-ordinator

Defence Force Recruiting

(Partnership; Marketing and Advertising industry)

February 2003 — July 2006 (3 years 6 months)

National business support
Creation of systems for compliance auditing
Mentoring & traing of senior admin staff
Supervision of junior office staff
Office management
Facilities management
Asset management
Senior EA support
Target management - involved extensive tracking and reporting on job fill rates

Julie Delaforce’s Education

Charles Sturt University

Bachelor of Media Communication , Design, Advertising , 2007 — 2010 (expected)
Charles Sturt University

Bachelor of Communication (Media Production , 1999 — 2000

Subjects covered all areas of Audio & Video Production, Stage Production and Digital Media production as well as Professional Writing, Qualitative and Quantitative research.

Activities and Societies:

Assistant Stage Manager - Pulse Productions (University performance group) - 1999