X|Media|Lab
Singapore
- Current
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- Director at X|Media|Lab
- Past
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- Executive Director at Australian Writers' Guild
- Project Manager at National University of Ireland, Galway + SIPTU Alliance
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Megan Elliott’s Summary
Megan Elliott combines first class cultural, industry, business and political awareness. She is widely recognised as one of the most successful and effective leaders of Australian media in industry development, political representation, and advocacy.
From February 2002 – July 2006, Megan was the Executive Director of the Australian Writers’ Guild (AWG) and the Australian Writers’ Guild Collecting Society (AWGACS). In this role she increased the visibility of the AWG across industry, public and government; she successfully developed and implemented a highly successful organisational strategy which ensured that the AWG has a sound financial basis for future growth; extended the organisation’s national and international networks; increased sponsorship and developed long-term sponsor relationships; increased membership by more than 30% during the biggest production slump the film and television industries have experienced in a decade; and motivated and energised the membership to become active participants in the organisation’s successes.
Megan’s background encompasses creative industries project management for the European Union; industry development and organising for performing artists; and she herself is a recognised contemporary performance maker, industry writer and event producer.
Megan has been a member of the Australian Screen Council’s Policy Forum; the Australian Screen Council Working Party; the Policy Research Group of the International Affiliation of Writers’ Guilds; a member of Australia’s UNESCOs cultural network; and a board member of CREATE Australia.
Megan Elliott’s Experience
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Director
X|Media|Lab
(Media Production industry)
June 2006 — Present (3 years 2 months)
X|Media|Lab is the internationally acclaimed think-tank and creative workshop for digital media professionals.
X|Media|Lab brings together the world's leading digital media practitioners, power-brokers, and innovators in a unique creative environment that helps companies and project teams improve their own digital media ideas, get their products to market, and achieve commercial success.
In 2008 X|Media|Lab will be held in the following cities:
XML Suzhou "Wealth of Animation" May 8th - 10th
XML Wellington "Commercialising Ideas" May 30th - June 1st
XML Melbourne "DIY TV" August 1st - 3rd
XML Singapore "Media Arts and R&D" September 4th - 6th
XML Seoul "Digital Worlds: Social, Virtual, Mobile" September 26th - 28th
XML Shanghai "Wealth of Mobile Media" October 9th - 11th
XML Mumbai "The Games Business" November 6th - 8th
XML Middle East - December 7th - 9th -
Executive Director
Australian Writers' Guild
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Media Production industry)
February 2002 — July 2006 (4 years 6 months)
Executive Director of the Australian Writers' Guild, the peak professional association of film, theatre, television, radio and interactive media writers in Australia; Executive Director of the Australian Writers' Guild Authorship Collecting Society (AWGACS).
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Project Manager
National University of Ireland, Galway + SIPTU Alliance
(Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Higher Education industry)
October 2000 — October 2001 (1 year 1 month)
Having secured more than a million Euros in project monies from the EU, responsible for the development and implementation of work-based learning, open-learning and peer-based training projects within Ireland and across partner European countries including Spain, Italy, Greece, Scotland, Croatia and Estonia.
