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Jacqueline Read

Professional Services and Company Director
16 Seagull Avenue, Aroona

Summary

Driven to deliver quality results combined with a desire for continued learning and growth, Jacqueline is accustomed to working in high performing environments, contributing over and above the expectations of the role. To ensure success, Jacqueline employs sound organizational planning, creativity and attention to detail, underpinned by excellent people management skills and a rock-solid work ethic.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Language

Work History

Managing Director and Founder

Something Social
05.2012 - Current
  • A previous Management Consultant at Deloitte, Jacqueline founded her company in 2012, the dawn of social media for business. Jacqueline is now an entrepreneur and digital marketing leader with over a decade of experience building brand value within consulting and agency ecosystems
  • Jacqueline leads a 100% remote team to deliver fully-integrated, social community management-as-a-service to large scale enterprise including triage, moderation, listening, crisis and pharmacovigilence monitoring and reporting, across timezones
  • With early roots in the entertainment industry, Jacqueline's company, Something Social has evolved to span the globe, partnering with some of the world’s most recognizable faces (like Julie Andrews, Bear Grylls and Louis Theroux) and large-scale brands (from BBC to Big Five tech companies) to deliver multi-lingual, customer success services across timezones

Senior Manager

Kaiser Associates
05.2011 - 04.2012
  • Jacqueline lead primary research teams and business development activities across Asia in a variety of industries including Energy and Resources (Mining, Oil & Gas), Technology, Telecommunications and Financial Services.
  • Established productive partnerships with external organizations to collaborate on joint research ventures, yielding mutually beneficial outcomes.
  • Designed customized surveys and questionnaires to gather qualitative data from diverse populations, facilitating valuable insights into consumer behavior.
  • Utilized data-driven insights to inform strategic decision-making processes, enabling company leaders to make informed choices about product offerings and target markets.
  • Streamlined project management for timely completion of research projects, ensuring high-quality results and client satisfaction.
  • Developed written documents and reports related to research findings.

Senior Consultant

Deloitte Consulting
07.2010 - 07.2010
  • Jacqueline has extensive experience as a Management Consultant across the entire end-to-end project lifecycle
  • Jacqueline has played an integral role in the day-to-day management of projects, involved in strategy development through to researching, designing, building and deploying operational and technology solutions
  • Jacqueline has experience in a variety of industries including: Public Sector, Health Care, Financial Services
  • Jacqueline's project experience includes: Contact Centre design and implementation, Cell-based growth implementation, Finance service delivery model design, development and implementation, Design, build, test and implementation of SAP CRM within large-scale finance ERP implementation, HR process baselining, Head office portfolio management strategy, Change management and communications for large-scale Government HR ERP implementation, Library information management system business requirements, Procurement diagnostic strategy and implementation.

Cabin Crew Member

Virgin Blue
05.2004 - 07.2006

Jacqueline flew domestically as a cabin crew member with Virgin Blue for two years while completing her business degree. During this time Jacqueline acquired exceptional customer service manner and teamwork skills in the following areas:

  • Played a key role in achieving company-wide safety goals by participating in regular drills and maintaining up-to-date knowledge on emergency procedures.
  • Increased customer retention rates by consistently delivering friendly, professional service to all passengers regardless of status or fare class.
  • Enhanced customer satisfaction by providing exceptional in-flight service and addressing passenger concerns promptly.
  • Developed process improvement initiatives to management including an on-board recycling system and crew influenza vaccination incentive program to reduce upper respiratory tract infection (URTI) sick leave among crew.

Education

BBA - Ecommerce

University of Queensland
Brisbane, QLD
04.2001 -

Skills

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References

  • From a QLD Government, Department of Education and Training Executive: "Jacqui consistently demonstrates her competence to all influential project stakeholders. Her contribution has strengthened Deloitte's reputation in one our key clients. Jacqui's willingness to help the client and provide tactical and meaningful work shows maturity beyond her level. Jacqui has always shared with everyone she works with, creating a positive and professional environment for all. Jacqui is also highly regarded by her Deloitte colleagues. Within the Deloitte project team she is always sought out for her insights, knowledge or a fresh/innovative way of solving a complex client issue. Jacqui always produces high quality work which is relevant to the client. Some of the client feedback has been, "Jacqui’s SDM work is of the highest quality and very professional!” “The work will be able to shape the future of the Department’s HR services”, "We are very happy with the output and we intend to share it across the Department”. I would continue Jacqui on the SDM project. Her knowledge of the content and the department is extremely valuable. These comments have been also echoed by the Assistant Director General of Shared Services”."
  • From a stakeholder at the QLD Government, Department of Education & Training: "I would like to thank you Jacqui for the work you have undertaken on our behalf. Your work ethic is of an exceptional standard and one that not only your organisation can be proud of but also you personally should be applauded for. You are motivated, engaging, extremely helpful and have lead us to a point where the ball is now there for us to pick up and continue with. Your time with us has been highly valued by me personally and I would like to thank you for the work you have done."
  • Deloitte Commendation: "It is with pleasure that I nominate Jacqui for a shining star award for creating client advocates. Jacqui has just led a piece of work which outlines and clearly articulates the change direction for the project. This is no mean accomplishment as the project has the potential to impact 110,000 end users and is being implemented in the largest public sector organisation in Queensland. Well done Jacqui for extending yourself, proving a worthy advocate for the challenge and surpassing my expectations on the deliverable."

Software

Khoros Care

Khoros Intelligence (previously Lithium/Spredfast)

Talkwalker

Brandwatch

Meta Business Suite

Amazon Web Services

Google Docs Suite (Sheets, Slides, etc)

Microsoft Office (including advanced Excel)

Quip

Slack

Trello

Workplace

Microsoft Visio

Microsoft Project

Mac and PC Operating Systems

Yoga

I'm a Bickram yoga enthusiast who enjoys exploring the mind body connection for clarity of mind, maintain a sense of presence and optimal fitness, and hope to travel with my husband and two sons to the majestic foothills of the Himalayas to practice one day.

Timeline

Managing Director and Founder

Something Social
05.2012 - Current

Senior Manager

Kaiser Associates
05.2011 - 04.2012

Senior Consultant

Deloitte Consulting
07.2010 - 07.2010

Cabin Crew Member

Virgin Blue
05.2004 - 07.2006

BBA - Ecommerce

University of Queensland
04.2001 -
Jacqueline ReadProfessional Services and Company Director