Jay Simmance
Beaumaris,VIC
Summary
Personable and organised Team Leader with a passion for fostering teamwork and motivating team members to achieve common goals. Possesses strong problem-solving abilities and effective communication skills essential for driving team performance and project completion. Committed to creating collaborative atmosphere to enhance productivity and deliver impactful results.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Team Leader - Stadiums (Secondment)
City Of Stonnington
12.2024 - Current
- Manage day-to-day relationships, including community clubs, user groups and organisations at Stonnington Sports Centres
- Oversee daily operations, including event setup, venue presentation and preparation and risk/safety management
- Leading and developing a skilled team including Stadium Managers and operational staff
- Ensuring compliance with health, safety, emergency and risk management standards
- Driving financial performance through effective budget and expense management
- Coordinated and implemented Stonnington's 'Game On' Event to achieve a range of positive outcomes
Team Leader of Operations - Aquatics
City Of Stonnington
02.2024 - Current
- Establish a cohesive, positive team environment that motivates and promotes a supportive and inclusive culture to ensure a highly efficient and effective delivery of all day-to-day operations, whilst providing integral advice and support to all staff and contractors.
- Provide timely and effective support and guidance to all staff and identify opportunities for individual growth.
- Oversee all plant operations, monitoring and maintaining water quality and ensuring a high standard of cleanliness and sanitation across all pools and surrounds.
- Proactively manage facilities assets to ensure minimal downtime.
- Maintain pro-active control of potentially hazardous situations, ensuring a safe work environment and work methods undertaken, in accordance with all current industry guidelines, policies and procedures.
Aquatic Duty Supervisor
City Of Stonnington
09.2018 - 01.2024
- Manage day-to-day operations of Harold Holt and Prahran Aquatic Centres, its staff, patrons, programs, facilities, and procedures across Council's Aquatic Centres establishing thriving, positive team environment that motivates and promotes supportive and inclusive culture.
- Monitor water quality and action as required to ensure health standards are maintained.
- Maintain proactive control of potentially hazardous situations, providing first aid assistance and appropriate emergency response, in accordance with all current industry guidelines, policies and procedures.
- Ongoing commitment to Aquatics Industry with desire to continue in learning, developing and implementing strategies to engage and educate parents and adults in ‘active supervision'.
- Participate in collaborative, innovative and responsive work practice, with interest and willingness to help people, expand our skill-set and grow within role.
- Produce comprehensive reports with focus on recording incidents and assessing areas for improvement in protocol and procedures.
Owner Jay Simmance Strength & Conditioning
South Pacific Health Club
12.2019 - 11.2022
- Undertaking proprietorship of a strength and conditioning business, specializing in movement correction and injury rehabilitation.
- Evaluated patient conditions, histories and goals.
- Performed assessments during treatment to determine progress according to goals.
- Consulted with allied health professionals to implement best methods to achieve therapy goals.
- Developed and implemented performance improvement strategies and plans to promote continuous improvement.
- Established compassionate and caring relationships with clients.
- Educated clients on nutrition and positive life choices for better health and performance.
Group Account Manager
MediaCom
09.2014 - 09.2016
- Lead the management of team operations, including the supervision of planning, optimizing, and reporting of all media campaigns.
- Directed work of seven team members focused on development and delivery of campaigns ensuring achievement of all KPIs.
- Analyzed client campaigns using key metrics and performance indicators.
- Utilised research & insights to develop new creative pitches to advertisers, and to understand the existing landscape & trends.
- Negotiate and book ad space and time slots with media publishers.
- Identify target audiences & craft effective advertising campaigns based on these insights.
- Manage budgets, monitor costs and return on ad spend.
- Develop relationships with key stakeholders, including media partners, key agencies and internal stakeholders across our portfolio of brands.
Account Executive
Multi Channel Network
07.2013 - 08.2014
- Proactively develop timely and relevant proposals with new, creative and sellable ideas.
- Managing workload of a team across sales floor to ensure delivery of high level agency and client service.
- High level of market presence including face to face meetings to build and nurture relationships with media agencies and clients to ensure each parties objectives are achieved
- Reach revenue targets each month and quarter; including personal, team and channel targets
- Developed comprehensive resource management reports, data presentations and data analytics reports.
- Responsible for orientation and training of new media coordinators in Melbourne.
- Key in this role is also establishing best possible communication systems and relationships with stakeholders.
Account Coordinator
Multi Channel Network
09.2011 - 07.2012
- Responsible for campaign management of Group M and Starcom Media Agency portfolios across Foxtel's TV platform.
- Ensure booking schedules are accurate and oversee campaign delivery and post analysis.
- Monitor and handle all incoming enquiries, including following up of all agency requests, and to manage booking processes from beginning to end.
- Monitor competitor activity to identify new business.
- Demonstrate teamwork by working effectively and liaising with internal departments as well as external parties.
- Build and nurture relationships with agencies and ensure that campaigns deliver value.
Education
Bachelor of Business - Marketing & Management
Swinburne University of Technology
10.2010
Level 1 Strength And Conditioning Accreditation
ASCA
2020
Certificate III/IV : Fitness
PT Academy
2018
Skills
- People management
- Collaboration and mentoring
- Performance improvement
- Complex problem-solving
- Overseeing facility operations
- Relationship building
Certification
- First Aid Certification
- VIC Driver's License
- Working with Children Check
- Pool Lifeguard Award
Timeline
Senior Team Leader - Stadiums (Secondment)
City Of Stonnington
12.2024 - Current
Team Leader of Operations - Aquatics
City Of Stonnington
02.2024 - Current
Owner Jay Simmance Strength & Conditioning
South Pacific Health Club
12.2019 - 11.2022
Aquatic Duty Supervisor
City Of Stonnington
09.2018 - 01.2024
Group Account Manager
MediaCom
09.2014 - 09.2016
Account Executive
Multi Channel Network
07.2013 - 08.2014
Account Coordinator
Multi Channel Network
09.2011 - 07.2012
Certificate III/IV : Fitness
PT Academy
Bachelor of Business - Marketing & Management
Swinburne University of Technology
Level 1 Strength And Conditioning Accreditation
ASCA
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