Lily Harkom
Doreen,Australia
Summary
I am a acoustic consultant with over seven years acoustic consultancy experience. I am looking for the right opportunity where I can apply my knowledge of building/architectural acoustics, environmental acoustics and speech intelligibility in transport and education. I have worked on the acoustic design for award winning projects such as Oakleigh Primary School.
I am passionate about sound, the way it interacts in different spaces and modelling that, the way it’s perceived and the impact it has. This extends to my approach to acoustic design, looking at the best design that takes into account the design intent and requirements of the client.
I have a strong interest in bringing virtual aural experiences to consumers to assist with better understanding complex design solutions.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Acoustic Consultant
ADP Consulting
05.2024 - 07.2025
- Evaluated client needs and expectations, establishing clear design goals for each consulting engagement.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to successfully deliver comprehensive solutions for clients.
- Managed client relationships through regular check-ins and updates on project progress.
- Identified areas of improvement for clients design intentions, implementing acoustic solutions that provided the most effective solution.
- Able to work independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Experience writing a wide range of reports across different projects including schools, performance spaces, residential and sports projects.
- Nominated for the April 2025 employee passion aware given for honouring dedication, enthusiasm and impactful work.
Senior Acoustic Consultant
Marshall Day Acoustics
07.2023 - 04.2024
- Evaluated client needs and expectations, establishing clear design goals for each consulting engagement.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to successfully deliver comprehensive solutions for clients.
- Managed client relationships through regular check-ins and updates on project progress.
- Identified areas of improvement for clients design intentions, implementing acoustic solutions that provided the most effective solution.
- Able to work independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Experience writing a wide range of reports across different projects including schools, performance spaces, road projects and others.
- Successfully implemented a virtual reality 3D auralisation experience showing the different impacts of acoustic insulation designs.
Senior Acoustic Consultant
WSP Australia
01.2018 - Current
- Role Overview: Providing acoustic advice (buildings/architectural, environmental and speech intelligibility) on a broad range of projects. Manage Projects including finance, resourcing, client interactions and invoicing to ensure projects were within budget.
- Responsibilities:
- Write acoustic design reports for differing project stages using relevant standards and regulations applicable to the project
- Undertake noise measurements (sound insulation, reverberation time, internal noise, environmental noise etc)
- Model building, environmental and traffic scenarios using Soundplan and Odeon
- Assessing noise from mechanical services
- Manage projects to be delivered on time and within budget, including managing resourcing, invoicing and client relationships.
- Provide acoustic advice on a wide range of projects including, but not limited to:
- Running the acoustic design package for the Public Address system for North East Link, which includes ~28 Odeon models to assess speech intelligibility in a high noise, highly reverberant environment across key sections of the project.
- Transportation (STIPA modelling and testing for a number of train stations as part of the level crossing removal project, assessing occupational noise for construction work)
- Educational facilities (VSBA schools, private colleges, childcare and projects with cultural sensitivities). Projects have included performance spaces, music recording and practice rooms.
- Performance spaces, including using an acoustic camera to assess room response and reflections.
- Hotels, conference centres and leisure centres in both Australia and New Zealand
- Residential facilities including mixed use buildings
- Office fitouts and retail fitouts
- Government & defence (predominantly architectural acoustics advice)
- Healthcare facilities
- Achievements:
- Second place in the 2020 Design Innovation Awards run by WSP for work relating to using an acoustic camera to take measurements of a live orchestra.
- Wrote and presented a paper at the Acoustics 2019 conference on the use of an Acoustic Camera for measuring and assessing a live orchestra performance to visualise room reflections.
- Presented on the importance of acoustics to Women in Design and Construct (WIDAC).
- Won the Construction Rocks Melbourne battle of the bands inaugural event in 2018 as lead singer of Hertz Donut and the audience favourite award in 2019 and co-lead singer of Deemed to Satisfy.
Finance Administrative Officer
The Cairnmillar Institute
01.2015 - 01.2018
- Role Overview: The Cairnmillar Institute is a non-profit organisation providing mental health services as well as running a tertiary level psychology school. My role at Cairnmillar is to support the Director of Corporate Services as well as managing the day to day financial operations of the business.
- Responsibilities:
- Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable
- Fortnightly payroll
- Balancing banking, cash and EFTPOS transactions for both school and clinic
- Providing Month End financial reporting in Excel
- Other ad hoc administrative or financial support tasks
Sound Engineer
Freelancer
01.2006 - 01.2018
- Role Overview: working as a freelance sound engineer providing audio services, including location recording, editing audio for visual mediums, editing audio for e-books and other ad hoc requests.
- Responsibilities:
- Recording audio, editing and processing audio to fit the purpose of the recording (for music, picture or ebook)
- Processing and editing audio using a number of audio tools (Protools, Adobe Audition, various plugins such as compressors, equalisation, spectral analysers, reverberation and delay, etc)
- Composing music for advertisements, animations, film and videos
Administrative Assistant/IT Client Services Analyst
Superpartners Pty Ltd
01.2011 - 06.2013
- Role Overview: Superpartners was one of Australia’s largest Superannuation administration providers, looking after funds such as CBUS, Hostplus and HESTA. My role was initially supporting a team of project directors but then moved to support the Head of IT Client Services.
- Responsibilities:
- Providing high level administrative support to a team of project directors and the IT Client Services Team.
- Organising all aspects of International travel including arranging for visas, medical check-ups, security access, accommodation and flights for a large team that travelled frequently.
- Writing IT Service reports intended for distribution to clients at senior executive level.
- Compiling and analysing financial reports, budget reports and accounting data to help project teams manage their financial reporting.
- Working with various business areas and relationship managers to expedite client issues and concerns, and help maintain a solid and happy relationship with all of the key stakeholders.
- Achievement/s:
- Nominated for their customer service/company values award 2011.
- Was promoted to the IT Client Services team (poached from Administration Assistant role).
Temporary Administrative Support
Caden Recruitment
09.2010 - 01.2011
Office Manager
Dolby Australia
01.2006 - 01.2009
- Role Overview: The Dolby Australia office mainly focussed on research and development, and worked on cutting edge audio technology for gaming, film and web applications. While my role was predominantly managing the needs of the office, the managers were aware of my audio studies and they afforded me the opportunity to undertake additional work relevant to those studies.
- Achievement/s:
- Received employee of the month award for outstanding work during our office relocation from Strawberry Hills to North Sydney.
- Additional details of other job experience can be supplied on request.
Education
Post Graduate Diploma in Design Science - Audio and Acoustics
University of Sydney
Camperdown, NSW01.2010
Advanced Diploma in Audio Engineering and Sound Production - Audio Engineering And Sound Production
JMC Academy
Surry Hills, NSW01.2007
Skills
- 7 years experience in building and environmental acoustics
- 7 years experience using acoustic modelling and CAD software such as SoundPLAN, Odeon, QGIS, Rhino, Autocad, Revit etc
- 20 years using audio editing and midi software, Protools, Logic, Reason etc
- Advanced Excel and Word skills including VBA scripting
- Advanced skills in Microsoft Powerpoint, Access, Sharepoint and Outlook
- Experience managing client and key stakeholder relationships
- High level administrative experience, including office management and providing executive level administrative assistance
- Exceptionally organised and efficient due to 20 years administrative, finance and organisational experience
- 30 years experience writing, recording, mixing and performing music
Timeline
Acoustic Consultant
ADP Consulting
05.2024 - 07.2025
Senior Acoustic Consultant
Marshall Day Acoustics
07.2023 - 04.2024
Senior Acoustic Consultant
WSP Australia
01.2018 - Current
Finance Administrative Officer
The Cairnmillar Institute
01.2015 - 01.2018
Administrative Assistant/IT Client Services Analyst
Superpartners Pty Ltd
01.2011 - 06.2013
Temporary Administrative Support
Caden Recruitment
09.2010 - 01.2011
Sound Engineer
Freelancer
01.2006 - 01.2018
Office Manager
Dolby Australia
01.2006 - 01.2009
Post Graduate Diploma in Design Science - Audio and Acoustics
University of Sydney
Advanced Diploma in Audio Engineering and Sound Production - Audio Engineering And Sound Production
JMC Academy