Phil Fitzgerald

• Lead multimedia production for ministerial, executive, and department-wide communications
• Managed video and photography operations at COP27, COP28, and COP29, ensuring seamless multimedia coverage in high-pressure international environments
• Solely responsible for live streaming, filming, and content creation for Australia's COP29 Pavilion in Baku, Azerbaijan
• Oversee video production workflows, including scriptwriting, cinematography, post-production, and distribution
• Provide expert advice on procurement, accessibility standards, and digital asset management
• Develop and manage live webcasting services for departmental and ministerial events
• Lead a small, high-performing team, providing mentoring, technical expertise, and creative direction

• Managed end-to-end production of audiovisual content for departmental communications
• Worked with ministerial offices to deliver high-quality video, photography, and animations
• Ensured compliance with government online video accessibility requirements

• Provided strategic oversight of digital and multimedia projects
• Delivered high-impact visual content aligned with government communication priorities

• Worked directly with the Prime Minister’s Office during the 2011 flood crisis, capturing live video and photographic documentation
• Managed the Prime Minister’s digital image library and produced video content for national audiences

• Expanded theatre streaming capabilities to serve internal and external audiences
• Managed a team of audiovisual specialists delivering live event broadcasts

Multi-disciplinary role including Camera Operator, Photographer, Editor, Broadcast Designer, 2D and3D Animator. Provide advice and services to meet client expectations and timeframes.

Manage projects from initial client consultation to final publication.

Represent the Audio-Visual team at key meetings, internally and externally.

Working with a multi-disciplinary design team, provide editing, illustration and animation services formajor projects including documentaries and awards night audio-visual presentations.

Work as part of a large video production team to provide Graphic Design and Broadcast Design serviceand advice.

Create television commercials that meet the negotiated client budget and timeframe

Develop television station promotional material for new programs.

Provide final post production to video content through 2D and 3D animation compositing and colourgrading processes.

Director of the live nightly new broadcast.

Broadcast design and editing of television commercials using Avid and Adobe CS Production Premium.

Provide Illustration, animation, graphic design and web development services for

e-learning projects through Adobe Creative Suite, Adobe Flash, HTML and CSS.