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Florencia Velez

Communications & Marketing
Sydney

Summary

Communications professional with extensive experience in internal communications, community engagement, and marketing, with a strong focus on sustainability. Proven expertise in building robust relationships with stakeholders, problem-solving through inclusive participation, and translating complex ideas into successful projects. Highly skilled in designing and implementing comprehensive CSR, marketing, and communication plans, including strategy development, monitoring, evaluation, and reporting. Known for critical thinking, persuasiveness, resourcefulness, creativity, and exceptional time management skills. Proactive, sociable, goal-oriented, and a team player with a high tolerance for frustration.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Advisor Strategic Communications

NSW Department Of Customer Service
4 2022 - 04.2024
  • Central point of contact for integrated communications planning and delivery
  • Established and maintained productive relationships with customers and stakeholders
  • Provided specialist advice for content development across internal and external communication channels
  • Monitored and evaluated communication plans, products, and services
  • Produced dashboards and reports for informed decision-making

Marketing and Communications Officer

Northcott Innovation
04.2020 - 08.2021
  • Implemented and monitored all communication and marketing campaigns
  • Designed creative and engaging internal communications
  • Responsible for design and implementation of new website
  • Collaborated in creating company's first annual report
  • Improved stakeholder engagement through annual plan with several campaigns such as newsletters, EDMs, and social media

Corporate Social Responsibility

BNP PARIBAS CARDIF
04.2015 - 04.2017
  • Design annual CSR plan
  • Executed, monitored and evaluated all projects
  • Collaborated with internal and external stakeholders while designing and implementing projects
  • Monitored annual budgets
  • Responsible for communicating internally and externally all CSR activities

Communications Manager

Futbol Mas
04.2012 - 04.2015
  • Creation of Communications and Marketing Department including internal, external and strategic communications
  • Achieved social media positioning through media relations
  • Responsible for planning and executing internal communications
  • Enhanced positioning of CSR programs within companies through strategic communication
  • Designed and implemented creative advertising campaigns Supervised team of 5 journalists and 2 designers

Education

Master's Degree - Digital Marketing

European Postgraduate Centre
Madrid
04.2020 - 04.2021

Diploma - Corporate Communications

Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
Santiago
03.2014 - 12.2014

Bachelor's Degree - Journalism

Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
Santiago
03.2007 - 12.2011

Skills

    Internal communications

Community engagement

Time management skills

High level of autonomy

Adobe Creative Cloud

WordPress

Email Marketing

Microsoft Office

Languages

English
Excellent
Spanish
Excellent

Timeline

Marketing and Communications Officer

Northcott Innovation
04.2020 - 08.2021

Master's Degree - Digital Marketing

European Postgraduate Centre
04.2020 - 04.2021

Corporate Social Responsibility

BNP PARIBAS CARDIF
04.2015 - 04.2017

Diploma - Corporate Communications

Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
03.2014 - 12.2014

Communications Manager

Futbol Mas
04.2012 - 04.2015

Bachelor's Degree - Journalism

Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
03.2007 - 12.2011

Advisor Strategic Communications

NSW Department Of Customer Service
4 2022 - 04.2024
Florencia VelezCommunications & Marketing