Curriculum Vitae

Marcus Webb

marcus webb

Personal Details:

Interests include travel; technology; permaculture; photography; guitar; collecting books, coins and antiques; live music and the environment - particularly running a sustainable household.
Ambitions include developing a solid internet presence in the arts and environment.

Contact details:  PO Box 1227, Port Macquarie, N.S.W, Australia, 2444 researcher@start.com.au
 Please send an email for phone contact details.

 

Employment:

1998-99:    Proprietor of 1Earth Media, Australian Permaculture Information and Design Services and Collector's  Corner.  Webmaster & freelance media consultant specialising in internet publicity & marketing and web site design & management including:

1997-98:   Community Worker & Publicist, fund-raising over $250,000 & administering numerous government funded projects for community groups such as Cooroy Streetscape, Cooroy Butter Factory, and numerous Gaming Machine Community Benefit Fund grants.

1994-95:   Project Manager, Sunshine Coast Economic Development Board, writing Tourism Strategy and Resources Audit, business plan for Business Network, representative on Farm Forestry Committee and 2 Chambers of Commerce, Private Sector Manager for a $6.5m New Work Opportunities project & report writing for a university native botanical garden.

1995:        Press Secretary, Federal Member for Fisher, parliamentary speech writing.

1994:        Journalist & Media Consultant, writing plain English media releases on Federal Attorney-General’s Sackville Committee "Access to Justice" Report.

1994:       Public Affairs Manager/Event Organiser, YMCA of Canberra, organising Canberra Festival’s inaugural Celebrity Challenge event, Carols By Candlelight & Canberra Show.

1991-92:   Picture Editor, London Daily Mail & Mail On Sunday newspapers.

1992:        Picture Editor, Reuters Ltd, Fleet St, UK, covering Barcelona Olympic Games.

1991:        Media Consultant, G7 London Economic Summit, QEII Conference Centre, organising press conferences for leaders of USSR and G7 countries.

1986-91:  Photo Manager, AAP - Australian Associated Press, designed & supervised new telecommunications network delivering news photos to major national & international media outlets, 12 staff.  Photo manager & picture editor, Auckland Commonwealth Games (1990); Adelaide Formula One Grand Prix (1989&90); Seoul Olympic Games (1988).

1988:       Media Consultant & Audio-Visual Operator, Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour - International Diabetes Conference, Bicentennial Wool Fashion Show, NSW Premier’s Bicentennial Ball & numerous conferences and events.

1986-87: Audio Visual Operator, Sheraton Wentworth Hotel, events & functions including Australian Advertising Federation AGM, speakers Kerry Packer, Christopher Skase & Alan Bond, Pan Pacific Direct Marketing Conference and Australia Japan Foundation AGM.

1987:       Photography, Australian Indoor Tennis Championship & Davis Cup Tennis.

1987:       Tour Photographer, David Bowie, Paul Simon Graceland’s Tour & PiL.

1987:       Media Consultant, Icehouse’s Man of Colours album.

1986:       Event Organiser & Publicist, Woolloomooloo Carnivale.

1985:       Official Photographer, Festival of Sydney.

1985:       Photographer-in-residence, Australian Film & TV School, & NIDA.

1983-88:  Photographer/Journalist for bands INXS, Icehouse, Billy Joel, Jenny Morris, Ricki May, Paul Kelly, 2JJJ, 2SM, Machinations, Radiators, Pardon Me Boys, Men At Work, Divinyls and Australian Rock Company.

1983-86:  Photographer/Journalist covering theatre productions including Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust, Nimrod, Phillip St, Theatre Royal, Bangarra Dance Company, Sydney Dance Company, Arts Council of NSW and articles on arts funding & production.

1982-83:  Company Director/Media Consultant, Cronulla Studio & Gallery.

1977-80:  Aerial survey photography with QASCO (Queensland Aerial Survey Company) throughout Australia & foreign aid projects in PNG & Fiji, Reader’s Digest "Book of the Coast".

1976-77:  SCUBA diving assistant instructor & commercial diver for Seawork International P/L and Divemaster, Sydney.  Tutoring over 60 diving students, building salt water pools & other structures and underwater video photography.

 

Education:

1996:       Permaculture Design Certificate, Permaculture Noosa Inc.

1995:       Telephone Counselling Course, SMERI.

1994:       Desktop Publishing Certificate, Canberra Institute of Technology.

1991-92:  Master of Business Administration, BPP Management Education, UK.

1986-89:  Bachelor of Arts (Communications), University of Technology Sydney.

1975:       Higher School Certificate, Matriculation, Gymea High School, Sydney.

 

Community Work:

1998:         Treasurer, Yandina Community Cultural Centre Inc (Yandina Boat Club)

1997:         Treasurer, Cooroy Butter Factory Association

1996-97:    Telephone Counsellor, SMERI

1996-97:    Member, Queensland Fisheries Management Authority ZAC

1996-97:    Member, Noosa River Catchment Co-ordinating Committee

1996-98:    Member, Permaculture Noosa Inc.

1996-97:    Member Management Committees, Go Mooloolaba & Maroochydore Chambers of  Commerce

1995-96:    Founding Chairman, International Cetacean Education Research Centre

1982-84:    Member, Sutherland Shire Council Tourism Management Committee

 

Membership:

Full Member:  Australian Institute of Management

Full Member:  Public Relations Institute of Australia

Commissioner of Declarations, Queensland

 

You are more than welcome to comment or enquire as to how I can help your business. 

contact:  cfids @ planet-save.com

Please visit my Media Services pages, Permaculture Ezine or Collector's Corner.
I've now done a companion site to this called A Country Kitchen

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