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Head of Performance Media · Empire Amplify · Melbourne, Australia

Building scalable digital growth through technical marketing, data-driven strategy, and neuroinclusive leadership.

  • 120% Shopping ROAS YoYadidas — APAC performance
  • -40% CPA in 3 monthsMilwaukee Tool
  • Up to 80% fewer LLM tokensXRON — open source
  • Milwaukee Tool
  • World Vision
  • Frank Health Insurance
  • TEDx
  • adidas
  • Lavazza
  • St John of God Health Care
  • Cedar Woods
  • State Swim
  • adultshop.com
  • BulkWright
  • Aur Oceà
  • Inceno
  • TEDx Ha'pennyBridge
  • Milwaukee Tool
  • World Vision
  • Frank Health Insurance
  • TEDx
  • adidas
  • Lavazza
  • St John of God Health Care
  • Cedar Woods
  • State Swim
  • adultshop.com
  • BulkWright
  • Aur Oceà
  • Inceno
  • TEDx Ha'pennyBridge

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  • EssenceMediacom

    adidas — APAC performance

    Overhauled digital campaign operations, making adidas PAC the most profitable market in APAC and rolling out Google Demand Gen globally first.

    • Google Ads
    • Performance Max
    • ROAS

    120% Shopping ROAS YoY

  • Empire Amplify

    GA4 Measurement Framework

    A measurement framework turning analytics into decisions and growth.

    • GA4
    • Analytics

    Analytics + measurement strategy

  • EssenceMediacom

    Milwaukee Tool

    Reduced cost-per-acquisition across all digital activity by an average of 40%.

    • Google Ads
    • CPA

    -40% CPA in 3 months

  • Empire Amplify

    XRON — open source

    A lossless data serialization format that reduces JSON LLM token consumption by up to 80%. TypeScript.

    • TypeScript
    • Open source
    • LLM
    Source

    Up to 80% fewer LLM tokens

  • EssenceMediacom

    People First Bank — brand merger

    Led the digital brand merger: value-based bidding, server-side GTM, new data architecture and first-party legal requirements.

    • sGTM
    • VBB
    • measurement

    VBB · sGTM · data architecture

  • Academic

    Traditional vs Non-Traditional Marketing Communications

    Conference paper with Ann T. Conway on target marketing in the events sector.

    • Research
    • Publication
    Source

    THRIC 2016 · DOI 10.21427/D7BV19

  • EssenceMediacom

    GroupM × Amaze — A-Plus Inclusion

    Connected GroupM agencies with Amaze to pilot the A-Plus Inclusion program and progress the Disability Action Plan.

    • DE&I
    • Neurodiversity
    Source

    16-point Disability Action Plan

  • Industry

    Six Media Professionals on Disability

    A media-industry panel exploring what disability means across agency roles.

    • Panel
    • Inclusion

    Industry panel

  • Campaign Asia

    Diversity Talks 2024 — speaker

    Spoke at Diversity Talks 2024 on neurodiversity, mental wellbeing and evolving DE&I models.

    • Talk
    • DE&I
    Source

    APAC virtual summit

  • INvolve (Global)

    INvolve Enable Role Model 2025

    Named to the global Enable Role Model List for advancing workplace inclusion through lived experience.

    • Recognition
    Source

    1st Australian · 50 globally

  • Amaze

    Amaze A+ Employer Program

    Autistic Employee Advisory Group member; co-built neuroinclusive hiring frameworks adopted across the media industry.

    • Advocacy
    • Neuroinclusion
    Source

    Advisory board

  • EssenceMediacom

    GroupM Disability Action Plan launch — panellist

    Panellist at the GroupM ANZ Disability Action Plan launch (March 2024), sharing lived experience as part of the Amaze Autism partnership.

    • Talk
    • DE&I
    Source
  • EssenceMediacom

    MFA NGEN Bootcamp — DE&I speaker

    Spoke on a DE&I panel at the Media Federation of Australia’s NGEN Bootcamp (August 2023), sharing lived experience of neurodiversity in the media industry.

    • Talk
    • DE&I
  • Personal

    Communication as a science experiment

    Turning communication into a system — observing, recording and mapping interaction, later mirrored in Transactional Analysis.

    • Neurodiversity
    Source

    Transactional Analysis

  • PR Power — Bang Digital

    Built custom tracking processes and automated scripts to instantly deploy paid campaigns in Google Ads and Bing.

    • Google Ads
    • Bing Ads
    • Automation

    Reduced campaign launch time by 2 hours (44%)

  • Inceno (Startup)

    Founded an Irish startup to authenticate restaurant reviews, pitching at major international competitions and securing seed funding.

    • Startup
    • Funding
    • UX Design

    €13,000 funding, WebSummit 2017 presenter

  • Dublin Institute of Technology (Education & Societies)

    Served as Vice President of the DIT Societies Forum and Chairperson of the Fashion Society, orchestrating major events.

    • Recognition

    Vice President of DIT Societies Forum

  • adidas — Global PR Award

    Conceptualized placing shoes outside Iranian embassies globally to represent women missing during protests for equal rights.

    • PR
    • Creative Concept
    • Recognition

    Global award for PR response

  • Frank Health Insurance

    Achieved a 60% reduction in CPA by identifying poor user journeys and applying exclusion strategies to lower funnel campaigns.

    • CPA
    • Analytics

    60% reduction in CPA

  • World Vision Australia

    Led end-to-end performance media strategies driving a 70% YoY reduction in acquisition costs.

    • CPA
    • Analytics
    • measurement

    70% reduction in CPA YoY

  • TEDxHa'pennyBridge

    Organized and directed marketing for TEDxHa'pennyBridge, securing top-tier sponsorships and selling out within 24 hours.

    • Event Marketing
    • Sponsorship
    • Talk

    Sold out in 24 hours. 937.5% ROI

Career

Roles held · most recent first

  1. Jan 2026 – presentNowMelbourne, Australia

    Head of Performance Media

    Empire Amplify

    Leads end-to-end performance media strategy across the agency: cross-channel optimisation against client KPIs, AI-driven workflows and automated agents for execution and reporting, and scalable operating frameworks for a growing client portfolio.

    • Implemented AI-driven workflows and automated agents across campaign execution, data processing and reporting, cutting manual overhead
    • Designed scalable operational frameworks for consistent output across a growing portfolio
  2. Aug 2022 – Nov 2025Melbourne, Australia

    Implementation + Activation Manager — Performance

    EssenceMediacom · GroupM / WPP

    Led digital strategy and implementation across the performance portfolio; responsible for team output, training and upskilling across the wider GroupM network. Progressed through Digital Manager and Digital Marketplace Manager to Implementation + Activation Manager.

    • adidas: made adidas PAC the most profitable APAC market from digital after taking over the team and rebuilding products, strategies and structures
    • adidas: +120% Shopping ROAS YoY through segmentation, automated scripts and data-quality improvements
    • adidas: first market globally to roll out Google Demand Gen and Enhanced Conversion Tracking (Global Test & Learn lead, AUNZ)
    • Milwaukee Tool: −40% CPA across all digital activity within three months
    • Frank Health Insurance: −60% CPA by excluding low-value user journeys from lower-funnel campaigns
    • World Vision Australia: −70% CPA YoY
    • FELD (Disney events): +22% ROI YoY
    • PERSOL: set up all digital marketing platforms across 12 markets
    • People First Bank: led the digital brand merger — value-based bidding, server-side GTM, new data architecture
    • Led a team of five across ten clients; rolled out AUNZ-wide manager training on supporting neurodivergent staff

    Clients adidas, People First Bank, Milwaukee Tool, CareSuper, DrinkWise, Dr Oetker, PERSOL, Deakin, Lavazza, FELD, Shell, World Vision Australia, Frank Health Insurance

  3. Oct 2019 – Jul 2022Perth, Australia

    Senior Search & Data Executive

    Bang Digital

    Hybrid SEM, SEO and measurement role across 30+ agency clients in Australia, New Zealand and Canada; owned tracking and reporting infrastructure agency-wide.

    • Managed ~$2.4M annual media budget across 21 brands
    • Grew client Google Ads investment by an average of 17% (~$400K)
    • −26% cost per conversion across all 21 managed accounts
    • Cut average campaign launch time by 44% (2 hours) with automated tracking and deployment processes
    • 4× private doctor bookings for a national private hospital; 2× leads for a national house-and-land developer
    • 100% client retention across the tenure
  4. Jan – Jun 2019Perth, Australia

    Digital Marketing Manager

    Social Generation Marketing

    Account manager for 22 clients across paid search, social and web; built the agency’s first CRM and reporting systems.

    • Managed ~$340K budget at 6× ROAS
    • Cut client reporting from 4 days to 1
    • +26% paid clicks and +23% paid impressions across all accounts
  5. May 2016 – Mar 2018Dublin, Ireland

    Founder & Managing Director

    Inceno

    Founded an Irish startup verifying restaurant reviews; secured €13,000 in funding, placed 2nd at ISEF and presented at Web Summit 2017.

Capabilities

Platforms & systems

Performance marketing · Growth marketing · Search engine marketing · SEO · Digital advertising · Measurement & analytics

Paid media
Google Ads, Microsoft Ads, Meta Ads, SA360, TikTok Ads, Pinterest, Snapchat, Spotify
Programmatic & ad ops
DV360, CM360, Xaxis, IAS, DoubleVerify, Moat, Sizmek
Measurement & analytics
GA4, Adobe Analytics, Looker Studio, Datorama, Domo, Matomo
Tagging & data
Google Tag Manager, Server-side GTM, Tealium, Segment, Conversion APIs (Google, Meta)
Automation & AI
AI workflow agents, Automated bidding & scripts, Power Automate, Zapier
CRM & CMS
Salesforce, HubSpot, Dynamics 365, WordPress, Webflow

Community & advocacy

Volunteering · advisory · teaching

  1. Feb 2023 – present

    Autistic Employee Advisory Group — A+ Employer Program

    Amaze

    Industry-wide neuroinclusion work; co-led the GroupM × Amaze partnership.

  2. 2021 – 2022

    Marketing Director

    TEDxKingsPark

    Strategy and promotion across paid, earned and owned channels; trained volunteer marketers.

  3. 2016 – 2018

    Organiser, Marketing Director & Licence Holder

    TEDxHa'pennyBridge

    Sold out within 24 hours; 937.5% marketing ROI; sponsorship cut costs by 64%.

  4. 2017 – 2018

    Guest Lecturer — Marketing, Research Methods & Entrepreneurship

    Dublin Institute of Technology

  5. 2017 – 2018

    Advisory Board Member

    Enactus Ireland

Education

  1. MSc Marketing Practice

    UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School

    2017
  2. BSc Honors Event Management

    Dublin Institute of Technology

    2012 – 2016

Record

Posts held

  1. Jan 2026 – presentNow

    Head of Performance Media

    Empire Amplify

    Melbourne, Australia

    Leads end-to-end performance media strategy across the agency: cross-channel optimisation against client KPIs, AI-driven workflows and automated agents for execution and reporting, and scalable operating frameworks for a growing client portfolio.

  2. Aug 2022 – Nov 2025

    Implementation + Activation Manager — Performance

    EssenceMediacom · GroupM / WPP

    Melbourne, Australia

    Led digital strategy and implementation across the performance portfolio; responsible for team output, training and upskilling across the wider GroupM network. Progressed through Digital Manager and Digital Marketplace Manager to Implementation + Activation Manager.

  3. Oct 2019 – Jul 2022

    Senior Search & Data Executive

    Bang Digital

    Perth, Australia

    Hybrid SEM, SEO and measurement role across 30+ agency clients in Australia, New Zealand and Canada; owned tracking and reporting infrastructure agency-wide.

  4. Jan – Jun 2019

    Digital Marketing Manager

    Social Generation Marketing

    Perth, Australia

    Account manager for 22 clients across paid search, social and web; built the agency’s first CRM and reporting systems.