About Me
“ I’m a content designer. I work on stuff you read, watch, and wallow in online. I make it work. So it grabs you - and then lets you do what you came for. ”
I'm a digital content strategist, designer, analyst and manager. That means I can have a conversation with you about what you want your company’s site or app or social account to achieve, and help you create or cull the content to make that work. And keep on working. It's never ever set and forget.
Sometimes you already have all the guff to play with but it needs better management. It may need a UX review, some SEO, or just some understanding of how users are interacting on your site, and where your pain points are. I can help with that.
Other times, you know what you need, but want someone to create it for you. I can do that.
I have crafted, published and maintained material for all sorts of sites and markets.
I have served retail, corporate, government and educational sectors. I’ve done this as a part of big teams and also as a sole provider.
- Sure, I’m Agile: I enjoy working in Agile environments, collaborating with UXers, designers and devs. I have also worked closely with product specialists, marketers, SMEs, and legal teams.
- CMSes: I’ve been in lots of ‘em. Open source and proprietry. They can all be great. They all have their problems.
- Tools: There are new tools all the time. My ready go-tos are Jira, Trello, and InVision.
Name
Gillian Rogers
Phone
+61 412 181 097
hello@gillianrogers.com
“Perfection is ephemeral. I work hard to make content that's good, and I keep working so it stays that way.”
My Skills
Content analysis
Content creation
Content management
My Portfolio
Origin Energy
What a great team. As Digital Content Lead in Retail, I create and manage much of the prospect and customer first-touch content - so the home page, campaign pages, SEM entry points, and other key storytelling pages. I work closely...
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Soul Scissors
With regular enquiries coming in, a thriving hairdressing salon needed more than its placeholder site. I made Soul Scissors a simple brochure site that gives open times and appointment details, info on the products used, and showcases the salon’s passion...
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RMIT in 2016
From March to June 2016, I worked with the RMIT Digital Channel Management team on the re-platforming of the university's website content to a new CMS, Adobe Experience Manager. Requirements scoping had commenced prior to my joining the team, but...
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Experimental Psychology Conference 2016
Every year, an Australian university hosts EPC, an annual conference that brings together some 300+ psychology academics and students (both undergrad and postgrad) - from Australia and internationally. In 2016 it is Melbourne University's turn, and I was hired to build...
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RMIT public site
This was a project I sweated blood over for what seemed a looooong time. But a demanding day job can be a grand pursuit indeed when you're in the company of fine people, and my, it was a super crew. We were well underway...
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weplay500.wordpress.com
The Great Game of 500 I've been playing 500 with a group of friends since 2001. In late March 2014, I decided our game - as utterly frivolous and inconsequential as it is - was wholly worthwhile and long overdue...
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thevg.com.au
The Village Green & Pavilion The Village Green & Pavilion is the re-branded Hume & Hovell Cricket Ground, a cricket destination offering accommodation facilities in the Victoria's Strath Valley. I created this site in the last months of 2013 with...
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Digital Content Lead, Retail
I lead the content creation and management of Origin's campaign pages and other high traffic and engagement pages across the site. I work in a cross functional team, so alongside designers, UXers, devs, and analytics folk on a daily basis. One of my key relationships is with the analytics team - we're continually testing and optimising as well as looking for personalisation opportunities. Organisation-wide, I have formed good and collaborative relationships with the Marketing, Product, and Corporate Affairs teams. Key tasks: Content creation, Optimisation, Content management, Governance, Project management.
Content consultant
In mid 2016, RMIT replaced its CMS with an Adobe customised build. This necessitated the build of a number of templates and modules specific to RMIT's content needs. My deep knowledge of RMIT's content was integral to this role but there were also new requirements to learn and understand. I was contracted five months before launch to scope the final requirements and work with the offshore dev team to ensure all were met. I conducted user acceptance testing with the RMIT web community and ultimately trained all RMIT editors and managers on how to use the new CMS.
Key tasks: Analysis, Scoping, Testing, Training
Digital content writer and accessibility specialist
Through 2015 and into 2016, Jetstar overhauled its booking engine and website in all 11 of the countries where it has a digital presence (some of them in more than one language). I played a key role in organising, crafting and revising the content for the English speaking sites, working closely with the Product, Legal, and Brand and Marketing teams. I was eventually given the lead role in ensuring Jetstar's content met AA and sometimes AAA Accessibility requirements.
Key tasks: Writing, Editing, Content modelling, Accessibility, Content management, Governance
Senior Content Analyst & Site Editor
I started at RMIT as a Digital Editor, but after 6 months I moved into the Site Editor role. Six months from then I became the Senior Content Analyst. I was part of the web transformation project team. I developed the content brief for our first stage (the Global website, launched Jan 2014) – and coordinated the content creators to deliver content in synch with the building of the site (so we could develop with real content). In an Agile environment, I worked with Developers and UXers to ready and refine all content requirements, and represent the business requirements and rules for a content-led, fully accessible digital presence of RMIT that speaks to the Australian public audience.
In December 2014, we launched the new Public site. In 2015, we tackled the Staff and Students sites - beginning with a full site audit and analysis.
Key tasks: Team leading, Analysis, Auditing, Scoping, User research, Content modelling, Governance, Writing, Editing, Testing, Training
Content Strategist & Editor
In my initial months with Aconex I developed the start-up and ongoing content strategy for thedcwire.com: a site that intends to foster a community for, and enhance the professional standing of, document controllers in construction and engineering. I worked closely with the UX team while simultaneously forging close ties with SMEs. I also developed short and long-term content management processes and plans for their Support site, Support Central. I continued to advise and assist the General Services, UX and Marketing teams with content direction and production.
Key tasks: Content management, Writing, Editing, Analysis, User research
PFAL Content Manager
This short-term contract required me to plan and design an IA to house information pertaining to a major change in public finance legislation. I worked predominantly with the Policy team, ensuring air-tight compliance, and with the Communications team, to develop the best web communications solution possible.
Key tasks: Analysis, Scoping, User research, Content modelling, Content management, Governance, Writing, Editing
Editorial Lead & Copywriting Team Leader
I was a key player in the creation of a content-rich, issue-driven site when World Vision transformed its site. I helped develop the IA; I determined the editorial voice; I managed the team of in-house and freelance writers; and I oversaw upload of all content. Post the April ’09 launch, I managed content across the entire site. I responded to requests and made content recommendations to all business sectors; I consulted regularly and effectively with Legal to ensure World Vision’s child-protection and other policies were adhered to; I crafted eDM (collaborating with the broader digital team to track progress and success). I managed a team consisting of in-house content writers and coordinators and freelance writers on short-term contracts.
Key tasks: Team leading, Content management, Writing, Editing, Research, Governance
Marketing Manager, Arts & Culture
The City of Moonee Valley’s Cultural Facilities are the Clocktower Centre, a 503-seat professional theatre and function centre, and the Incinerator Arts Complex, a visual and performing arts space. While in the role, I devised and executed marketing and communication plans that realised a 38% increase in theatre season subscriptions and I secured inaugural venue sponsorship for the Clocktower.
Key tasks: Team leading, Research, Planning, Execution, Reporting
These are roles held in both freelance and contractor capacities.
The employers and clients here cross industries and sectors. They've given me great exposure to their worlds and they've surely honed my skills at serving a variety of masters.
From June 2016 to April 2017, I took maternity leave for the birth to my second son.
“You live and learn. At any rate, you live.* ”
My Education
I have a Masters degree in Communications, with a specialty in digital comms and a Bachelor degree in Communication and English.
I like learning opportunities, formal and informal. I'll take 'em where I can get 'em.
* That's Douglas Adams, of course.
2013
This was a fantastic 2 day conference with some of the big international names of content strategy - Kristina Halvorson, Rahel Bailie, Richard Ingram. It was an opportunity not to be missed - so I didn't and neither did my (mostly extremely well behaved) 10-week-old baby.
2013
I completed this Masters with a thesis subject that saw me do a 4-month research-guided case study on the workplace-project I was then engaged in. It examined, and interrogated, a content-led approach to a digital development project.
2010
Yo. I can address a room.
1994
I majored in writing and film studies.