Who is?
About:
Kate Kendall is a digital marketer and communications manager hailing from Melbourne, Australia. She advises on social media, community engagement and content strategy. She is also a freelance writer.
She was formerly the Digital Director at the magazine publishing company Niche Media, which releases titles such as Australian Macworld, Marketing, Desktop, Architectural Review Australia to name a few. Kate was responsible for the digital division including business and technical development management, content and social media strategy, revenue generation and marketing activities for the overall online portfolio.
Kate started at Niche Media as the online editor of Marketingmag.com.au and a feature writer for Marketing magazine, and wrote cover stories on global superbrands such as Google, L’Oréal and Microsoft.
Prior to this, Kate worked in a mixture of editorial, marketing and communication roles in the magazine and retail industries.
Kate founded and organises the Social Media Melbourne meetup, which involves open, unstructured and inclusive conversational gatherings. The regularly-held events are attended by passionate and inspirational Melburnians who have one thing in common: social media. The group facilitates discussion across industry and is a catalyst for collaboration, idea generation and knowledge transfer.
She has a Bachelor of Science from The University of Melbourne in biotechnology and microbiology, and is completing her masters thesis in social media marketing strategy and planning this semester at RMIT University.
Kate is a well-connected social media user. You can follow Kate on Twitter via @katekendall or visit any of the ‘Connect with me’ links on the right. For recommendations, visit LinkedIn.
Kate is interested in entrepreneurship and startup culture, innovative journalism, advancing women, lifehacking, connecting networks and people, using technology for social good and generally being kind.
Images for mugshot purposes:
Available in the following Dropbox folder:
- kate-kendall.jpg (colour, mid-length)
- kate-kendall1.jpg (current avatar)
- kate-kendall2.jpg (B&W, portrait)
- kate-kendall3.jpg (informal avatar)
- kate-kendall4.jpg (another shot)
Hi Kate,
My name is Alexis Bartlett. I’m from ARK Group Sydney, and I’m currently doing some research for an Interactive Forum on legal issues within social media. I’d love to have a chat with you. If you could contact me, that would be great! My email is abartlett@arkgroupasia.com
Hope to hear from you soon.
Regards,
Alexis Bartlett
Wow. You sound like a very creative and innovative women. It’s great to learn about you and I hope you don’t keep pus up to late to often:)