Marketing and Communications Manager on Maternity Leave
27-May-2011 | Claire McLaren, Membership and Marketing Manager, will be heading off on Maternity leave next week.
Claire will be returning as the Marketing and Communications Manager three days per week, handing over the reins of Membership Manager to new team member Pip Nielsen (read article).Filling the role of Marketing and Communications Manager over the next 7 months is Kate Saunders.
Kate (pictured - right) returned to Hobart last year after a stint of living in Melbourne and loves being a Tasmanian again. Kate most recently held a contract position in international marketing at Tourism Tasmania before joining Business Events Tasmania on Monday 23 May for a handover from Claire McLaren. At Tourism Tasmania Kate was responsible for assisting with implementing various public relations and marketing strategies and campaigns in Asia. Kate also has experience in coordinating and developing collateral and event management – having most recently assisted with managing Tourism Tasmania’s presence at the Australian Tourism Exchange (ATE).
Kate has also worked at Corporate Communications, the Australian & New Zealand College of Anaesthetists and Jetstar Airways. She is looking forward to meeting the members and promoting Tasmania as a business events destination of choice.
Kate will be responsible for all marketing and communications related matters including the Member and Client Newsletters, the website, marketing collateral development, advertising, public relations, brand maintenance, the Asia Pacific Incentives and Meetings Expo (AIME) and other cooperative marketing campaigns.
Kate will be working three days per week from Monday to Wednesday and can be contacted via email on ksaunders@businesseventstasmania.com, via mobile on 0439 995 408 or in the office on 03 6224 6852.

