What can Georgia do?
Give a quick overview of your work experience (jobs, internships, volunteering)?
Five years in sport event management at GMHBA Stadium working across events, commercial, security, digital and project management areas.
Over seven years working as a strength and conditioning coach with athletes and gen pop of all ages and experience.
Workplaces include Western Jets NAB League, Geelong Supercats NBL1, Geelong Amateur Football Club, Core Advantage, The Academy Education, as well as group coaching at LifeHub, Fit for Living and Hello Hurricane.
Two years working in a Federal Government office as an Electorate Officer.
Volunteering positions include netball coaching, Red Frogs Schoolies, youth mentorship programs.
Do you have a track record of delivering measurable outcomes or KPIs?
Delivered commercial pitches up to $1mil in value
Developed the initial commercial program at GMHBA Stadium and delivered a 150% increase on commercial hire revenue in year two
Rollout of a uniform strategy for 500 staff at the stadium
Led the accreditation for 1000 staff for the ICC T20 World Cup in Geelong.
What technical or industry-specific skills do you bring?
Familiarity with CMS platforms, digital signage systems and venue experience tech
Understanding of customer experience platforms and digital touchpoints used in venues (e.g., ticketing, wayfinding, content scheduling)
Ability to work with dashboards, reporting tools, and performance metrics
Comfortable extracting insights to support decision-making
Ability to create and maintain requirements documents, process flows, and technical briefs
Skilled in translating business needs into clear, actionable documentation for technical teams
Understanding how technology supports event-day operations (signage, ticket scanning, fan experiences)
Awareness of venue workflows, scheduling, and operational constraints
Knowledge of how digital elements enhance visitor journeys—before, during, and after events
Experience coordinating content updates, campaigns, or interactive digital experiences
Working with cross-functional teams: IT, marketing, operations, content teams, external vendors
Managing timelines, scope, and communication across technical and non-technical stakeholders
Leading rollouts of new digital systems or enhancements Providing testing, feedback, user training, and issue resolution
What tools/platforms/software are they proficient in?
Strong use of tools like Microsoft 365, Teams, SharePoint, Planner, Excel
Content Management Systems like WiPro, InCrowd
Venue Management Platforms like Momentus, Accredit, Swiped On, 24/7
Design platforms like Canva
Adobe AI platforms such as CoPilot
What qualifications, certifications, or degrees do you hold?
Bachelor of Exercise and Sports Science
Bachelor of Business (Sports Management)
Cert III and IV Fitness First Aid
I care about people, I build strong relationships quickly, and I’m the type of person who shows up, pays attention to details, and gets things done.
I bring a unique set of skills through the overlap of S&C coaching roles on the team side of sport and administrative positions in sports event management putting on some of the biggest stadium sporting events in the country.
Having five years' experience working in a small stadium team of eight means I have a breadth of skills and knowledge in sporting events including commercial revenue generation, security management, digital operations, event planning, corporate hospitality, project and budget management.
I can deliver engaging and educational content to a team, both on the sporting field and in the board room. I can see a big idea and turn it into an actionable plan that gets people inspired and motivated.
Most importantly, I'm passionate and that means I show up to work every day with joy that bleeds into the culture of the teams I work with.
What steps has Georgia taken to break into the sport industry?
Numerous internships under a variety of different teams and private facilities.
Networked and arranged coffee catch ups with 15+ people in the sports industry in roles I admire or aspire to be in one day.
Georgia’s interest in sport all started whilst she was growing up
Growing up sport was a huge part of who I was, and playing netball shaped and defined what I was known for amongst my friends, loud, competitive and athletic. When I gave up playing when I moved for university it felt like a part of me was lost. I can only imagine the scale this must feel when playing sport has been your whole career. Being a professional athlete requires your whole life, your schedule, your food, your time, your energy, your body and its one of the most scrutinised careers you can choose. I now define myself not by what I do or achieve but by what I can offer others. I'm passionate about developing athletes that know who they are outside of sport, that can separate their value from their performance. I want athletes to retire knowing that they have skills, knowledge attributes that are of value outside their sport and who know they're life has so much more in it once they're no longer on the world stage. That's the legacy I want to leave at the end of my career.
Where does Georgia want to go?
Next six-12 months | Next 5-10 years |
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I want to further develop my leadership capacity and manage other staff. I want to get my Cert IV in Elite Athlete Wellbeing. I want to find a mentor in Player Development or Wellbeing. | Work the Brisbane 2032 Olympics with a National Team. |
What sporting problem keeps Georgia up at night, and how would they solve it?
I want athletes to transition out of sport with an excitement about the future knowing that they are equipped and supported. I would like to see a support network developed for athletes that exists outside of their NSO or Institute of Sport to help integrate into life without the support team that sport provides.
What is Georgia like?
What kind of environment do you thrive in?
Somewhere fast paced, with multiple projects on the go that inspire creativity and innovation.
I love having opportunities to stretch or lead projects that are slightly out of my comfort zone and where I have great leaders to follow.
Somewhere I can build quality rapport with those I work with and preferably love coffee and a good lunchtime chat!
When have you had to show resilience in your life or career?
I worked under a really fantastic manager for three years who intentionally spent time mentoring and growing my skill, knowledge and interests in the sports industry. She was suddenly let go from our team and my role was put at risk and I became the most knowledgeable about a number of commercial projects whilst I was still relatively junior in the team. I worked under a temporary manager for six months who also took on a number of direct reports, so I needed to develop my own goals, KPI's and proactively take steps to pivot my role for the business' new needs.
What about Georgia’s interests outside of work?
What are your interests outside of work?
Gym
Running
Great coffee
Podcasts that interview people who are elite in their field (Armchair Expert with Dax Shepherd is a favourite)
Reading
Hosting elaborately themed dinner parties
What is your favourite sporting moment?
Harry Garside's interview at the Tokyo Olympics after a shock first round exit. His honesty, raw emotion and willingness to show his hurt during the interview simultaneously broke my heart and inspired me to want to work alongside athletes in wellbeing.
What’s your ideal holiday?
Europe! Somewhere with historic buildings, beautiful art, incredible nature, great pastries and wine
What’s book or podcast that’s helped your career you recommend?
Working Hard with Grace Beverly, a female founder who interviews other females business owners about their lessons learned in setting up businesses, balancing career/health/relationships and why now is the time to go for what you want in your career.
Additional details
Where in the world are you located, and where are you open to work?
Living in Geelong, open to work across Victoria
What is the most important consideration for you in your next role?
Mentorship
professional development support
salary
remote work flexibility
What others say about Georgia
Georgia has a great ability to be asked to do a job and to get on with it and deliver in a highly professional and no fuss way. She has the quiet confidence to jump in and have a go. These are excellent traits, which exposes her to a wide variety of projects and tasks and will hold her in great stead as she progresses in her career.
Georgia is very skilled at multi-tasking and keeping herself challenged with several projects on the go at once. Georgia displays great leadership and corporate maturity skills. I have been extremely impressed with her maturity and leadership in various areas and how she handles herself with various external stakeholders. I enjoy that she is confident to voice her opinion and provide me with input and feedback.
Georgia has an all round ability and skill set to be able to support almost any area of the business and I have great confidence in her in liaising and dealing with external stakeholders on a range of issues. Her written skills are excellent as are her public presentation skills. She has the ability to speak with confidence about a range of subjects. I encourage Georgia to continue to develop her leadership skills as I think she has potential in elevating into a leadership role in the future.
Georgia's ability and willingness to jump in to support other work areas has been a great area of development and I encourage her to continue to be agile to address changing priorities.
What questions does Georgia have for employers?
What professional development frameworks are in place?
Does this workplace support flexible work?
How would your direct reports describe your management style?
What opportunities are there to grow within the business?
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