Curriculum Vitae

Simon Murray

41 Holden Street / Fitzroy North / Victoria. Australia.
email: Hello@fieldnotes.work
www: fieldnotes.work

education & qualification

  • 1997 Graphic Design Graduate Diploma - Swinburne University. Melbourne.

  • 1999 Graphic Design / Visual Communication Honours / Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.

  • 2015 AMSA (Australian Maritime Safety Authority) Coxswain NC1 Certificate of Competency

  • 2019 AWLS (Advanced Wilderness Life Support) Certification

  • 2022 Canadian Avalanche Operations Level 1 Certificate

Work Experience

2013 - Present: Contract Graphic Designer & Science Communicator with ‘side hustle’ projects in mountain and maritime safety education becoming increasingly a profession. Fieldnotes & Fieldtrips respectively.

  • Projects include infographic media suite for research around aged care and depression treatment for Cochrane.
    + link to ‘The Conversation’
    + link to the infographics suite

    Producer and Expedition leader for a climbing / sailing documentary in Bass Strait for outdoor apparel brand Arcteryx.

    Organisation identity and supporting website for the National Critical Care Platform launch. + link here

    Organisation identity for the Australian Living Evidence Collaboration and subsidiary Living Evidence for Pregnancy and Postnatal Care

  • Exciting, challenging and exhausting all at the same time: The National (Australian) Evidence Based Taskforce was the font of emerging evidence based findings for effective safe treatment of Covid-19.

    Weekly updates to a variety of ‘Critical Care’ (ICU) facing decision tools kept us up late.
    +link to decision aids

    Lobbying the case for ‘Evidence based Policy’ is ongoing both locally and with the World Health Organisation. Here’s a brief example Fieldnotes developed:
    +link to Evidence in action

    Simon drove the communications for the much of the development of a documentary about the fight to save Tasmania’s Franklin River back in the 70’s and 80’s. This was premiered to much acclaim.

    +Link to documentary

    We also launched the Victorian Backcountry Companion. A guide to backcountry skiing in victoria with maps, photo topos and route descriptions. Supported by Arcteryx and a bunch of state government initiatives.
    +Link to the ‘companion’

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work history

2018

Founder / National Communications Director

Mountain Sports Collective. mountainsportscollective.org

2015 - 2017

Co-founder Director / Doris Digital Communications Consultancy

Lead Digital Strategy & Creative - Behaviour Change / The Shannon Company

Digital Communications Lead (Consultant) -  Y&R ANZ

2014

Independent Strategic & Creative Consultant - Melbourne / Sydney. Various clients.

2012 - 2013 

BMF - Head of Digital Strategy & Communications / Melbourne

2011 

BMF - Head of Art - Digital / Sydney

2008 - 2011

Independent Creative Consultant - Melbourne/Sydney

2004 - 2008

Tundra.com.au - Digital Enterprise Solutions - Founder / Creative Director 

1999 - 2004

Lab Eleven - Co-founder / Lead Creative

1998 

DDB Melbourne - Junior Art Director 

 

Snails: 41 Holden Street / Fitzroy North / Victoria. Australia.
email: Hello@fieldnotes.work
www: fieldnotes.work