User:NelsonK86

What is a Kate Nelson?
Kate [keyt]

Proper Noun; a female given name derived from St Catherine of Alexandria, a 4th century martyr, and generically reused in 1986 for the naming of your next employee.

The Budding Entrepreneur
Born into a Melbourne based family in May of 1986, Kate's passion for art and creation stemmed from a childhood love of Art Attack. Although creating many a jewellery box out of sticky tape and glitter glue was fun, a want for more brought young Kate into the world of art and craft lessons, where she elaborated on her jewellery box talent, and began to create handmade soaps with (pointless) embossed detail and fruit bowls made out Papier Mâché. A budding talent? Yes. Did she quit after she realised boys don't dig chicks who made their own potpourri hand pressed inside a Goosebumps novel? Most definitely. Several years after leaving behind her artistic vision, Kate decided it was time to return to her creative roots and was enrolled to attend Deakin University where she began embarking upon her 4 year journey majoring in Marketing and Human Resource. After all, what are two more complimentary majors than that of Marketing; the process of creating, communicating and delivering value to consumers, and Human Resource; a department almost solely dedicated to keeping an eye on an ever bipolar marketing team, from the assistants, through to the managers.

The Make-N of Kate-N
Through many years of matriculation, Kate zoned her mindset in on the study of marketing in the workplace. It wasn't until Kate started interning that her career really began to kick off. Working as a Producers Assistant at Bengar Flims, Kate developed experience in TVC's, and end-to-end media design. Some of the key skills obtained from this position include:


 * Assisting Director/Producer


 * Client Liaison - particularly with the National Australia Bank Communications Team


 * Managing Expenses


 * Production Coordinator


 * Administrative Assistant

Travelling around Australia was a prominent highlight for Kate during her interning experience where filming took place for the NAB Schools First Award, which aired on Channel 9.

One of Kate's greatest achievements during her tenure at Bengar Films, was assisting in interviewing then acting Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, during a live cross at a National Australia Bank event for the School's First initiative.

Flow Marketing was to follow immediately after her first internship, and this is where Kate had her first taste of Promotional and Merchandise Marketing. Working mainly as a client liaison, Kate developed relationships with suppliers as a logistical coordinator for companies such as Diageo, Fosters, Mondelez (Cadbury), and Treasury Wine Estate, to name a few. The high level attention to detail involved in the design, supplier contact, customer contact, and production were all narrow band moments, which allowed Kate to hone in on and develop specific skill sets (not to quote Liam Neeson in Taken) that has ultimately created a woman whose completely anal and thorough when editing - a skill she still utilises each and every day in her current position.

Thirdly and finally, Milk Skincare offered Kate an opportunity to intern in an all-rounder role alongside the company directors where she was exposed to the sales side of the business. Working in such an underdeveloped business meant starting her day with cold calling prospects and finishing it with a sales presentation prepared for the company directors to take into meetings with buyers - particularly Priceline. An inexperienced business at its launch meant Kate was able to understand and take part in the trials and tribulations of Milk Skincare, and most importantly, appreciate the successes of the business so much because she was emotionally connected with the company and their want for it to become a globally known brand.