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Matt Smith

Matt Smith

Trackside Producer

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Senior Manager - Communications at Entain Australia & New Zealand

  • Education

    • Logan Park High School

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  • Experience

    • New Zealand Racing Board

      May 2008 - Dec 2012
      Trackside Producer

      - Production of daily scripts. Managing content for live television broadcast. Co-ordinating presenters, editors and control room staff when required.- weekly producer of The Box Seat, a 60-minute to 90-minute harness racing magazine show. Decided on show content, prepared content for editing, maintained full editorial control of the show, line production on the night of the live broadcast.

    • Allied Press Limited

      Dec 2012 - Nov 2016
      Racing/sports reporter

      - provided coverage of all racing news in Otago, with some coverage of Southland and Canterbury racing.- review and preview of local meetings with specific elements to add to the relevance of the previews- taking photographs for publication from a variety of angles and building up the paper's photo library of horses and horsemen and women.- wrote engaging racing stories worthy of the front page of New Zealand's largest independent daily newspaper.

    • Government Research & Communications Unit

      Mar 2017 - Oct 2017
      Advisor

    • National Leader's Office

      Oct 2017 - Aug 2019
      Research Advisor

    • NZ Transport Agency

      Aug 2019 - Aug 2021
      Senior Advisor, Communications & Engagement

    • Entain Australia & New Zealand

      Aug 2021 - now
      Senior Manager - Communications

    • TAB NZ

      Aug 2021 - now

      • Senior Manager - Communications

        Aug 2022 - now

      • Communications Manager - Corporate

        Aug 2021 - Aug 2022

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Certificate in Media Communication

      Aoraki Polytechnic

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Matt Smith
      Media award finalist New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing Aug 2015 One of five finalists in the media awards, which covered all ranges of media relating to thoroughbred racing in New Zealand,

  • Volunteer Experience

    • Committee member

      Issued by Albion Cricket Club on Oct 2014
      Albion Cricket ClubAssociated with Matt Smith