Craig Barlow

Experience

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  Bowker (UK) Ltd

  Sept 1993 - Apr 1995

  Production Editor

  Production Editor for The Butterworths Law Directory, The Butterworths Legal Services Directory, Directory of European Research & Development, Who’s Who in European Research & Development and Computer Weekly’s IT Consultants Directory.

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  Profile Publishing

  Jun 1995 - Apr 1998

  Publications Manager

  Co-ordinating the activities of editors, advertising sales managers, production, marketing and circulation personnel to ensure the profitable, timely and successful publication of the titles. Titles included Management Magazine, Marketing Magazine, New Zealand Business Magazine, OnFilm and AdMedia. Annual directories included Kompass New Zealand, The Data Book, Marketing Services Directory, Agencies & Clients Directory and New Zealand Export Yearbook.

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  National Trust

  May 1998 - Jul 1998

  Print Production Specialist
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  Haymarket Media Group

  Jul 1998 - Oct 1998

  Subscription Management
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  AP Information Services

  Nov 1998 - Jan 2001

  Project Manager

  Print and digital publishers of business-to-business contact information for the management, marketing, personnel, training, pensions and financial industries. Responsibilities included print production of hard-copy directories, IT department management (5 staff) and project managing the development of:a mailing list purchasing site [www.datanow.co.uk]a subscription-based online directory [www.crawfordsonline.co.uk]a searchable database of pension funds and their advisers on CD Show less

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  Penguin Random House UK

  Jan 2001 - Sept 2003

  Project Manager

  Project management of:a library system [http://archive.randomhouse.co.uk] an extranet [www.rhginternational.co.uk] an e-book converstion project [www.randomhouse.co.uk/ebooks] anda Business Objects data warehouse application

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  Fronde

  Jan 2004 - Dec 2004

  Project Manager

  Management of projects for Auto Auction Network Ltd, CourierPost and Vodafone NZ & Australia

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  Vero Insurance New Zealand

  Jan 2005 - Dec 2005

  Project Manager (Contract)

  Managing the purchase and implementation of a performance testing toolset; development of automated testing scripts; setup of an insurance system; migration of accounting data to an Oracle database.

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  Southern Cross Health Insurance

  Jan 2006 - Dec 2006

  Project Manager

  Managing a member policy renewal communication process project; replacement of an ACC claims management CRM system; development of a broker premium rate calculator website and the introduction of the QAS address verification system.

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  The Big Idea I Te Ariā Nui

  Jan 2006 - Mar 2015

  Consultant Project Manager & Producer (Contract)

  The Big Idea is a not-for-profit organisation supporting the expansion of work and income for New Zealand's creative practitioners. The Big Idea [www.thebigidea.co.nz] is an online community for more than 30,000 creative practitioners, producers and organisations.Responsibilities include project managing a website upgrade to take advantage of rapidly developing technologies, two app development projects and revising and rolling out a new editorial and social media strategy.

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  Britomart

  Jan 2010 - Dec 2013

  Consultant Digital Project Manager (Contract)

  Project managed the development of Britomart's websites, e-newsletters, online radio station and e-commerce solution. These are all digital tool designed to drive visitors into a physical space. Since going live this content-rich editorial site (Drupal CMS) continues to have fantastic month-on-month visitor growth and has been instrumental in developing public awareness of, and disseminating information about, one of Auckland’s newest shopping and eating precincts.

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  Q Theatre

  Jun 2010 - Dec 2013

  Consultant Digital Project Manager (Contract)

  Project managed the development of www.qtheatre.co.nzA digital tool designed to drive visitors into a physical space. The success of this site can be attributed to the strong Buy Tickets device, meaning the purchasing process is only one click away. This simple, elegant solution has been vitally important as ticket sales are Q’s primary means of generating revenue.

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  Applause Entertainment Limited

  Jan 2013 - Dec 2014

  Consultant Digital Project Manager (Contract)

  Project Management consulting on IT, marketing, communication and audio streaming projects.

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  Vigil Monitoring Ltd

  May 2014 - Dec 2014

  Consultant Digital Project Manager (Contract)

  Project management of the development of www.vigilmonitoring.com and consulting on content, SM, e-commerce and community building strategies.

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  The Economist

  Mar 2015 - Nov 2015

  Digital Project Manager (Contract)

  Project managing responsive website and app development projects for The Economist's 1843 Magazine [www.1843magazine.com] and The World In 2016 [https://theworldin.economist.com/edition/2016]

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  Springer Nature Group

  Nov 2015 - Apr 2017

  Project Manager / Product Owner (Contract)

  Managing projects to help bring together global employees (13,000) and create a unified company brand and culture following the 2015 formation of Springer Nature through the merger of Nature Publishing Group, Macmillan Education and Springer Science+Business Media. Responsibilities included: • Project managing global rollout of iManage document management system to senior legal council in Berlin, London, Mexico City, New York & Shanghai. Travel to each location for stakeholder engagement, implementation and user training • Project managing the global rollout of Cornerstone OnDemand learning management system (intranet and app) in conjunction with LinkedIn to over 13,000 employees• Project managing development of a new responsive website for macmillan-caribbean.com• Requirements gathering for a new Press Release Site for www.nature.com. Show less

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  Auckland Transport

  Jul 2017 - Jun 2018

  Senior Project Manager (Contract)

  Agile project management of enhancements to AT’s website at.govt.nz• Development of product roadmap and maintenance of product backlog in VSTS including user story creation and defining acceptance criteria• Management of internal stakeholders, product owners and vendor development teams via SCRUM process• Management of internal UAT test resources and change and deployment processes• Management of project budget (NZ$1.1m) and PMO governance including end-of-sprint reporting

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  Manukau Institute of Technology

  Sept 2018 - Jun 2019

  Senior Project Manager (Contract)

  Project management of a Salesforce CRM Knowledge Base implementation so AskMe! agents can effectively respond to student application, enrollment and support queries.Project managed the migration of legacy Library Management System to a cloud-based LMS (ExLibris).

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  The University of Auckland

  Jun 2019 - Nov 2020

  Senior Project Manager (Contract)

  Project management of a VPN rollout to all staff under urgency as part of the University's Covid-19 business continuity response.Project management of a campus wide "FollowMe" managed printing rollout.Project management of ServiceNow Event Management & Service Portfolio Mapping implementations.

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  Manukau Institute of Technology

  Nov 2020 - May 2021

  Senior Project Manager (Contract)

  Project management of the integration of the institute's timetabling solution (SyllabusPlus) with the institute’s programme, course and student management system so that students can be enrolled in correct programmes and know what dates, times and locations to attend classes.

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  Sparks Interactive

  Jun 2021 - Jul 2021

  Senior Project Manager (Contract, Part-time)

  Project management of a replacement of the Pacific Climate Change Portal (https://tomai.sprep.org/) for the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) to connect climate experts with Pacific countries and organisations requiring expertise to help with their climate change adaptation and mitigation challenges.

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  Tātaki Auckland Unlimited

  Jul 2021 - Apr 2022

  Senior Project Manager (Contract)

  Project managed Microsoft Teams adoption and Humanforce (workforce planning) upgrade projects.

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  Auckland Council

  May 2022 - Sept 2023

  Senior Project Manager (Contract)

  Project managing the implementation of a council-wide Health, Safety and Wellbeing management system known as Donesafe. This includes iterative development with the Sydney based vendor to deliver Incident & Hazard reporting, Risk Management, Forms & Checklists, Injury Management, Hazardous Substances and Contractor Management modules to over 8,500 employees.

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  Department of Internal Affairs (NZ)

  Sept 2023 - Jan 2024

  Delivery Lead (Contract)

  Managing the delivery of a Health, Safety and Wellbeing management system (Donesafe) for the Local Water Done Well (3 Waters) National Transition Unit.

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  Auckland Council

  Feb 2024 - now

  Senior Project Manager (Contract)

  Project managing Health, Safety and Wellbeing management system (Donesafe) enhancements and user training.