Jo Tayler

Experience

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  Curriculum Corporation

  Jan 1997 - Mar 2000

  Coordinating Editor

  Coordinated the editing, design, typesetting, illustration and indexing of primary and secondary books. Products included books in the Access Asia series, a civics and citizenship pack sent out to all government schools in Australia, CDs and websites, newsletters, enterprise education, development and more.

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  Thomson

  Mar 2000 - Feb 2005

  Coordinating Editor & Supplements Editor

  Managed over 100 supplements to accompany academic textbooks per year - CD-ROMs and websites with online study guides, testbanks and course materials.

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  Jot

  Feb 2005 - now

  Freelance editor, writer, content producer, project manager

  digital content publisheraccessibility, strategy, UXwriting and editingproject management

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  Cambridge University Press

  Mar 2005 - Dec 2005

  Project Editor (part-time)

  I was brought in to manage the student CDs to accompany a series of eight VCE maths textbooks, plus the websites. I also worked on CDs for English and Legal Studies.

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  Lonely Planet

  Jan 2007 - Mar 2007

  Content producer (3-month contract)

  Brought in for a B2B project profiling cities in Europe, the full-time contract position involved a lot of research plus writing online city guides and editing colleague's work.

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  Erigo

  Jan 2009 - Jan 2020

  Communications Consultant (part-time)

  I managed a range of communication materials, from website development and content to newsletters, event invitations, brochures, business cards and banners. I wrote the style guide and edited training materials.

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  Deakin University

  Sept 2011 - Sept 2012

  Content analyst (part-time)

  Content analyst and information architect working on a complete overhaul of the uni's website; worked closely with stakeholders throughout the university on content updates; conducted user acceptance testing with staff and students.

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  National Disability Insurance Agency

  Jul 2014 - Jan 2016

  Working on new website and new intranet projects, leading the team, working on information architecture, user experience and online and social media strategy and governance models. Day-to-day maintenance of the public website (Drupal) and the intranet (Sharepoint 2010). Agile development of a new intranet (Sharepoint 2013) and website.Naturally accessibility is central to our work.

  • Assistant Director Online Communications

    Jan 2015 - Jan 2016

  • Web content publisher (part-time)

    Jul 2014 - Dec 2014
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  Swinburne University of Technology

  Jun 2016 - Aug 2017

  Senior Web Content Adviser

  - Web strategy, policy and planning- Content management and quality assurance- User experience and information architecture- Product management- Analytics and success measures- Web standards and compliance

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  Department of Premier and Cabinet

  Feb 2018 - Nov 2024

  Lead content designer, Single Digital Presence

  Working on the Single Digital Presence project, we're creating open-source design and development resources everyone can use. We're migrating hundreds of Victorian Government websites onto vic.gov.au (headless Drupal open source platform) and working on our accessiblity and using inclusive and plain language.

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  Department of Government Services

  Jan 2023 - now

  Lead Content Designer, Single Digital Presence