Jay Ludowyke

Experience

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  Sunshine Coast Council

  Apr 2006 - Nov 2014

  This role included providing service support to council officers; resolving technical issues (problem-solving was often required); maintaining Sunshine Coast Council's websites and intranet by publishing web content, reviewing site usability, reporting on website analytics and liaising with council’s web developer about custom requests for clients; and managing the Web Accessibility and Readability Standards projects which included researching legislation and international guidelines, assessing current compliance levels and instituting processes that could be used by staff members unfamiliar with the requirements such as checklists and user-friendly online tools. Show less This role included providing advanced support in customer contact, document production, record management and correspondence; maintaining the team email inbox and supervising business administration trainees and work placements; creating and maintaining equipment registers and overseeing vehicle booking logs; facilitating the delivery of events and information sessions to the public, including arranging presenters, preparing presentations, designing and producing marketing collateral, overseeing delivery and reporting on the outcomes; creating a monthly electronic library newsletter and growing the subscriber base from 35,000 to 60,000 readers; carrying out specific tasks and projects including managing debt recovery actions for long overdue items; and implementing library and gallery customer service surveys. Show less

  • Web Officer

    Nov 2012 - Nov 2014

  • Business Support Officer

    Apr 2007 - Nov 2012

  • Library and Information Services Trainee

    Apr 2006 - Mar 2007
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  University of the Sunshine Coast

  Feb 2013 - Nov 2023

  Sessional Academic

  Eight years teaching creative writing across all undergraduate levels in a range of genres, including creative nonfiction, short story, literary and genre fiction, and editing and publishing. This role includes preparing and delivering lessons according to course curriculum and learning outcomes, engaging students by facilitating a friendly and safe learning environment, being available for in-person consultation or online assistance, monitoring student attendance and progress, being familiar with university policy to ensure high retention rates and course outcomes, grading student work and providing them with useful feedback, and moderating grading with colleagues. I also develop short courses for the continuing education program, including 'Writing Nonfiction: From Planning to Publishing'. When designing curriculum, I practice constructive alignment and backward design, first considering the purpose of the course then the intended learning outcomes and how best to achieve these through a combination of formative and summative assessment as well as technology-enhanced learning. I believe that teaching writing requires scholarly and evidence-informed approaches that stimulate creativity and experimentation. My goal is to motivate growth in my students and to nurture future creative arts practitioners, published authors, and writing and publishing industry professionals. Show less

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  Freelance

  Oct 2015 - now

  Independent Author

  Independently published five genre fiction books available in digital and physical forms that combined have sold/downloaded over 150,000 copies. My books have appeared on Amazon bestseller lists, including the U.S. Amazon Top 100.As an independent author, I have experience in all aspects of digital publishing including adhering to publication schedules and book release dates, commissioning copyediting and cover designs, formatting manuscripts according to distributor requirements, uploading manuscripts to distribution platforms and testing on reading devices, instituting marketing plans to coincide with publication and promotional periods, establishing mailing lists and sending out email alerts for book releases and sales, operating as a small business, author branding, maintaining websites and social media accounts, and reviewing sales reports and developing initiatives to increase sales. Show less

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  Hachette Australia Books

  Nov 2017 - now

  Author

  Author of 'Carpathia: The Extraordinary Story of the Ship that Rescued the Survivors of the Titanic', a creative nonfiction book published by Hachette Australia and available internationally. Carpathia sold over 5,000 copies domestically, making it a bestseller by Australian standards. During release month, it was Dymocks’ third highest-selling history title nationally. Critics reviewed it positively, with Phil Brown from The Courier Mail saying Carpathia is ‘captivating and well researched’ while Mercedes Maguire from The Daily Telegraph wrote ‘this book, written and meticulously researched by the Sunshine Coast academic, will be enjoyed by a much wider audience. The reason is Ludowyke’s charming way of breathing life into the scenes she writes about and the characters who form the focus of her narrative’. After publication, I was interviewed on the morning television show Studio 10 and featured in an episode of the nationally acclaimed ABC Conversations. I have been a guest on the United Kingdom’s The Mariner’s Mirror (‘the world’s No.1 podcast dedicated to all of maritime and naval history’) and was an invited speaker of the Australian National Maritime Museum and the Titanic Memorial Lighthouse, New York. Show less

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  The University of Queensland

  Feb 2022 - Nov 2023

  Casual Academic

  I supervise masters by coursework students and guide them through all stages of research design and dissertation writing. I also teach in the undergraduate writing program. In addition to the duties described below for the University of the Sunshine Coast, this role includes a large amount of online teaching to an international undergraduate cohort who come from different pedagogical backgrounds and for whom many English is a second language.

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  上海纽约大学

  Aug 2023 - now

  Clinical Assistant Professor

  As a Clinical Assistant Professor in NYU Shanghai’s Writing Program, my teaching portfolio includes courses like 'Perspectives on the Humanities' and 'Writing as Inquiry,' where I focus on imparting crucial academic writing and critical inquiry skills. My pedagogical approach is to challenge students intellectually while inspiring them to think creatively, fostering an atmosphere where experimentation is valued alongside traditional scholarship. While I also teach creative writing courses and serve on the Creative Writing Committee, my primary contribution is to the rigorous academic training of students, ensuring they are well-prepared for the demands of intellectual discourse and writing in diverse academic and professional contexts, and that they emerge as innovative thinkers prepared for the complexities of global discourse. Show less