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Tom Hickey

Tom Hickey

Commercial Manager - Switzer Financial Group

Driven Financial Services Professional
34 years old
Driving License
Sydney Australia (New South Wales)
Employed Open to opportunities
I bring a rare combination of financial services expertise and digital product management experience. Open to opportunities in financial services sales, client relations, and product management.

I thrive on challenges, am a fast learner and always looking to develop new skills. My key skills include client management (such as investor acquisition, onboarding, and retention) and the development and execution of new business projects.

I am fluent in French and have experience working in France, the UK and Australia.
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  • Managing distribution for Switzer Asset Management.
  • Client/investor relations. Articulating our investment strategy, structure and objectives to current and potential investors. This often requires explaining complex concepts in an easy to understand way.
  • Managing the subscription sales and marketing teams.
  • Planning, developing and managing the implementation of marketing campaigns.
  • Capital raising for new products and funds.
  • Liaising with various parties (such as investors, key stakeholders, registry service providers, stock exchanges and regulatory bodies) to develop new products and services.
Detailed Description
  • My role as Commercial Manager is to grow revenue across the Switzer Group of companies. This includes expanding the subscriber base of our online publications, the Switzer Report and Switzer Daily. These channels act as a feeder for other areas of the business. My role has a particular focus on the Funds Management business, Switzer Asset Management.
Company Description
Switzer Financial Group is a content and financial service business that provides information, education and services to retail investors.
  • Liaising with partners to develop creative markeiting campaigns across a wide range of media.
  • Writing engaging copy on the economy, financial markets and superannuation industry.
  • Website and CRM management (this includes experience with Wordpress, HTML, Salesforce and bulk email programs).
  • Managing social media strategy and channels.
  • Managing advertising and marketing activity. This involves liaising with designers and publishers, as well as developing creative and innovative marketing ideas to keep the report fresh.
Company Description
Switzer Financial Group is a content and financial service business that provides information, education and services to retail investors.
  • Organising vision for ongoing and breaking news stories.
  • Researching and gathering information on ongoing and breaking news stories.
  • Dispatching camera crews and journalists to attend stories.
  • Writing the headlines for the evening news bulletin (see 'News updates' in my portfolio).
  • Writing news stories for the website
  • I was the sole journalist working on the English language branch of the site, therefore I made the majority of editorial decisions about what would and wouldn't make publication
  • Voicing and presenting video and audio
  • Filming and recording interviews and reports
  • Editing video and audio
  • Interviewing industry people in Europe and England
  • During my time at News Insurance I improved the sites Alexa rating from a five to a six
Detailed Description
  • I covered stories on anything which would affect the industry. This included senior appointments, company performance and major events resulting in high claims (the European freeze, January storms, Costa Concordia disaster etc.). I attended a number of press conferences and seminars and worked closely with the French team, News Assurances (www.news-assurances.com).
Company Description
News Insurances is an independent finance news website which specialises in the the European insurance sector. The company is based in Paris but targets an audience of UK industry professionals.
  • Sourcing and creating up to three stories per day for the 5.30pm news bulletin
  • Sourcing and conducting interviews with relevant talent
Detailed Description
  • At WIN I had the responsibility of a mix of sports and general news stories
  • I got an understanding of the TV News computer program AP ENPS
  • I developed my skills for creating stories fast, sometimes having three stories broadcast per bulletin
Company Description
WIN News is a regional TV news service which broadcasts local news to 19 areas in NSW, ACT and QLD.
  • Working on the show 'AFL Central'.
  • Editing content for the show including match highlights, individual player highlights and findings from the match review panel
  • Attending press conferences with players and coaches from GWS and Sydney
  • Writing game packages for the AFL website
Company Description
Hosted by respected TV and radio broadcaster Russell Barwick along with former Swans defender Brad “Snapper” Seymour, AFL Central is a daily, half hour show packed with news, interviews, game action and features.
  • Shadowing journalists as they create their packages up until the final editing stage
  • Compiling two stories
  • Assisting with editing of my stories
  • Recording PTC and voice over
  • Fill-in co-host of the live show
  • Sourcing, writing and presenting the sports news for seven Saturday morning sport bulletins
  • Gathering information to write a 'cheat sheet' for the Friday afternoon sports program
  • Sourcing and editing grabs
  • Writing stories for the weekend news
  • Assisting with panelling for the breakfast program
Company Description
Winner of 65 Commercial Radio Awards in the past 22 years, 2BS is an adult contemporary talk radio station, whose announcers are personalities informing and entertaining listeners in Bathurst, Blayney, Oberon and surrounds.
Company website
  • Writing stories from press releases, newspaper articles, online articles and interviews
  • Conducting interviews with various members of the community including firemen, police officers and the Mayor
  • Editing and sourcing grabs for stories
  • Broadcasting up to three live bulletins and two pre-recorded bulletins per day - sport and regular news
Company website
  • Organising, researching and writing the entertainment section of the magazine
  • Assisting a senior journalist on outings for stories
  • Attending press conferences with politicians including the then Australian Prime Minister John Howard
  • Assistant to Branch Head Justine Ross. This role included:
    -booking flights, taxis, accommodation and any other travel needs
    -managing accounts and recording expenditure
    -any other jobs required from day to day
Company Description
Safe Work Australia is the government agency in charge of writing, implementing and publicity of work safety regulations.
  • Teaching and coaching swimming to children between the ages of 2 and 13. For the younger students i would teach them from the water playing games and gaining confidence and for the elder students it was more of a coaching position instructing about technique from the poolside
  • Coaching other sports including soccer, rugby and cricket.
  • Supervising pupils during the day at school and during the night and weekends in the boarding house
  • Supervising students on various excursions including:
    -Day trips to the park/shops
    -3 day trips to school camp
    -3 day trip to Bradford in North England
    -7 day trip to Normandy, France
Detailed Description
  • With St Bedes I gained certificates including:
    -Child Protection
    -Emergency Life Support
    -Swimming teaching and coaching
    -First Aid
Company Description
St Bedes Prep is a non selective co-educational day and boarding school for children aged 2 until 13
Company website