Matt Murray

Brisbane, Australia Australia

Digital communications, social media

Government / Military

I am a digital communications specialist with over 14 years' experience working for government agencies in the UK and Australia. During my first two years leading digital at Redland City Council, social media followers increased five fold. We achieved this by posting interesting content, opening up social media as a customer service channel and posting timely disaster management communications. Our communications response to the North Stradbroke Island bushfires in January 2014 was widely praised by residents and the media. Our operations included live tweeting / live blogging community meetings, comprehensive Facebook and Twitter updates as well as the use of streaming video (Bambus...