Who got that job?

Marketing and Communications manager, Leukaemia & Blood Foundation

POCKET CV

Name: Nicola Teague

Age: 35

2003-2004 Senior account manager, Acumen Group including NBPR and Hot Tin Roof

2001-2003 Viagra brand manager, Pfizer Laboratories

1997-2001 Product manager, GlaxoSmithKline


Q: What were you doing before accepting your new position?

A: Marketing and communications strategy, advice and implementation across a broad range of sectors.

Q: Why did you apply for this job?

A: Reasons important to me in applying for this job are contributing to people's well-being and making a meaningful difference.

Q: What are the major challenges ahead of you?

A: A personal challenge is the change in emphasis from past roles to working for a non-profit health organisation. From an organisational perspective, increasing awareness of the Leukaemia & Blood Foundation (LBF) and what we do to support the four New Zealanders diagnosed each day with leukaemia, lymphoma and myeloma. Management and promotion of the LBF's bold and edgy fundraiser - Shave for a Cure.

Q: What qualities do you bring to the job?

A: Enthusiasm, can-do attitude, passion for the cause, sound marketing and communications experience, creativity and a willingness to take risks.

Q: What do you enjoy about working in marketing?

A: Analysing and defining the problem, smart thinking and single-mindedly confronting the challenge. Communication is a big part of marketing in this role. Performance is important to me and so I like to set measurable objectives and monitor outcomes.

Q: What does being a communications and marketing manager mean to you?

A: Having the foresight to create and capitalise on opportunities and learn. It's also being naturally inquisitive - gaining insights into people's motivations, attitudes, behaviours and connecting in a way that has meaning and value for them.

Q: What else might you have done?

A: If I hadn't got this job I would have continued to grow by generating ideas and implementing marketing and public relation campaigns.

Q: What do you do in your spare time?

A: Golfing, motor-biking, reading, and enjoying the company of good friends.