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DAVID MORRIS 44, Miro Street, Miramar, Wellington

0273434116

Davemorris.dm4@gmail.com

David Morris is a self‐starter who thrives on learning new skills and undertaking challenging work.

Mr Morris is currently employed in the media analysis field. He has three years of experience in this sector. Key skills Mr Morris has developed and employed over this period include the ability to make considered decisions, writing research notes and lightening fast comprehension. Mr Morris is currently completing a Master of Professional Accounting at Victoria University. This degree has given him a sound understanding of the business environment, as well as more specialised accounting knowledge.

EDUCATION

July 2013 ‐ Present Masters of Professional Accounting, Victoria University

Management Accounting A‐

Law of Business Associations A

Accounting Systems B+

Financial Accounting B+

Economics A‐

Business Law B+

Auditing A-

Taxation B

Advanced Management Accounting B+

Management B

Advanced Financial Accounting B

Finance B

1997‐1998, 2004‐2005 Bachelor of Arts, (Philosophy, Art History), Victoria University

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EMPLOYMENT

Media Researcher, self‐employed contracting to iSentia Limited February 2013 to present

Analysing media items to enable Media Analyst to produce a customised report for clients.

Monthly Media report for Australia Post, 2013 — Australia Post is a government business enterprise which is

facing issues such as falling letter volumes and increasing costs for rural delivery. iSentia produces a monthly

report for Australia Post to enable them to respond to issues and consider strategy. Mr Morris supports

iSentia’s media analyst by analysing media items and providing supporting notes. The notes consist of

identifying issues and possible future issues for Australia Post, comparative analysis of Australia Post’s

performance in the media and underlying themes drawn from public.

Monthly Media report for Essential Energy (NSW), 2014 — Essential Energy is a state owned enterprise

responsible for maintaining, building and operating Australia’s largest energy network. iSentia produces a

monthly report for Essential Energy identifying trends and issues that arise in the media. Mr Morris analyses

media items and provides supporting notes to assist iSentia’s Media Analyst in producing this report.

Running a sole trader business, 2013 — In 2013 iSentia offered its Media Research team the opportunity to work as private contractors. Mr Morris accepted this offer and has since operated as a sole trader. He has created efficiencies in his processes by minimising time spent on administration. He has also improved his work flow by using two monitors and measuring and analysing time spent on each project. While working as a sole trader Mr Morris has been studying towards a Masters of Professional Accounting. He has had to balance the demands of his business with achieving high grades at university.

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Contract Policy Analyst, In2excellence Limited March 2014

Worked on drafting a strategic assessment for the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.

In2excellence is a New Zealand based consulting firm. Mr Morris produced the organisational overview for a

planned Strategic Assessment that did not eventuate. The organisation overview required Mr Morris to have a

solid understanding of the history of building industry compliance in NZ and MBIE’s statement of intent for

Building and Housing.

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Summaries Editor, iSentia Limited July 2011 to June 2013

Summarising National Business Review content for clients. This role required Mr Morris to have a sound understanding of business issues, a high degree of accuracy and strong comprehension under a time constraint. Due to a copyright issue to distribute NBR articles to clients it iSentia needed to rewrite each article in the NBR without plagiarizing. Mr Morris excelled at this task and helped train new members who joined the team. Mr Morris worked at this role while he was also working as a media researcher for iSentia.

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Media Monitor, Sentia Media Group October 2008 to July 2011

Summarising Queensland radio media, news and interviews in a concise, saleable, easy to read written format.

As part of this role he completed the following work that is ‐

Development of Staff guidelines 2011, The Queensland division of Media Monitors records summaries of

media items from radio stations such as the ABC. The inclusion of commercial FM music focused stations for

these summaries presented issues, as often content was frivolous and employees would spend too much time

on non‐saleable content. Mr Morris worked in a team that created best practise for employees recording

commercial stations.

Creating a template and guidelines for media researcher notes, 2012 — Media Researchers would create

supporting notes to Media Analysts that did not always meet their expectations. Mr Morris worked in a team

that created standardised expectations for these supporting notes. The team liaised with both analysts and

researchers to produce the best result for both parties.

Training staff 2013 — Sentia Media Group has part time team that summarises the National Business Review

once a week to distribute to clients. Mr Morris gained proficiency in this task and was given the responsibility

of passing on this knowledge to incoming team members.

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English as a Second Language Teacher, Sinhak Elementary 2007 to 2008

Teaching English — In Korea extra‐curricular English lessons are extremely popular. Mr Morris taught English

to children aged between 5 and 12. During his time at Sinhak Elementary he developed and used existing

curriculum as well as building a positive rapport with students.

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Bursar, Newlands College March 2007 ‐ October 2007

Assisting teachers with payroll and KiwiSaver issues.

Keeping accurate records of invoices and statements of school expenses, such as payments for course

costs, extra‐curricular activities and fund‐raising

Using Student Manager software to format invoices and update student information

Liaising with Datacom to resolve teachers' inquiries concerning pay

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Payroll Officer, Datacom July 2005 – February 2007

Responsible for processing payroll for upper North Island high schools

Communicating with high school administrators to ensure that stakeholder’s expectations are met

Responding to teacher’s verbal enquiries concerning their payments

Quality assurance of payroll data

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REFERENCES

Jason de Ruyter, Media Monitors NZ Operations Manager

(04) 462 6200

Alex Gyde, Media Research Team Leader

(021) 902 097

(04) 462 6248