ABOUT DAMIEN
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DAMIEN HAFFENDEN
Founder of Metro Groove, Damien is a passionate content creator and broadcaster with nearly two decades worth of experience engaging with audiences around Australia.
From radio broadcasting to digital content creation; filming corporate videos to social media strategy, Damien has a broad range of skills that are a requirement in the digital and social content age, and a depth of experience across a range of industries.
Skills and qualifications
Damien has a Bachelor of Communication, with majors in Journalism and Public Relations; plus a Bachelor of Creative Arts (Honours).
In addition to these formal qualifications, he has acquired skills in a variety of areas:
- audio production (Adobe Premiere)
- podcast production, recording and distribution
- voiceover and broadcast radio
- news presenting
- graphic design (Adobe Photoshop, Canva)
- video production (Adobe Premiere)
- photography
- social media strategy and management
- social media content production
- website content management
- press release writing
- news and feature article writing
Career highlights
- Five years with Australia's #1 news network, 7NEWS
- 7NEWS Podcasts: increased streams and downloads by 447% and increased monthly revenue by 487%
- 7NEWS Australia YouTube channel: 232% increase in subscribers, 696% increase in video impressions and a 491% increase in revenue.
- Developed and produced Let's Get Fiscal with Gemma Acton podcast
- Developed, produced and presented Real Life podcast
- Sunrise behind the scenes photography used in official Seven press release
- Sunrise. cast photo used by TV Week/Now To Love
- Interview with Sophie Ellis-Bextor (podcast)
- Five years on: Melissa Doyle reflects on the Sydney siege video
- Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras video
- Interview with Delta Goodrem (podcast)
- Paralympian Michael Roeger interview (podcast)
- Australian Commercial Radio Award (ACRA) / Best Music Director - 2011 winner
- Australian Commercial Radio Award (ACRA) / Best Multimedia Execution - 2011 winner
- Australian Commercial Radio Award (ACRA) / Best Music Director - 2010 finalist
Who I've worked with
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