Daina Mccauley

Daina Mccauley

Marketing Manager

Experienced Marketing Specialist Driving Business Growth

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About

Highly experienced Marketing & Communications specialist with a strategic and channel-agnostic approach. Skilled in developing and implementing comprehensive marketing strategies, overseeing digital campaigns, event marketing, B2B partnerships, new product development, and optimising marketing efforts. Proficient in stakeholder relationships, CRM, and business development. Excels in putting compelling ideas at the heart of campaigns to drive brand purpose and achieve business goals.

Experience

The Nutrition Academy

Senior Marketing Manager (2024 – 2025)

Developed and implemented comprehensive marketing strategies to drive brand awareness, customer acquisition, and revenue growth. Oversaw digital campaigns, event marketing, B2B partnerships, sponsorships, new product development, and optimised marketing efforts across multiple channels.

Soul Art Sessions/ LC Art Studios

Owner/Teacher (2018 – 2024)

Facilitated art lessons/workshops for individuals, groups, and corporates. Managed after-school art lessons from prep to high school, website maintenance, database, sales, and marketing. Clients included Suncorp, Willow Tree OT, Samford State School, and more.

RACQ

Manager, Marketing Strategy and Engagement (Contract Role) (2017 – 2018)

Managed a team, provided guidance on marketing plans, identified valuable insights for business growth, developed best practice plans, and created a strategic approach around diversity and inclusion. Established a valuation guide for sponsorships and partnerships.

Universal McCann

State Strategy Director (2016 – 2018)

Managed UM's strategic product offering at a state level across various client businesses. Led the development and implementation of campaign strategies, new business development, and workshops to generate campaign ideas. Built relationships with QUT and external agency partners.

Part of senior management team across all client business (Individual client

billings ranging from $5m to 25m p.a.)

• Responsible for delivering UM’s strategic product offering at a state level

• Key clients: TEQ, RACQ, McDonalds

• Part of New Business Development team - building new business pipeline

• Overseeing all campaign strategies, from strategic platform development

through to implementation

• Development and compilation of all final communication strategies

• Facilitation of workshops and brainstorms in order to develop campaign

ideas and responses

• Assisted planner buyers in the implementation of campaigns, helping them

to understand ideal frequency, weighting, rotation of messaging etc.

• Compilation of the Annual Campaign Highlights to Federal Government,

summarising all campaigns run through UM each year

• Compilation of all Media Award/ Competition Entries

• Monthly Strategy updates to the agency

• Presentation of strategy proposals, campaign summaries and media

training to client teams and departments, as well as at Industry events (MFA/

NGEN)

• Instrumental in developing close working relationship with QUT, co-

ordinating and participating in guest lectures and tutorials.

• Key player in developing strong working relationships with Mediabrands

and other external agency partners. Client, Media, Creative agency, PR,

Research, Branded Content and Event partners

Universal McCann Sydney

Strategy Director (2010 – 2011)

• Part of senior management team across all client business (Individual client

billings ranging from $250k to $20m p.a.)

• Key clients: Federal Government, Australia Post

• Involvement in New Business Development (Australia Post)

• Overseeing all campaign strategies, from strategic platform development

through to implementation

• Development and compilation of all final communication strategies

• Facilitation of workshops and brainstorms in order to develop campaign

ideas and responses

• Assisted planner buyers in the implementation of campaigns, helping them

to understand ideal frequency, weighting, rotation of messaging etc.

• Compilation of the Annual Campaign Highlights to Federal Government,

summarising all campaigns run through UM each year

• Compilation of all Media Award/ Competition Entries

• Assisting in team presentations to the agency - Quarterly Campaign

updates

• Presentation of strategy proposals, campaign summaries and media

training to government departments, groups of up to 150

• Key player in developing strong working relationships with Mediabrands

and other external agency partners. Media, Creative agency, PR, Research,

Branded Content and Event partners

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