Elise Sweeney
ELISEMSWEENEY@GMAIL.COM
About Me
I am a writer/researcher based in Hobart, Tasmania. In 2019 I graduated from the University of Tasmania with a Bachelor of Media, majoring in Screen Media.
Highly proficient written and spoken communication skills, including in both Plain English and academic styles.
Experienced in editing softwares Da Vinci Resolve, Adobe Premiere Pro, as well as Adobe Audition and Audacity.
Strong experience with Outlook, Google Suite, Microsoft Office Suite, and the basics of Firebase.
Good understanding of the ins and outs of content creation online and algorithm optimisation for social media platforms like Youtube, Instagram, TikTok, and X.
Projects
2024
Writer, Researcher - Electric City - Roar Film
Researched and wrote short read articles, podcasts, and AR character scripts for the web app, covering people, events, and locations within or relating to the Duck Reach Power Station and its history.
Sourced imagery for all content from either the Public Domain or sources with suitable Creative Commons licenses and created a comprehensive list of these images and sources to provide long term traceability.
2023-2024
Writer, Researcher, Editor - Sydney Jewish Museum Exhibition - Roar Film
Researched figures covered in the exhibition, writing short biographies to explain who they were.
Sourced extensive imagery to accompany all content from stock image sources with suitable licenses and created a comprehensive list of these images and sources to provide long term traceability.
This exhibition was postponed due to unforeseen circumstances.
2023-2024
Writer, Researcher, Editor - Unshackled Exhibition and Web App - Roar Film and Monash University
Researched and wrote numerous articles and display item captions for the web app and exhibition, covering people and events in history related to collective action, trade unionism, convicts, and colonialism between 1750-1901. This exhibition was the next step in the 5 year Conviction Politics ARC Digital History Linkage project.
Cleaned, analysed, and collated data from the more than 75,000 UNESCO listed convict records digitised by Digital History Tasmania to be used for interpretation in projected data visualisations.
Sourced extensive imagery for all content from either the Public Domain or sources with suitable Creative Commons licenses and created a comprehensive list of these images and sources to provide long term traceability.
Liaised with academics and institutions related to exhibition to source longer articles and difficult to access imagery.
This exhibition debuted at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, but is set to tour nationally.
2020-2024, intermittently
Writer, Researcher, Copy Editor - Conviction Politics ARC Project - Roar Film and Monash University
Wrote more than 150 short read articles for Conviction Politics web app project, covering people and events in history related to collective action, trade unionism, convicts, and colonialism between 1750-1901.
Helped organise and advised on the implementation of a new UI for the web app and its improved useability.
Wrote new credits and acknowledgements, including an acknowledgement of country.
Sourced imagery for all Conviction Politics content from either the Public Domain or sources with suitable Creative Commons licenses and created a comprehensive list of these images and sources to provide long term traceability.
2022-2023
Writer, Researcher, Data Cleaner - Unshackled Vandemonian Lags - Roar Film
Researched and wrote short read articles and scripts for the web app, covering people and historic events within or relating to the Mick Thomas Vandemonian Lags musical theatre project.
Collated music and artist details to be recorded on the web app alongside the songs.
2023
Writer, Researcher, Data Cleaner - Unshackled at the Hobart Penitentiary - Roar Film
Researched and wrote 41 individualised biographies of convicts sent to Van Diemen’s Land between 1805-1853. These are displayed on screens in the penitentiary when no visitor has chosen a convict to view, as well as on the web app on visitors’ phones.
Researched and wrote various pieces of stock text to be used when a chosen convict is displayed on screens at the penitentiary or on the web app. This text had deliberate gaps that could be filled automatically to match data for each individual convict, turning data points into clear sentences.
Cleaned, analysed, and collated data from the more than 75,000 UNESCO listed convict records digitised by Digital History Tasmania to be used for interpretation.
Sourced imagery for all content from either the Public Domain or sources with suitable Creative Commons licenses and created a comprehensive list of these images and sources to provide long term traceability.
This project was shortlisted for a Virtual Canvas Award at the Australian Museums and Galleries Association (AMaGA) Awards.
2022-2023
Writer, Researcher, Data Cleaner - ReAssign - Roar Film
Researched and wrote short read articles, podcasts, and AR character scripts for the web app, covering people, events, and locations within or relating to the Tasmanian Northern Midlands in the early-mid 19th Century.
Cleaned, analysed, and collated data from the more than 75,000 UNESCO listed convict records digitised by Digital History Tasmania to be used for interpretation.
Sourced imagery for all content from either the Public Domain or sources with suitable Creative Commons licenses and created a comprehensive list of these images and sources to provide long term traceability.
2021-2022
Data Entry, Editor, and Report Template Creation- Speech Pathology Tasmania
Adapted certain technical or difficult to understand passages of medical report text into Plain English.
Worked with developer to automate integration of patient results into completed official medical reports from Speech Pathologists’ assessments.
2021
Videographer - University of Tasmania Faculty of Education
Filmed two primary school drama lessons at Moonah Primary School for demonstration to Education students of what such lessons are like, and how engaged kids can be in primary school drama.
2020
Writer, Researcher, Copy Editor and Playtester - Wreck Seeker game - Roar Film
Worked with creative technologist to create the structure of the game through decision trees.
Wrote and researched for most game text, including dialogue for Also playtested and reported bugs and other issues to the programmer.
2020
Archive Research - Looky Looky Here Comes Cooky documentary - Roar Film
Researched information on specific locations and their renaming by settlers, also looked at archives for photographs of key historic moments in race relations between white and Indigenous Australians.
This documentary was commissioned by SBS and remains streaming on SBS OnDemand.
2020
Archive Researcher, Archival Footage Collation - Guns That Changed The Game documentary - Roar Film and Wild Bear
Found and collated archive footage of specific weapons, ammunition, and historic periods and events, which formed the majority of the video used in the documentary.
2019-2020
Writer, Copy Editor, Researcher, and Playtester - Cook’s Voyages game - Roar Film
Wrote text for game, including for fact pop-ups, location introductions, and help section, as well as playtesting, copyediting, and researching topics such as flora and fauna of certain places, various indigenous words, and Cpt. Cook’s voyages.
2019
Internship - Roar Film
Wrote and copy edited, as well as doing research, primarily on the Cook’s Voyages educational game and the Wreck Seeker educational game, both commissioned by the Australian National Maritime Museum.
2019
Volunteer Photographer - National Drama Australia Conference
Photographed key workshops and speeches, as well as other events for the conference organisers at DramaTAS.
2018-2019
Videographer and Photographer - Beauty Pageant contestant
Produced multiple short videos and photos for contestant’s social media feed as part of her entrance package for the Miss Diamond Australia competition.
2017-2018
Volunteer magazine contributor - Togatus magazine, UTAS
Produced multiple short articles and photography to be published in the student magazine.
Education
2017 - 2019
University of Tasmania - Bachelor of Media, majoring in Screen Media and French