Hi, I'm Sally Porteous
I've been a Jack (or Jill) of all trades for most of my career, with no real defined pathway until...
In 2007 when I started working for a local government authority and was tasked with being the event organiser to promote public transport. Loving doing this job full time, I finally felt like I had landed on something I could call a "career" and in 2011 graduated with a degree in production and arts management, and decided to own the title "Event Manager".
I’ve been producing events my whole life.
I have since realised that I always was the event creator, wherever I worked. Every job I've every had, and even in my parents' businesses, I was involved in creating events, promotional activities or conferences - I just had no idea it was a profession!
Fast forward and I have professionally produced more than 160 events in the past ten years, and served nearly 30,000 audience members. From festivals to conferences, cocktail parties to fundraisers, there isn't an event type I haven't produced.
