Pamela Rontziokos

W O R K 

  • General Producer, ABC TV News Channel, November 2024 - Current)
    • Writing headlines, cutting videos and editing footage in a timely manner for Australia's national 24-hour television news show.
    • Working in a high pressure and fast-paced environment, aiming to deliver breaking news for Australian audiences. 
    • Fulfilling tasks from Supervising Producer and working in a dynamic team of presenters, reporters, producers and directors.
    • Keeping up-to-date with current news-cycles. 
  • One-on-one English tuition, (January 2021 - Current)
    • For over five years, I have tutored students from primary to year 12 in English and Modern History. 
    • Supporting students to achieve high marks in NAPLAN and HSC. 
  • ANU Research Assistant, 'Sydney Speaks' Project (November 2023 - Current)
    • Sourcing, liaising and conducting 2 hour long interviews with over 50 community members to assist a research study analysing the linguistic change in Australian-English. 
    • Administrative tasks to upload and manage audio files. 
  • Producer, ABC Now Producer (October 2022- August 2024)
    • Editiorial skills: I discerned up-to-date newsworthy content which was suitable for commercial distribution. 
    • Editing video and script to suit online platforms such as Daily Motion. 
  • Part-time journalist, The Greek Herald (November 2022 - June 2023) 
    • Researched, pitched, and curated my own stories for an online newspaper, and physical newspaper. 
    • Managed and wrote headlines for TGH social media platform 
    • Attended events as a reporter, where I then wrote news stories and created video clips for community readers.
  • Criminal Law Paralegal, Sydney City Crime Defence Lawyers Internship (August 2022- October 2022)
    • Assessed hundreds of pages of evidence. 
    • Handled my own work phone, where I liaised with clients that were inmates. 
    • Completed administrative tasks such as preparing briefs, opening and managing client files. 
  • Journalist, Sydney Observer Internship (July 2022 - September 2022)
    • Writing three stories a week for a local magazine - sourced, interview and wrote my own stories.
  • Paralegal, V.S George Lawyers (November 2021 - July 2022) 
    • Working on Leap, opening and managing client matters. 
    • Writing contract of sale reviews. 
    • Supporting solictors by completing adminstrative tasks such as answering phones, locating files, sending emails and curating timelines for dispute litigation. 
  • 2IC, Roselands Santa Set (29 November 2021 - 24 December 2021) 
    • As second in charge, I supported my Set Manager in leading the team, liaising with customers and managing the till. 
    • Managed long lines in a busy Christmas season by working efficiently through each customer whilst also making sure they obtained their desired Christmas photo. 
    • Managed the opening and closing of the santa set on a daily basis.
  • Work experience - 2GB News Radion Station  2nd May 2023

SKILLS

  • Proficient in Leap.
  • Proficient in Microsoft suite.
  • Proficient in Wordpress, Canva, Hootsuite, and Later.
  • Proficient in Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe Audition, Audacity, Edius, AP ENPS, STRATUS.
  • I can read, write and speak Greek.

V O L U N T E E R I N G  &  C O M M U N I T Y    

  • 2024 - 2week Teaching Placement:  International Volunteering HQ - TANZANIA
    • In 2024, I went to Tanzania, Africa and volunteered at Patmos Primary school for two weeks. There I taught year 6 English. 
    • I prepared lesson plans where I taught the students basic grammar rules and supported students in their spelling, reading and writing.  
  • 2021 - 2023: UTS Central News
    • I volunteered my time to write articles for the student publication UTS Central News.
  • 2021: UTS Law Student Society → Student Wellbeing Committee
    • As part of the Student Wellbeing Committee, I was responsible to attend meetings where in a group setting, we brainstormed, organised and hosted events that were targeted at maintaining and supporting the wellbeing of law students at UTS.
  • 2021: UTS Law Gauntlet Competition
    • In March 2021, I competed in a 2 day back to back competition where I participated in witness examination, negotiations and client interviews against other UTS law students.
  • 2019: SBS Work Experience
    • Followed and observed a journalist and cameraman at the 2019 Climate Change protest.
    • Visited news rooms, news sets and spoke to various SBS figures including Janice Pearson , Jan Fran and Danny Teece-Johnson.
  • 2018 - 2019: Remembrance Day/VP Day & ANZAC Day Memorial Services as an Australian Army Cadet
    • Participated in various memorial services, for example the ANZAC Day Dawn Service at South Hurstville RSL, followed by the ANZAC DayMarch in Sydney City where I proudly held the ’18 Light Anti Aircraft Regiment Association – Royal Australian Artillery’ Flag in 2019.
  • 2018: 2RDJ 88.1FM The Rontzi Show
    • Created three one hour-long shows playing popular music, discussing interesting topics which included vox poxes from interviews I collected.
  • 2016: 2NBC 90.1FM - Radio Station Support Person/Segment Producer & Presenter
    • Read out advertisements on air.
    • Sourcing CDs and organising files, and helping out with the pre-recording of segments.
    • Produced and presented a 30 minute radio special on the 70s group ABBA.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING 

  • 2021 - Current: University of Technology Sydney
    • WAM 71.27 
    • Attained a Bachelor of Communication (Journalism) in 2023. 
    • At current, I am completing a Bachelor of Laws. I will finish at the end of 2025. 
  • 2024: Australian Graduate School of Management UNSW Business School short course 
    • The Authentic Communicator: Activating Presence (2 day short course) 
      • Learning leadership impact and influence through powerful communication, presentation and presence. 
  • 2019 - 2020: Secondary Education Year 11 - 12, Newtown High School of The Performing Arts
    • Selective drama student.
    • I graduated from NHPSA with an ATAR of 92.04.
  • 2015 - 2018: Secondary Education Year 7 - 10, All Saints Grammar Greek Orthodox School
  • 2017 – 2019: Australian Army Cadets – 233 St George ACU
    • Attained the rank of sergeant; managed a platoon of 30 cadets.
    • I dress inspected, lesson planned & called drill. Fridays from 6-9:30pm.
    • Facebook manager of 233 St George ACU in 2019.
  • 2017 - 2020: The Duke of Edinburgh International Award
    • Completion of: Bronze, Silver and Gold of The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award.
    • On a weekly basis, 1hour of physical recreation, 1hr of a volunteering service and 1hr of practicing a new skill.
    • Mandatory outdoor hike ranging from 2-5days out in the bush practicing navigation skills and appreciation to the natural environment.
  • 2014 - 2018: NIDA (National Institute of Dramatic Art) – Young People
    • From the age of 10 I completed Singing and Acting; Drama; and Acting on Screen courses.
    • Completed audition only courses: The Next Stage and Performance Lab.

    REFEREES 

    Please contact: 

      • Fanou Filial - Executive Producer, Backgrond Briefing, ABC's investigative podcast 
        • Filali.Fanou@abc.net.au
      • Nicholas Christian, Costs Consultant at Blackstone Legal Costing 
      • Andriana Simos, Digital Editor of The Greek Herald 
    • See below wirtten references from past organisations I have collaborated with: