Thomas Oliver Marks
0432 532 844 | tom@tommarks.tv | tommarks.tv | linktr.ee/tommarks | Townsville, QLD
Experience
Digital Content Producer
2024 – Present
Australian Radio Network, Full-Time
Townsville, QLD
- Lead digital content producer for North Queensland and Northern Territory across 8 radio stations and 28 social media channels
- Produce multi-camera video, motion graphics, animation, and photography; articles syndicated across 46 stations nationally
- Collaborate with station managers, on-air talent, and national editorial teams to align content strategy across markets
- Drive improvements to production workflows, digital asset management, and cross-market interoperability
Digital Content Creator
2023 – 2024
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Contract
Townsville, QLD
- Lead content creator for a Commonwealth agency across multiple formats: video, podcast, photography, animation, graphics, document design, copywriting and socials with several approval layers per deliverable
- Produced first 7 episodes of the Reef in Focus Podcast as director, camera operator, colourist, sound engineer, and editor
- Maintained a vast digital asset library and version control across 4 major departments
- Translated complex environmental science into accessible public media for local, national, and international audiences
Social Media & Digital Content Marketing Manager
2021 – 2022
North Queensland Audio Visual, Full-Time
Townsville, QLD
- Drove 46.4% revenue growth against a 3.9% industry average (AVIXA)
- Managed end-to-end marketing across video, animation, photography, copywriting, SEO/SEM, EDM, CRM, print, and web
- Provided AV technical support and system design consultations alongside the core marketing role
Media Producer
2016 – Present
Sole Trader, Self-employed
Townsville, QLD
- Independent production services spanning video, motion graphics, 3D design, photography, projection mapping, and TV commercials for clients across sport, education, government, and business; run in parallel with full-time roles throughout
- On-camera coaching and bespoke AV system design consultations for TAFE Townsville, Townsville Creative Technologies College, ARN Townsville, and GBRMPA; advice covers cost, ease-of-use, production cycles, and future-proofing
- Notable clients include Akkordien, DanceNorth, Diffraction Collective, JCU Townsville Fire, KOJO, Mangrove Media, Margflow Media, Omnititan Productions, Queensland Youth Services, and Vetta Creative
AV Technician
2015 – Present
Sole Trader, Self-employed
Townsville, QLD
- 1,000+ hours in live events during secondary education leading to ongoing paid work across camera, sound, lighting, replay, graphics, and livestream roles at major venues across Australia
- Venues include 237, DanceNorth, Endeavour Park, Exhibition Park, FLNDRS, Hughenden Showgrounds, PIMPAC, Queensland Country Bank Stadium, Strand Park, Townsville Civic Theatre, Townsville Entertainment Centre, and Townsville RSL Stadium
- Regularly part of a small team that shapes what 25,000+ people see and hear at Queensland Country Bank Stadium
Education
Townsville Creative Technologies College
Townsville, QLD
Music Industry and Technical Production
2016 – 2017
Pimlico State High School
Townsville, QLD
Queensland Certificate of Education — English, Math B and C, Physics, Biology, Film and Television
2017
Technical Skills
Adobe CC: After Effects, Audition, Illustrator, InDesign, Lightroom, Media Encoder, Photoshop, Premiere Pro
3D and Motion: Blender, Element 3D, OBS, QLab, Resolume, TouchDesigner, vMix, XPression
AI and Generative: ChatGPT, Claude, ComfyUI (Flux/LoRA), Copilot, Stable Diffusion
Web and PM: Asana, Frame.io, Monday.com, simPRO, Trello, Webflow, Wix, WordPress, Zoho
Infrastructure: Dedicated editing workstations with UPS and off-site backups. 500+ Mbps fibre. RAID 5 NAS over 10GbE LAN.
Licences and Certificates: Blue Card, C Class Open, Cert II in Workplace Practices, First Aid, Forklift (LF), White Card