Character profiles
Sammie, Hayden, and their six advisors are ready to get to work and start preparing for the best festival Salty Creek has ever seen! Get to know the Festival Planning Committee…
Read through the team’s profiles to learn more about them or select a character’s avatar image to jump to their profile. You can also listen to each person introducing themselves and explaining their part on the team.
If a character’s profile interests you – make sure to check out what tasks they’re tackling on the festival map.
Sammie (they/them)
Age: 21
Studying: Business (event management) + Law (business and environmental)
Skills: decision making and problem solving, organisation and planning, IT proficiency, communication
Interests: legal TV dramas, teaching others, sustainability, uplifting regional communities, accessibility, cats
Festival tasks: event management, communicating with contributors and stakeholders, working with advisors
Check out what Sammie is up to…
- Skimming and scanning (10 minutes)
- Assigning volunteers to work areas (10 minutes)
- Using clear and concise language (10 minutes)
- Writing a report (15 to 20 minutes)
- Using a risk assessment matrix (15 to 20 minutes)
- Using accessible colour in design (10 to 15 minutes)
- Making a festival sustainable (10 to 15 minutes)
- Creating your own sustainability goals (10 minutes)
- Minimising festival waste with a systems thinking approach (15 to 20 minutes)
Hayden (he/him)
Age: 22
Studying: Bachelor of Design (Communication Design)
Skills: communication, presentations, social media marketing, digital content creation, graphic design
Interests: digital media, design principles, art, cooking with native Aussie ingredients, meeting new people, live music
Festival tasks: Assisting the volunteers and contributors with communication and design questions, communicating with stakeholders, collaborating with organisers and volunteers, ensuring the wellbeing of staff and volunteers
Check out what Hayden is up to…
- Skimming and scanning (10 minutes)
- Assigning volunteers to work areas (10 minutes)
- Using clear and concise language (10 minutes)
- Mind mapping an artist statement (8 minutes)
- Writing an artist statement (10 to 15 minutes)
- Giving a presentation (5 minutes)
- Working out a marketing budget (8 minutes)
- Using accessible colour in design (10 to 15 minutes)
- Working with coloured lights (8 to 10 minutes)
- Making a festival sustainable (10 to 15 minutes)
Mia (she/her)
Age: 29
Profession: Environmental Engineer and Advisor
Qualifications: Bachelor of Engineering (Environmental), Certificate IV in Sustainable Operations
Skills: evaluation and analysis, mathematics, physics, research, attention to detail
Interests: reading, researching solutions to environmental threats, debating, trains and transport innovations, ethics, animals
Festival tasks: monitoring the setup of the site, working with the stage sound and lighting crew, organising the Engineering Industry Booth.
Check out what Mia is up to…
- Engineering job board (5 to 20 minutes)
- Exploring innovation and sustainability in agricultural technology (15 to 30 minutes)
- Using a risk assessment matrix (15 to 20 minutes)
- Constructing an access ramp (10 minutes)
- Moving heavy equipment safely (10 to 15 minutes)
- Calculating noise levels (12 to 15 minutes)
- Working with coloured lights (8 to 10 minutes)
- Ordering hand sanitiser (8 minutes)
- Recognising flawed arguments (8 to 12 minutes)
James (he/him)
Age: 33
Profession: Community GP
Qualifications: Bachelor of Nursing, Doctor of Medicine (MD)
Skills: Problem solving, critical thinking, medical expertise, interpersonal communication, teaching others
Interests: science fiction novels, the future of the medical industry, robotics and virtual reality, 3D printing, advocating for rural healthcare services
Festival tasks: setting up the first aid tent, training and coordinating the health volunteers, organising the Health Sector Industry Booth
Check out what James is up to…
- Health sector job board (5 to 20 minutes)
- Calculating noise levels (12 to 15 minutes)
- Calculating medicine dosage (3 to 5 minutes)
- Thinking critically when treating patients (5 to 8 minutes)
- Highlighting the sustainable benefits of health technology (15 to 20 minutes)
- Investigating the reliability of online health information (15 to 20 minutes)
Bo (he/they)
Age: 25
Profession: Sustainability Advisor (intern)
Qualifications: Bachelor of Business (Marketing), MA in Environmental Economics (in progress)
Skills: online communication, online marketing, budgeting, finance, economics, statistics, digital content creation
Interests: sustainability, social media content creation, musical theatre, blogging
Festival tasks: assisting with budgeting and ordering, ticket data, attendee surveys, demographics, marketing, organising the Economics and Marketing Industry Booth
Check out what Bo is up to…
- Visualising survey data with charts and graphs (15 minutes)
- Working out a marketing budget (8 minutes)
- Studying economics Q&As (5 minutes)
- Economics and marketing job board (5 to 15 minutes)
- Evaluating market information (15 to 20 minutes)
- Minimising festival waste with a systems thinking approach (15 to 20 minutes)
Cara (she/her)
Age: 39
Profession: Youth and Community Specialist
Qualifications: Certificate III Community Services, Diploma of Youth Work, MA Social Work
Skills: mentoring, face-to-face communication, organisation, cultural competence, active listening
Interests: Art and storytelling, local uplift, community groups, accessibility, travel shows, social justice and advocacy
Festival tasks: bringing people together, contacting community leaders, organising talent gallery, communicating with local talents, businesses and schools, engagement in local community, organising the Social Sector Industry Booth.
Check out what Cara is up to…
- Working in the social sector Q&As (10 to 15 minutes)
- Social sector job board (5 to 15 minutes)
- Talking about fast fashion and sustainability (15 to 18 minutes)
- Using eco-friendly practices in art (15 minutes)
- Presenting in an online meeting (10 to 20 minutes)
- Visualising survey data with charts and graphs (15 minutes)
- Managing social media responsibly (8 to 12 minutes)
