Minna Squire

Brand agency

• Designed and implemented a centralised research system, surfacing connections between findings that were previously invisible.
• Edited a two-phase ad campaign in multiple aspect ratios for Women's Community Shelters, selecting engaging hooks and following audience-research recommendations.
• Designing and building a custom website for the agency to develop its brand presence.

Independent documentary

• Coordinated daily and overall production schedules to keep the shoot on time and in budget.
• Managed set flow, crew movement and daily call sheets.
• Communicated and enforced safety rules, and managed on-set problem-solving.
• Provided support to crew and referrals to mental health professionals following days documenting interviews about distressing experiences.

National children's cancer charity · marketing team · grew from intern to video producer

• Produced and edited 200+ case-study, campaign, social and fundraising videos on location and in an in-office green-screen studio.
• Hired and briefed 5+ freelance videographers and production agencies, managing contractor relationships, budgets and invoicing, and directing edits to ensure professional quality, frame brand messaging and achieve campaign objectives.
• Upheld stringent brand compliance across visual and written content, including during and after a national brand refresh.
• Built and implemented org-wide video-storage, briefing, filing and production systems, saving employees an average of two hours a week.

• Pruning, weeding, mulching and general maintenance across 10 hectares of gardens.
• Delivered general customer service to 5+ customers a day with politeness, accuracy and professionalism.
• Performed basic hygiene maintenance of customer areas including bathrooms and seating.

• Endemic habitat restoration; brush cutters, tree poppers and specialised hand tools.
• Targeted manual removal of species negatively impacting biodiversity.
• Planted selected tree seedlings for the Science Saving Rainforests project, restoring genetic diversity of key Big Scrub species.

Film & set

• Assistant props maker — Relentless, feature film: balsa-wood breakaway chairs (2025).
• Cinematographer — A Day with Nanna, independent documentary (2025, in post-production).
• Director, camera, set & costume — Utopic Dreamscapes, five-channel video work (2023).
• Set decoration — The Big Bang, UnHoly Cherry (2023).
• Directed and edited short films and performance works, including We Are Looking For Permission to Dream Again (2023) and Letter for Nanna (2022).
• Groundswell — climate campaign video cut from existing footage (2021).
• United Nations Association of Australia — video content production (2018–2019).
• UNSW Global Dialogue on Ocean Accounting — event documentary video (2019).