Ben Donaldson

One of eight founding board members of a Spanish non-profit, rebuilt the organisation and delivered the 2026 edition of a 3,000-participant event. Chaired weekly board meetings, authored onboarding processes, and negotiated asset transfers.

Independent practice in English and French for professionals facing burnout, stress and life transitions. Designed a modular 12-week programme and facilitated online practice groups and forest walks.

Year-round HR lead for a volunteer-run 3,000-participant event, redesigned conflict-resolution and incident-reporting processes, and coordinated about 100 year-round volunteers. Led on-site welfare shifts and mediated leadership conflicts.

Built the B2B sales and marketing function from scratch for an Australian legal and construction-tech start-up, part-time and remote. Designed sales processes, coached sales representatives, and ran product demos.

Wrote and edited about 100 SEO articles and job-description pages for Indeed on careers, hiring and management. Edited and rewrote AI-generated HR content, improving output quality and prompts.

Reviewed and edited an online course on Impact Experience Design for a wildlife not-for-profit, giving expert feedback on learning design.

Represented the event, likely involved in coordination and outreach.

Took on the Content Lead remit, owning content strategy and editorial calendar. Ran a content cadence of weekly blog, monthly newsletter, and daily X campaigns, and built a content database and knowledge wiki.

Delivered 10-week intensive professional English programmes to French air traffic controllers at ENAC and coached Airbus staff towards IELTS band 7 and above.

Wrote, edited and localised SEO blog posts, guides and email copy for Eventbrite and Gumtree Australia as part of an international agency team. Localised Eventbrite's COVID-19 Safety Playbook for the Australian market.

Promoted within three months to lead the coaching department of a national online-education company, managing about 70 remote coaches across three time zones. Owned recruitment, designed training sessions, and built professional-development processes.

Content writer for a daily publication, likely producing articles and other written content.

Taught English language, likely online, to students in China.

Taught up to 6 concurrent groups of children and adults, up to 36 contact hours a week. Delivered business-English seminars for managers at Tofaş and Renault, and set and marked exams.

Coached secondary debating and public-speaking teams aged 11 to 18 for five years, with students reaching national finals. Managed debating teams and mentored competitors.

Professional development certification in Trauma-Informed Care.

Level 1 Training in Internal Family Systems Therapy, focusing on psychoanalysis and psychotherapy.

CELTA certification for teaching English as a second or foreign language.

Bachelor of Arts in English Literature (British and Commonwealth).