Claire Backhouse
Communications Manager
Claire is an Australian from Brisbane, Queensland. She has extensive experience in marketing and communications, and has spent the last ten years in the higher education sector. Working with a research-intensive university, Claire’s focus was recruitment, engagement and development of students for the PhD program. She was also heavily involved in marketing of the Three Minute Thesis competition, helping to develop and strengthen its position as a global brand. Claire is passionate about user experience and interaction design, and loves finding ways to engage new audiences.
Claire holds the following qualifications: Bachelor of Visual Art (Fine Art), Graduate Diploma in Teaching (Secondary), Graduate Certificate in Interaction Design, CELTA.