22 | TFL TALKS to Georgia Thompson

Hello & Happy Thursday! We hope you are all staying safe and we are especially thinking of our Melbournian friends.

On today’s show we are sitting down with the Australian Olympic Committee’s (or the AOC’s) Social Media Coordinator, Georgia Thompson.

Growing up in Armidale NSW, Georgia developed a passion for sport from a young age with the support and encouragement of her parents. After graduating from high school, she went on to study a Bachelor of Communications (focusing on journalism) and a Bachelor of Sports Science, at Charles Sturt University in Bathurst.

It was whilst she was studying that she gained some incredible experiences in the media. She worked at Bathurst Producers and New England Broadcasters within her first year of university, and then landed her first role as a content producer at the Netball World Cup in 2015! By October that year, she was employed by the AOC as a Digital Media Assistant.

Since then, Georgia has continued to work her way up the career ladder to her current role. Today, as Social Media Coordinator, Georgia has been imperative in keeping the Olympic spirit alive in Australia after the delay of the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics through campaigns such as #OlympicDay.

In today’s episode we chat with Georgia about her career pathway and experiences with the AOC, her insights about how athletes handle their relationship with social media in contrast to their sponsorship obligations and how she copes with the challenges of being a young female in the sports industry

It was wonderful to sit down with Georgia and have such an open and honest discussion and we hope you enjoy the chat as much as we did!