Director Communications, VCOSS

Ryan Sheales is the Director of Communications at the Victorian Council of Social Service. He specialises in messaging, advocacy, digital engagement and media. He manages the public release and promotion of flagship VCOSS publications including the annual Victorian Budget submission and the quadrennial VCOSS Election Platform, as well periodic issues papers and reports. He loves finding new and interesting ways to spark meaningful discussions about the big issues. In a past life, Ryan was a radio and TV reporter at ABC News, a field producer on Network Ten’s The Project, and the President of the Victorian Parliamentary Press Gallery. He’d love to talk with you about politics, movies, the death of Twitter and why Taylor Swift is the songwriter of her generation.