Ian Lisser

COMMUNITY CAMPAIGNER, NUW

Campaign Organiser, Communications Strategist, Social Justice Activist, Political Junkie, Conceptual Artist, Scout Leader. First generation Australian of Anglo/Dutch heritage. BA Visual Arts (Drawing/Monumental Sculpture) and MA in Visual Arts (Sculpture), former academic and occasional conceptual artist. Spent quite a few years working in branding/design, advertising, marketing and communications, media planning and buying and the digital comms sphere. However I’ve spend most of my adult life as a union activist/delegate, elected union official and or union staffer, running campaigns, recruitment drives, organising workplaces, mentoring activists, industrial advocacy and campaign communications. Unions I’ve been active or involved in include Australian Railways Union, Art Workers Union, Australian Theatrical & Amusement Employees Association, NSW Fire Brigade Employees Union, NSW Public Service Association, Industrial Staff Union and National Union of Workers. I am also active in Scouting as a Section Leader in Australia’s oldest Scout formation the 1st Woollahra-Paddington Scout Group, which involves lots of team building, leadership development, planning, organising, kid wrangling, outdoor activities and risk assessments