The Writers Victoria office and program are coordinated and managed by our dedicated staff team.
Dea Jeremic
Services and Memberships Officer
Dea Jeremic is the Services and Memberships Officer at Writers Victoria, where she connects authors with assessors and mentors for manuscript assessments, mentorships, and other services. Dea is responsible for the administration of our membership program and is the first point of contact for our members. She holds a BA in Film and Media from Victoria University of Wellington and is also a curator with a background in film production, event coordination and creative programming.
Flora Lun
Finance Manager
Flora is CPA qualified accountant. She has a skill for telling a story with numbers, which makes her an integral part of the team at Writers Victoria. Flora loves working with and around writers, and looks forward to improving her own writing skills – gaining confidence with writing styles related to her work as well as personally, and she hopes to one day share her unique views on the world via her writing. She is also an energetic body pumper who loves to go to the gym.
Gabriella Muñoz
Program Manager
Gabriella is a writer and editor with a background in online and print publications, social media and project management.
She holds a BA in Media and Communications and has postgraduate qualifications in English Literature and Children’s and Young Adult Literature. Prior to joining Writers Victoria she worked in marketing and communications at the Stella Prize, was an editor for BAPNG and a sessional tutor at Swinburne University.
Kylie Moppert
Bookkeeper
Kylie Moppert is a late onset creative writer who takes courses to improve her craft and take advantage of deadlines. She is yet to settle on a single genre, but continues to be obsessed with family secrets and human foibles.
Miri Hirschfeld
Writeability Program Manager
Miri Hirschfeld is a Project Coordinator with a background in museums and galleries. She has worked at arts organisations including ACMI, the National Gallery of Victoria, The National Gallery, London and the Hayward Gallery. Miri studied Art History at Victoria University of Wellington and the Courtauld Institute of Art, London.
Miri manages the Writeability Goes Local and Writeability Goes Online programs for disabled writers.
Sarah Giles
Marketing and Communications Manager
Sarah is a writer, sessional academic and PhD candidate at Swinburne University. Her writing has been published in ACE IV, The Writing Mind: Creative Writing Responses to Images of the Living Brain, ACE III, The Incompleteness Book and TEXT Journal, among others.
Sarah is responsible for developing, managing and delivering the organisation’s marketing and communications strategies and activities, and maintaining a strong ongoing profile and presence for Writers Victoria. She builds and maintains relationships with key stakeholders and partners. Sarah is the best person to contact about advertising opportunities and member benefits.
Zara Kernan
Marketing and Communications Officer
Zara is a writer, editor and avid reader. She holds a Bachelor of Media and Communication from Swinburne University. She previously edited for Spineless Wonders, swine magazine and Other Terrain literary journal. Zara also works as a copywriter. Her responsibilities at Writers Victoria include producing e-news, social media posts and website content.
