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Her Waka June 2026 — Personal Branding & Growth Tips
Session 4 — Tuesday 2 June 2026 | 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm academyEX, 99 Khyber Pass Road, Grafton, Auckland 1023 The fourth and final cohort of the HER WAKA series focuses on personal branding and career growth — treating your career like a Go-To-Market strategy. Andrea Halal, Tech Marketing Leader at Ideqa and creator of Big Leap Energy, will share how she rebuilt her network and professional credibility after moving to New Zealand with no local connections. Drawing on nine years of marketing experience across TV, production, advertising, brand management, and B2B marketing, Andrea will walk participants through the practical steps for building visibility and trust when you are new, relocating, or pivoting. Expect a grounded, strategy-driven session on using LinkedIn as a career tool (not a highlight reel), on why positioning matters as much as performance, and on how relationships quietly compound over time. As with every HER WAKA cohort, RCSA will join the session to share insights on the current New Zealand job market and offer practical guidance on job-seeking.

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What to Expect

  • A personal branding masterclass with Andrea Halal — career as a GTM strategy
  • Practical steps for building visibility, credibility, and networks from scratch
  • How to use LinkedIn as a career tool — positioning, presence, and quiet relationship-building
  • RCSA insights — current job market updates and practical jobseeker guidance

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Event Schedule

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Speaker

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Andrea Halal

Andrea Halal
Andrea leads the Personal Branding & Growth Tips session — a practical, strategy-driven workshop on treating your career like a Go-To-Market plan.
Andrea Halal is a Tech Marketing Leader at Ideqa driving B2B growth across ANZ, and the creator of Big Leap Energy — a career Go-To-Market methodology for tech professionals building visibility, credibility, and networks from scratch. After relocating to New Zealand with no local connections, she applied marketing thinking to her own career and rebuilt from zero. She is Ambassador Lead and Operations Strategy at The Marketing Club AU/NZ, and writes and speaks on personal branding, LinkedIn as a career tool, and the mindset of showing up before you feel ready.

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Guest Speaker

RCSA representative — sharing insights into the current New Zealand job market, recruitment trends, and practical guidance for jobseekers.

Andrea Halal

Tech Marketing Leader at Ideqa · Creator of Big Leap Energy · 9 years marketing experience · LinkedIn-as-a-career-tool advocate.

RCSA Representative

Job market updates and practical jobseeker guidance.

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Prerequisites

  • No prior tech experience required
  • Come with an idea of what you want next in your career — even a fuzzy one
  • A LinkedIn account (existing or new) will help you apply the session in real time

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What You Will Learn

  • How to treat your career like a Go-To-Market plan
  • How to position yourself when you are new, relocating, or pivoting
  • How to use LinkedIn as a career tool — without the highlight-reel pressure
  • Why relationships compound, and how to invest in them sustainably

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Register

Register on Humanitix

Secure your spot for the June 2 session. Places are limited to 25 participants.
This is the final session in the HER WAKA series. After this cohort, you remain part of the SheSharp community — see the tech communities and networking guide for ways to stay connected.