Alison (Ally) Koehler

Content and communications professional

Tertiary qualified in communications, public relations and marketing, with 10+ years' experience in communications and content roles in agency and in-house across EMEA and APAC. Here you'll find a small selection of my written and audio work. Please don't hesitate to reach out for more.

Portfolio
Press release – European Space Agency
04/28/2022
Minerva mission begins as Samantha arrives at Space Station

Crew Dragon spacecraft Freedom, carrying ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti and her NASA colleagues Kjell Lindgren, Robert Hines and Jessica Watkins, docked to the International Space Station at 01:37 CEST Thursday 28 April 2022. The docking marks the start of Samantha's second space mission, known as Minerva.

European Space Agency Web TV
15/11/2019
Livestream hosting – Spacewalk for AMS

ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano and his spacewalking partner NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan conducted a series of complex spacewalks to upgrade the cosmic ray detector, Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer AMS-02. To mark the first spacewalk, I hosted a special live transmission between ESA's astronaut centre in Cologne, Germany, and the European laboratory for particle physics CERN in Switzerland – bringing in experts to explain the event.

TikTok @astrosamantha
04/13/2022
First astronaut on TikTok

Since working with Samantha to launch her TikTok account in April 2022, it has attracted over 3.6 million likes and over 500 thousand followers. This is the first time an active astronaut has had a TikTok presence as she aims to engage a younger audience around space and STEM topics.

Red Bull | Technology
31/10/2016
This pedal bike is faster than your car

Article about the world fastest human-powered bike written for the Technology section of Red Bull's international website. This article attracted a large number of views within its technology section, resulting in a feature on the front page of the international website.

European Space Agency
09/25/2018
Matthias Maurer graduates as ESA astronaut

German citizen, Matthias Maurer, is now officially ESA's newest astronaut, after graduating during a formal ceremony at the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Germany.

Red Bull | Technology
27/11/2017
Meet the biohacker rebuilding us all

Even without his 'Free Rick' T-shirt, one can't help but draw comparisons between biohacker Josiah Zayner and cult cartoon scientist Rick Sanchez of Rick and Morty. While Zayner currently sticks to a single reality and hasn't turned himself into a pickle (so far as we know), he has successfully implanted himself with jellyfish DNA, once worked for NASA and is now bringing genetic design to the public...

Horizons Regional Council
2013
State of the Environment report 2013

Magazine-style report regarding the state and trends affecting natural resources in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand. This document formed the basis for an interactive communications campaign, encouraging communities to engage with their region's environment and its management.