Rebecca Noonan holds a BA in Creative Digital Media from Munster Technological University, during which she was chosen to take part in the European Creative Futures programme at Hogeschool Utrecht in The Netherlands and also demonstrated her final year group project at the TEI Conference at Stanford University, California.

Following her undergraduate, she joined Cork’s RedFM as an intern and moved her way up to Digital Content Manager over her 8 years in the company. During her time at RedFM she was responsible for overseeing all the digital output of the radio station as well as assisting in events, sponsorship and marketing activity. While Rebecca was at RedFM, the station received multiple awards for its digital marketing and content and she was also involved in on-air promotions that won national IMRO Radio Awards. Rebecca was also awarded a Professional Diploma in B2B Marketing from the UCD Professional Academy and she is currently undertaking a Master's by Research in Munster Technological University.

Rebecca joined UCC Academy in July 2022 as a Communications Project Officer within Creative Services and is working with the Cork University Business School Media Team and the Global Design Challenge.