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- Oversee Trend Hunter's online magazine/trend platform and the microtrends and insights it reveals- Develop trend report products, media content, trend-spotting tools, and innovation frameworks based on our research- Collaborate with Trend Hunter's marketing team to develop strategies for media content and brand positioning- Coach and lead Trend Hunter's Futurist team of public speakers, while growing their influence and thought leadership - Develop Futurist-led trend content programs to grow the Future Festival brand throughout a series of events

Toronto, Canada Area

- Oversee the creation of Trend Hunter's high-level insights - Develop trend reporting products to best communicate the insights in a digestible manner- Coach and lead our Futurist team, responsible for establishing thought leadership within trend topics via keynote content- Develop the annual Future Festival program

Toronto, Canada Area

- Identify cross-category insights using Trend Hunter's crowdsourced research- Utilize the insights uncovered to craft macro trend frameworks and reusable brainstorming tools- Leverage the resulting materials to conduct trend presentations and workshops with Trend Hunter's brand partners - Aid in developing and crafting the program content for Trend Hunter's annual Future Festival- Increase sophistication and accuracy of Trend Hunter's research and insights, via tools such as our 18 Megatrends matrix

- Gathered intel on the research industry to aid in the development of professional products- Utilized Trend Hunter's own internal system to highlight areas of interest for our brand partners- Maintained and grew client satisfaction by ensuring my team exemplified exceptional customer service and professional expertise

- Collaborated with companies such as Adidas, Mattel, and Colgate-Palmolive to determine research goals - Conducted research and curated findings into customized reports

Toronto, On

- Oversaw publication of over 200 articles daily and 60,000,000 monthly views- Led a team of editors through such milestones as the 1 billion-view mark and expansion of our team of contributors- Managed a team of 7-15 editorial contributors- Acted as point of contact between PR firms and media sources, and Trend Hunter's video sub-brand, THTV- Created, enhanced and executed over 40 training seminars to our Trend Hunter Academy program- Spearheaded our recruiting and interviewing strategy

- Completed curriculum of over 25 training seminars regarding topics such as digital journalism, SEO, and personal branding- Achieved 'Set to Publish' status, leaving my contributed articles automatically published to the site without editing- Built a portfolio of over 1,000 trend articles (currently 1,400), garnering over 2 million views (currently 12,000,000)

Marketing Intern, Aspire to be Great- Collaborated with a team of designers and web developers to establish online brandingEvent Marketing, Unity Charity- Created and executed digital marketing plan to launch Unity Charity's first-ever Unity Kickoff festival