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• Helping businesses realize their full online potential and grow their sales through effective digital marketing strategies:
• Custom Website Development
• Marketing Strategy
• Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
• Search Engine Marketing (SEM)
• Social Media Advertising

Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada

• Wrote and executed 32 page annual sales & marketing plan, which is the guiding document outlining the strategic direction and tactics for all departments
• Managed $500,000 marketing budget spending
• Managed and led all marketing initiatives which contributed to record revenue growth of 15-20% each year over the last three years
• Sought new co-operative marketing opportunities with local businesses, events and other groups. These reduced our marketing expenses while providing a… Show more
• Sought new co-operative marketing opportunities with local businesses, events and other groups. These reduced our marketing expenses while providing a boost to our partner’s marketing efforts and provided aligned.
• Built relationships with the tourism business community, ensuring marketing best practices are met and marketing issues are solved

Surrey, BC

• Manage and lead all digital marketing initiatives
• Manage social media channels for all Central City brands
• Coordinate all events, including product launches, festivals and sponsorships
• Oversee the Central City order desk
• Manage the tasting program, including application process and outsourcing
• Handle all incoming sponsorship requests

Surrey, BC

• Coordinated product deliveries to various accounts around British Columbia, maintaining relationships with various accounts and was the point-of-contact for any product orders
• Supported the various territory managers with coordinating samples, displays, tastings and events
• Ran daily, weekly and monthly sales reports, pulling insights from each sales channel
• Built excel databases for various metrics across the three main sales channels
• Acted as Accounts Receivable for all… Show more
• Acted as Accounts Receivable for all accounts owing

Vancouver, Canada Area

• Coordinate detailed familiarization tours for prospective meeting planners from domestic and international markets
• Manage budget for all familiarization tours and events
• Assist convention services team with various projects
• Support Sales Managers of all markets with various communications and projects
• Maintain relationships with suppliers and member-partners

Vancouver, BC

• Write copy for various email campaigns and newsletters
• Track and enter media coverage of Vancouver into Tourism Vancouver database
• Responsible for hitting target media coverage from key markets
• Assist the Travel Media Specialists with various tasks, including welcome kits for incoming media
• Occasionally host media, creating itineraries based on wants and needs of the journalist
• Liaise with incoming media

Vancouver, BC

• Contracted to perform research on current organizational model to explore any opportunities to improve the business model, then follow up with recommendations
• Developed Corporate Social Responsibility template for meeting planners to use for future meetings and events in Vancouver
• Wrote and edited newsletters for future convention delegates and meeting planners from Canada, United States, and International destinations
• Managed the input of data, including client contacts… Show more
• Managed the input of data, including client contacts, account profiles, RFPs and proposals in the CRM database Show less

Vancouver, Canada Area

• Engage with guests providing excellent service in a welcoming environment
• Perform entertaining and informative tours of Vancouver from the viewing deck
• Manage merchandise and retail desk
• Operate ticket desk handling cash and working with ticketing system

Vancouver, Canada Area

• Summer contract position:
• Provided PR for Stanley Park Brewery through strategic social media campaigns
• Coordinated marketing activations at various events around the Lower Mainland
• Executed tastings around Vancouver to raise brand awareness
• Engaged with current customers through various social media channels

Vancouver, Canada Area

• Interacted with guests regarding market dinners, market tours, and general reservations
• Performed general office duties including photocopying, daily cash outs, and errands
• Organized paid and outstanding invoices
• Managed the office over weekends

Vancouver, BC

• Met high demands while under pressure
• Managed inventory and stock
• Worked closely with top management and owners
• Provided new ideas and procedures to better the business

Burnaby, BC

• Maintained a high attention to detail
• Worked in a team environment
• Kept an efficient station through self-managing
• Organized team building events

Edmonton, AB

• Contributed to the weekly Grant MacEwan University newspaper
• Met strict deadlines
• Managed and organized story ideas
• Researched databases and other sources, including interviewing

Edmonton, AB

• Worked closely with customer relations during University sporting events
• Maintained high standard for customer experience
• Managed and organized beverage stands at sporting events
• Responsible for enforcing rules and regulations, including in-game procedures

Chilliwack, BC

• Worked professionally under high amounts of stress
• Responsible for executing proper procedures set by management
• Organized work area to maximize efficiency

Marketing Management

Activities and Societies: Meeting Professionals International (MPI) Studied at the British Columbia Institute of Technology taking several.

Bachelors Of Applied Communications In Professional Writing

Activities and Societies: Intercamp Newspaper Graduated from Grant MacEwan University in 2010. Gained skills and experience in corporate.

Liberal Arts, History

Began a Liberal Arts degree with a planned major in History. Took classes in Art History, American History, Canadian History, Sociology.