Guest Teacher for the Elementary Campus teaching grade K-4.

By working closely with agencies and internal partners, I oversaw and executed the national promotional programs and sponsorships – including the CFL Partnership, national special events, bonus cards, coupons, grand openings, cross promotions, national gift card as well as sponsorship programs and activations with brands such as SCENE and Canadian Tire Financial Services. In this role I demonstrated a keen understanding of creative concepts and product offerings to ensure that messages were relevant and compelling to drive traffic and sales for both Mark's and the Canadian Tire Corporation.My responsibilities as the Promotions and Sponsorship Specialist were:• Management of the Marketing Programs Coordinator on execution of data driven promotional events, national gift card and bonus card setups • Daily operational management and prioritization of all promotional activity, such as special events, promotional cards and gift cards, as well as grand openings and both internal and external cross promotions • Assist with planning and the activation of national and regional sponsorship programs (i.e. CFL, SCENE, Canadian Tire Financial Services and the Canadian Tire Loyalty program) • Assist with the planning of store grand openings and renovation celebrations and other storewide promotional events• Manage multiple projects at a time with multiple stake holders. Oversee each project from start to finish, ensuring that they deliver on time and on budget. Within each project, each component delivers the appropriate message for the channel.• Work with the campaign and content teams of Mark's and Canadian Tire banners to develop national brand promotions

As Media Strategist, I managed Sobeys, Sobeys Liquor and Safeway's media planning product by preparing media plans, proposals and analyses. This included trafficking, analysis and reporting. As the Media Strategist, I also led the purchasing, documentation and maintenance of digital, broadcast, print and out of home purchases.At McCann, I worked as part of an integrated team ensuring that Sobeys, Sobeys Liquor and Safeway's product were based on superior knowledge and strategic insights that resulted in flawless media execution.My responsibilities as a Media Strategist included:• Ensured all media plans met client objectives with fully supported documentation, and they adhered to the Media Philosophy• Prepared and presented evaluations of media opportunities, media trends and issues of interest to the client• Initiated and co-ordinated the total media buying process and maintained stewardship of the media plan.• Regularly evaluated, monitored and reported media plan progress• Prepared and presented pre-buy/post-buy reports• On-going administration of the clients’ media product – insertion orders, estimates, billing questions and general documentation• Assimilated media and client knowledge through appropriate experience

Reporting to the Retail Advertising Manager at FGL Sports and in conjunction with Store Ops, my role as the Local Advertising Specialist was to lead the planning and coordination of innovative, breakthrough promotional activities at the local and in-store level in order to support local marketing initiatives (including corporate store openings) that drove store sales, achieved business targets and promoted the company’s favourable reputation across Canada. As a team member in developing local marketing strategies and activations, I worked closely with Mall Partners as well as national sport brands and partners to determine available opportunities. This challenging and all-encompassing role also pushed me to collaborate with Sponsorship and Communications teams daily on local events, as well as collaborate with in-house design teams to create marketing collateral and content to support local marketing initiatives. I also managed, executed and budgeted projects upwards of $350,000 for singular events throughout the year. Check out my most recent Sport Chek and Atmosphere flagship Grand Opening here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xouwLqGgv8&feature=youtu.be

Storm Division is a dynamic, rapidly evolving marketing and software solutions company located in Calgary, Alberta. This Alberta located, but national client driven agency executes marketing programs, designs custom websites and develops influential software for a variety of diverse industries including automotive, education, hospitality, leisure, local Calgary brands, oil & gas and more.My responsibilities as a Social Media & Marketing Specialist included:• Creating engaging, compelling and shareable content for the website and blog of Storm Division and their respective clients • Leading creative brainstorms and strategy development in line with client goals• Creating brand aligned content to drive engagement through photography and videography mediums• Overseeing design and creative for brand alignment and quality assurance• Initiating and project managing monthly newsletters on MailChimp for a multitude of clients

My internship involved aiding the head editors and producers of stories produced by UN in Action, 21st Century, and UN Stories. My major accomplishments included: - Leading international media production teams during the 69th General Assembly with MALU (Media Accreditation & Liaison Unit). This involved working alongside dignitaries, Presidents, Prime Ministers and high-profile leaders.- Editing and producing two UN in Action stories - one illustrating the destruction that Iraqi refugees in the Badjet Kandela camp face, with the other showcasing the hardships many orphans faced while living in the Gaza Strip. - Script writing and editing the footage shot by Unifeed on location.- Media project management. - Editing news scripts, designing graphics, and researching international issues for the Public Information Sector

I was very fortunate to be chosen as the videographer and editor of Urban Adventures' tour promotional videos in both Toronto and New York City. The job entailed me to shoot interviews of tour guides, create promotional tour videos that illustrated the excitement and fun of each local tour, and write blog posts on travel and music. Our youtube channel was created and released by me this summer at www.youtube.com/user/localsknow. All graphics and images were also created by myself through the use of multiple Adobe programs.

Daily tasks involved college servicing of new albums under the Sony label, researching for advertising purposes, and being available to aid the executives at any moment with various creative and business opportunities.

As I interned as the marketing coordinator at Sony Music, I always found an interest in the graphic design department that was in the office beside our own. After my first week I showed them my online portfolio and was fortunate enough to be accepted as a design intern. I helped create both band and internal advertisements using InDesign and Photoshop.

In charge of the EPK (electronic press kit), branding and design of the Global City television program, and production's website. Global City is a television series that joins students through a live one hour program from all over the world. Our last season that aired live on Dec. 5th included students from Ryerson University, New Jersey, Tel Aviv, Johannesburg, Stuttgart, and universities in India.

Promoter for TLC's Say Yes to The Dress and The Bay. Promoters were in charge of answering customers questions, and ushering them to take photos with TLC's, Randy, at the Bridal Show in Toronto.