Christopher Higgins Email & Phone Number

Ontario, Canada

Sales representative for Sport Dinaco and ABG Sport Inc. I work with outdoor retailers across Ontario representing great brands like Lowa, Seirus, Hydrapak, Rohner, Opinel, Drinktanks and Peak Design.During the Covid Pandemic, I am representing several products to help keep people safe and retailers open for business during this challenging time. Along with ABG Sport Inc., I am representing sanitizers from Noroi Distillerie, safe distancing signage from Groupe D'Amour, face shields by Sphereco Technologies and breath guards by Mobico. All these products are made in Canada and federally approved.

Published features and articles for magazines and newspapers including Outpost, Americas, ON Nature, Seasons, The Montreal Gazette, NOW, Sideroads and the Guelph Mercury.I also authored and illustrated a guidebook on St. Lucia for Ulysses Publications. As a documentary photographer, my projects won awards from the Ontario Arts Council, the Canada Council for the Arts and a portfolio of my work was also purchased by the National Archives of Canada.

Vaughan, Ontario

▪ Train and develop full-time and part-time associates ▪ Manage merchandising and inventory flow ▪ Sales of camping and nautical equipment to achieve store sales targets▪ Perform product knowledge presentations for public and staff ▪ Participate in sales training and store management meetings ▪ Plan and coordinate seasonal changeovers ▪ Create staff schedules for up to15 employees▪ Organize vendor product training workshops ▪ Interview job applicants and perform staff disciplinary measures

▪ Write blogs for SAIL’s website about travel and outdoor equipment ▪ Work with SAIL’s marketing department to achieve company objectives ▪ Suggest blog topics ▪ Provide photographs and video

Vaughan,Ontario

▪ sales of outdoor footwear and camping equipment ▪ received two customer service citations▪ merchandised products and replenished inventory

Fort Smith, Northwest Territories

▪ researched stories, interviewed sources and developed community relationships▪ wrote articles about community and territorial issues, politics and events ▪ assisted with newspaper production, proofreading and administrative duties▪ produced photographs, captions and headlines

Toronto, Canada

Outpost is a successful adventure travel magazine. Before this four month internship, my previous freelance contributions to the magazine included a cover feature and providing photography for other articles. During the internship, I contributed as writer, story researcher, proofreader, fact-checker and served as a photographer on a feature assignment. My duties also included assisting the marketing department with research and administrative duties.

Toronto, Canada Area

As a Reporter Intern, I filed several stories daily for the National Post's online and print editions. My position also involved doing research, interviews and assisting staff reporters with their articles. To get the information and perspectives needed to get the stories right, I researched and interviewed sources from government, academia, police forces, corporations and the general public.

Newmarket, Ontario

Photographer of family portraits, photo editing and sales, administrative and cashier duties, customer service and sales outreach. Multi-tasking and communication skills played an important part of this job particularly during photo sessions.

Diploma With Honors, Journalism, Multimedia

B.A., History, English

Activities and Societies: CIUT Radio