Manage communications for the Professional Association of Residents in the Maritime Provinces (PARI-MP). PARI-MP represents the interests of over 550 resident physicians training at Dalhousie University. These residents work in hospitals and health centres throughout Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island.As the Manager of Communications, I am responsible primarily for communication with our member residents, but also with attending physicians, medical and medical education organizations and the public at large. This includes communicating through regular email blasts, producing our quarterly newsletter, managing all social media, and more.

Manage public relations for The Salvation Army, Canada & Bermuda Territory, Maritime Division. This includes the Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. Responsibilities include:Communications: Managing content for the Divisional website, including sourcing and writing two to three web stories per week for the site. Managing the Division's social media efforts, including Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and more.Media Relations: Either directly responding to, or delegating, inbound media requests from the three Maritime provinces. Also producing and distributing media advisories, releases and PSAs as needed, and managing ongoing relations with local media.Special Events: Responsible for managing a number of events throughout the year, including the Beary Merry Christmas Concert Series, The Santa Shuffle fun run in Halifax and the Hope in the City Leadership Breakfast in Halifax.

Produced content for marketing collateral, including brochures, web copy, video scripts, etc.Produced product videos for website and YouTube. Included writing scripts, capturing video and editing.

Atlantic Region office of the largest financial institution in Canada.Worked on a variety of public relations initiatives as needed, including: speaking notes, media pitching and releases, newsletter stories and special event planning.(NOTE: Post-academic work term)

The largest daily newspaper in Atlantic Canada with a daily circulation exceeding 114,000.Interviewed subjects, researched, wrote and edited copy for daily beat reporting.Independently produced human interest, profile, news and sports stories for publication.

The campus newspaper for Saint Mary’s University, it produced 10,000 copies on a weekly basis for the student body and the community at large.Developed and assigned stories to be printed on a weekly basisProofread copy and laid out pagesWrote copy for a variety of sections