Director Of Public Affairs And Communications
CurrentI’m part of the senior management team that runs the city and I report to the Mayor and City Manager. I lead a department of five. We are responsible for writing, graphic design, web development, social media management, video production, photography, press relations, employee communications, and customer management.I’m responsible for all aspects of the communications. While my main job is writing and video editing, I can also handle administering the Wordpress website, doing page layout in Adobe InDesign, and intermediate work in Photoshop. Here’s a list a skills and software that I use regularly: speech writing, letter writing, translation (French to English), videography (including sound and lighting), video editing (Premiere Pro), podcasting (SoundCloud, feed creation), audio recording (Adobe Audition), social media content (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn), e-mail marketing (Mailchimp), online forum moderation (Facebook Groups), video livestreaming (OBS, Zoom, YouTube, Facebook), website administration (Wordpress), DNS management and firewall (Sucuri), GSuite (Sites, Sheets, Docs, Photos, Gmail), video hosting (YouTube, Facebook), analytics (Google, YouTube, Facebook), graphic design and desktop publishing (Photoshop, InDesign), team-based work management (Asana), hosted telephony attendant programming and recording (Bell BTC), mass notification software (Onsolve Code Red), Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, Teams Telephony).