Elizabeth Macdonald Email and Phone Number

From the May 2017 to March 2021 period, I served as Director of Communications at Communities, Culture and Heritage; Immigration; Municipal Affairs and Housing; Justice; and Intergovernmental Affairs/Trade/Protocol Office/Military Relations. Since August 2021, I have been posted at Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change as the Director of Communications.

Provided communications planning advice and expertise to clients at NS Department of Community and Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Affairs from October 2012 to October 2014. This included media relations, preparing and implementing communication plans, social media, issue management, writing of speeches, news releases and other communication products, and providing communications advice and support to Ministers, Deputy Ministers, and executive teams/staff at these departments.

I planned and delivery a major week-long community event/festival including budget management, contracting of all required services, volunteer recruitment, obtaining corporate sponsorships and government grant funding, reporting to a Board, communications and marketing, social media, and purchasing. Under my leadership, I took this festival/event from one that was losing revenue/profit to significant exceeding of revenue/profit targets and was able to identify the issues where the event had been losing money.