The Grace Village Care Foundation's sole purpose is to support Grace Village, a senior's community in Sherbrooke, Quebec. As the Foundation Director, my role entails managing the day-to-day operations of the Foundation, organizing fundraising campaigns and coordinating communication materials. I also support Grace Village overseeing Marketing & Communications.

- Developed Marketing and Social Media skills promoting the Wellington West area and businesses.- Improved administrative skills working with contact databases, answering emails and phone calls, recording meeting minutes, and communicating with members.- Developed event coordination skills for Tastes of Wellington West, Holiday Tree Lighting, and AGM events.- Improved interpersonal skills working with local business owners for promotions and events.

- Short-term contract during period of rapid growth in promotional efforts.- Developed copywriting skills creating e-newsletters and blogging about Coupons & Free Samples using Wordpress.- Learned professional use of Social Media through running 6 Facebook pages with combined following of over 240,000.

- Created and disseminated a Daily Media Update to upper management. - Developed project management skills coordinating communications and investor relations document printing.- Learned website management through posting press releases, documents, photographs, and other information to the corporate website and intranet. - Developed software skills in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop by creating business cards, email banners, and other documents.

- Created and managed a Membership Incentives program, which included analyzing surveys and writing reports with findings and recommendations. - Improved oral communication through coordinating with local businesses. - Developed a Social Media marketing strategy for the Academy by researching effective ways to promote small non-profit organizations.

- Developed communication plans to promote and inform staff about events and HR policies.- Improved creativity by creating posters and slides for a lobby television. - Developed creative writing skills through writing articles for the internal newsletter.

- Worked as part of the Stakeholder Relations Team within the Office of Energy Efficiency.- Coordinated three large projects over the term including a market research project methodology, and creating two separate information databases.- Developed computer skills by working extensively with MS Excel to create databases, charts, and graphs.