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Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Handled media responses, coordinated interviews, and prepared briefing notes and advisories. Helped strategize and execute marketing campaigns to increase org profile and reputation among different groups. Managed internal and external communications through e-newsletters, blog posts, social media, photography, videos, podcast, events, and more.

Toronto, Canada Area

Oversaw both B2C and B2B marketing and communications: from engaging nearly 40k subscribers through e-newsletters to blog articles, webinars, videos, photographs, and social media for the Global Talent Bridge program that supports skilled immigrants with their career and education goals in Canada.One of the highlights of my work was in participating in the Syrian Jobs Roundtable, a multi-stakeholder project chaired by Senator Ratna Omidvar. I helped draft the Roundtable Report, and offered expertise in areas related to outreach, marketing and strategy.Proud of the work I achieved in sharing stories of diverse immigrants, and advocating for meaningful inclusion and representation of immigrants within and beyond Global Talent Bridge and WES.

Engaged a broad range of audiences through communications, marketing and outreach initiatives: managed social media and e-newsletters, directed website redesign projects, mapped school outreach strategy, event planning, developed target-based marketing campaigns and communications plans. Engaging a broad range of audiences to drive awareness, registration and usage of ILC, GED and Homework Help• Exploring, creating and sustaining productive partnerships with educators (high school and post secondary), service providers, and public and private stakeholders across Ontario• Assisting the Director of Marketing in strategizing and implementing self-generated revenue streams• Creating, organizing and executing results-driven engagement and business development initiatives• Developing and coordinating comprehensive, targets-based marketing campaigns• Representing and promoting ILC at different outreach, community, education and networking events• Coordinating corporate and client communications• Ensuring a creative, compelling and consistent messaging and marketing output for ILC through social media, PR, digital and interpersonal communications

Parkdale, Toronto

Provided branding and marketing solutions for arts, community and campaigns-based agencies; directed multi-media projects that document and highlight key projects and organizational areas for funding and PR purposes; facilitated workshops on PR, social media and web 2.0 catered to different audiences; designed presentations for clients to enhance both their visual and content deliverables.

An environmental/community organization based in Parkdale. Host of successful projects such as HOPE community garden, Growing the Future, Parkdale Youth Garden, etc. Headed and managed the outreach and communications work of the organization. Responsible for directing website, calendars, annual reports, e-newsletters, brochures, photographs, and other print/online materials.Senior staff member; also helped with recruiting and training new staff; managed volunteers and events.

Annual festival in Parkdale that celebrates the community, healthy food, diversity and environment.Responsible for outreach that attracted over 1,800 attendants; managed volunteers, organizers, sponsors and participants; logistics; budget, event design; etc.

Toronto, Canada Area

A youth initiative that focuses on local food, environment and leadership. Summer employment program that has to date hired over 30 youth. Created the Parkdale Youth Garden.I was responsible for outreach of the project and recruiting youth; planned and managed day-to-day activities; recorded expenses, timesheets and other administrative details; coordinated and facilitated workshops and field trips.