Heather is the Communications and Public Relations Manager at the Upper Grand District School Board. As the Communications and PR Manager, Heather provides strategic communications support to the UGDSB senior leadership team, trustees and school administrators. She is experienced in crisis communications and public relations. She develops and implements communications and marketing initiatives, develops and executes promotional campaigns, responds to media requests and acts as media spokesperson for the board, facilitates partnerships with external agencies and community partners, writes feature stories on board, department and school initiatives, and runs the board's public website and social media accounts. Prior to her current position, Heather was the Senior Producer for Special Projects at Global News. Heather managed a team of digital journalists, covering national and international events, as well as consumer, tech and lifestyle news for GlobalNews.ca.Heather has significant experience in journalism, digital media, digital storytelling, and social media best practices, WordPress and other content management systems, photography and research. Specialities: Communications, public relations, digital media and journalism, editorial coordination, social media, website management, training.
Listed skills include Journalism, Social Media, New Media, Digital Media, and 21 others.
