I teach creative arts with a focus on drawing and painting in studio and on the unit for the residents at Perley Health.

I am an artist and therapeutic recreation specialist living in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. I have a special interest in facilitating the arts with people who have dementia and their caregivers. I have been touched personally by the experience of dementia and that fuels my desire to work with people who are also experiencing its impact.I believe that exploring creative possibilities can be particularly empowering for people who have suffered personal losses. Creative expression helps us challenge our minds, expand our social networks, adds to meaning and purpose, reduces stress and can build gross and fine motor skills. Creative expression with caregivers can deepen relationships and provide new avenues of connection and meaning-making.

Developed, implemented, monitored, documented and evaluated an 8-week Therapeutic Recreation Plan for one of Carefor’s Young Onset participants. Developed goals, objectives and programming options with the participant to assist the client in managing their anxiety and depression with the use of journal and music programming.Developed, implemented and facilitated creative arts and crafts programming for Carefor’s Young Onset group consisting of painting, collage and book-making. The goal of the program was to allow the participants to take part in an activity that allowed them to explore and celebrate their creative possibility.Developed content and facilitated numerous and diverse sessions for Carefor’s diverse older adult population, from speaking on and leading a discussion on mindful journaling to arm-chair travel, music and custom trivia games.

As VP, member value my responsibility was driving the success of CCA’s members by defining and strengthening CCA’s value proposition and the member experience. A key responsibility was increasing the adoption of existing services. I was also responsible for undertaking research, developing and championing strategy and product business plans, committee management as well as contributing to CCA’s marketing and event efforts through conceptual development, content creation and management.

I am a senior strategic marketing project manager and consultant with 18 years of experience in marketing communications and marketing technology. I have done everything from National advertising campaigns to corporate CRM implementations to product messaging and content marketing. I have worked with national associations, global brands such as Intuit, and crown corporations such as Export Development Canada. The focus in all of my projects is to execute in support of strategic objectives, goals and corporate change in order to realize meaningful and successful project conclusions.

Manage marketing technology projects handling all aspects of the projects from requirements definition to delivery and adoption. Project Manage the design stage of a UX and responsive redesign of Realtor.ca. Worked with the internal team and vendor to redesign the user experience of Realtor.ca. Managed all aspects of the planning and design stage; reporting, budget management, documentation, customer journey mapping, persona development, strategy, RFP process, vendor selection, planning, user interviews, user journey mapping, user interviews and UX redesign to wireframes.Project Manage the implementation of Salesforce (CRM) and Pardot (Marketing Automation Software). Managed all aspects of the project; business development requirements, RFP process, vendor selection, strategy, reporting, risk, issue and change management, project team and stakeholders, reporting, vendor relations, post implementation management.Project Manage the implementation of Adobe Experience Manager at CREA. Managed final implementation of software working with the CREA project team and vendor to prepare CREA for testing, acceptance and release of the platform. Worked with team to plan and execute migration of over 90 board websites to the platform. Managed vendor relationships and internal resources, scheduling, planning and reporting.Skills: Project Management, Prince2 Certification, Stakeholder Management, Research, Strategy and Planning, Customer Journey Mapping, Customer Relationship Management, Marketing Automation, Reporting, Budget Management, Resource Management, RFQ Development, Business Analysis, Risk Management, Issue Management, Change Management, Business Requirements Writing, Briefing, Vendor Management, Quality Assurance, Meetings and Presentations,

Managed digital marketing, communications and media relations for the annual juried show. Developed content for and managed execution of email and facebook campaigns. Developed and managed Facebook presence. Managed media relations. Wrote press releases, backgrounders and content as required.

Manage the client relationship for international and national associations and corporations. Managed all aspects of client interaction, account planning, strategy, research, media, creative and production in order to ensure that client needs and goals are being met. Including meetings, briefings, presentations, campaign planning, media planning and buying, creative development, budgets and profitability. Manage account coordinators answer RFPs and take an active role in business development.

Manage the overall logistics and finances of the studio from the creative to the production team, including quoting, invoicing, scheduling, allocation of resources and prioritization of tasks. Establish long-term production schedule. Procure suppliers. Manage vendors, Freelancers, and outside suppliers

Manage a full time staff of four designers, graphic production artists and photographers, as well as contract designers and vendors in order to meet the demands of roughly 300 design and print projects per year. Responsibilities include: