Jeevan Brar Email & Phone Number

Toronto, ON, CA

• Responsible for creating and publishing content on all social media platforms, including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn, to advise and engage residents. Successfully built high awareness for residents by.
• Leveraged data analytics skills fine-tuning approach – boosting engagement by 15.2% year-over-year, including ~10-15M impressions annually, and an annual audience growth rate of 20.5%.
• Led coverage of key delegation visits, including the Princess of the Netherlands, the Mayor and Council of Itabashi, Japan, and the Prime Minister of Canada.
• Internal recognition by being awarded the Nova Award (2019) for substantially and positively impacting the organization; as well as the Outstanding Team award for executing the social media coverage for Rogers Hometown.
• Led the production of several video campaigns including the virtual Canada Day Celebration and Santa’s Holiday Magic Trail (2021), receiving recognition from Festivals and Events Ontario (FEO) resulting in an.
• Led social media awareness and engagement for key-stakes projects for Planning, Housing and Development, Municipal Elections, and Budget allowing City planners, financial officers, and Clerks department to develop.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Managing a successful Canadian entertainment website, reaching an average of 30,000 monthly visitors across Canada and the U.S., covering the latest television programs and films. Provided in-depth event coverage from.
• Partnered with Global TV, CBS, and Sony Television to host a series of interviews with cast members of The Young and the Restless promoting the show’s 50th anniversary for their Canadian audience across the web and.
• Recurring interviews from Big Brother, Survivor, Big Brother Canada, The Amazing Race Canada, and The Traitors Canada, resulted in an increased build-up and fan discussion surrounding the latest episodes.
• Hosted and produced a podcast focusing on television shows from Canada, the U.S., and the U.K. for Canadian audiences, elevating the position of the website and enabling further access to talent and coverage.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Worked closely with programming leads in the Women’s & Lifestyle brand of channels for digital initiatives across W Network, CMT Canada, Cosmo TV, OWN Canada, W Dish, HBO/Movie Central, and ABC Spark. Planned and.
• Boosted online viewership for the delivery and upload of full-length episodes, webisodes, and music videos for the web and executed the distribution of episodic content to third-party platforms (Apple’s iTunes and the.
• Prepared graphics and SEO-rich copy for social, web, and metadata for third-party channels.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Coordinated digital content across CMT Canada, ABC Spark, and Movie Central/HBO Canada websites social media channels, and newsletters
• Graphic design and copy-editing website and social
• Presented website and social analytics

Toronto, Canada Area

• Edited and published entertainment news stories, reviews and photo galleries for MSN.ca (including breaking news alerts)
• Pushed breaking news alerts and editorial features across social media platforms
• Planned and programmed content for the Movies sub-channel (including managing a group of writers, approved pitches, assigned/conducted interviews/stories, blog posts)
• Co-hosted and produced podcast covering entertainment and pop culture

• Designed and built microsites for special features across Canada.com, Dose.ca, and the Postmedia newspapers (including Montreal Gazette, Ottawa Citizen, Calgary Herald, and Vancouver Sun) – topics included the Royal.
• Event coverage and live blogging/photography at major entertainment events (including the MuchMusic Video Awards, Toronto International Film Festival, Juno Awards, celebrity events/appearances)Filmed and produced.
• Managed television blog for Dose.ca and co-hosted/produced podcast covering entertainment and pop culture
• Pushed breaking news alerts and editorial features across social media platforms

- Responsible for all marketing and web related graphic work- New media responsibilities also included editing videos, converting them for web and submitting podcasts (either audio or video) to iTunes

Hba, Communication, Culture & Information Technology

Activities and Societies: CCIT Club Completed Honours Bachelor of Arts in June 2008. Majoring in Communication, Culture & Information.

Diploma, Digital Media

Completed a degree in Digital Media Communications from the School of Animation, Arts and Design. Joint program with the University of.