Jordan Allard Email & Phone Number

Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada

Responsible for communication from the Mayor's Office with the public including media releases, speech writing and digital media utilization. Conduct research and provide policy advice to the Mayor. Assist with Mayor-led committees and initiatives.

Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario

Responsible for management of the City's and the Mayor's web and social media platforms, along with providing assistance with the development of communications strategies/PR campaigns, speech writing, media relations advice and facilitation of responses to media requests. Developed a social media strategy that led to audience size growth and web traffic.

Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario

Supported the Mayor and led development of communications strategies, provided media relations advice, facilitated responses to media requests and speech writing. Developed a new website (MayorProvenzano.com) along with a social media strategy that resulted in audience growth.

Sudbury, Ontario

Responsible for the management of CTV Northern Ontario social media and web platform. Lead digital writer responsible for production and management of web content. Oversaw the development and implementation of a new website and social media strategy that led to traffic and audience increases.

CTV Northern Ontario

Duties and responsibilities included reporting on-air, shooting field material, gathering information, chasing leads, writing scripts and editing stories. Utilization of visual presentation and script writing to develop compelling content in the form of one to two minute news stories.

Elliot Lake, Ontario

Along with the various aspects of working in a newsroom (such as news/feature writing, photography, video production and layout), I was the lead reporter assigned to cover the Elliot Lake Inquiry into the Algo Centre Mall collapse. My coverage was carried in/on Sun Media newspapers/websites across the country both in print and through a 'live blog' I.

Sudbury, Ontario

Primary responsibilities related to content layout for newspapers across Northern Ontario (North Bay, Sault Ste. Marie, Sudbury and Timmins) along with occasional feature writing. Utilization of visual communication tools to develop interesting and attractive content.

Sault Ste. Marie

Lead reporter assigned to cover City Council beat for SooToday, along with municipal operations. Coverage ranged from hard news and politics, to feature stories about the community. SooToday provided me with the opportunity to learn more about the aspects of a successful digital publication, and the trends associated with audience size development and.

Sault Ste. Marie

General news and sports reporter tasked with writing features, shooting/editing video and taking photographs. Starting my post-journalism school career in a smaller newsroom provided me with the opportunity to gain experience in several aspects of journalism, and learn from veteran reporters.

Toronto, Canada Area

Interned at one of the most respected hockey magazines in the industry. Fortunate to learn from some of the best writers in the sport. Responsibilities included interviews and research for lengthy feature articles. Other responsibilities included fact and spell-checking writer's work for errors. Contributed to redesign of team pages for annual draft issue.

North Bay, Ontario

Covered the Nipissing Lakers, North Bay Trappers and local high school sports along with writing feature stories. Great opportunity to learn from industry veterans and develop an understanding of the aspects related to a successful digital publication.