Kelly Macneil Email & Phone Number

Halifax, NS, CA

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

• Provide executive support to Director, including managing calendar, creating and editing presentations, booking and organizing meetings, coordinating travel
• Establish and maintain effective, open, and professional relationships with key stakeholders
• Perform HR duties including coordinating interviews, managing onboarding of new employees, and assisting with various confidential matters
• Create weekly newsletter and oversee various team communications
• Coordinate special… Show more
• Coordinate special projects and ensure schedule and billing is accurate; track updates on all other on-going projects Show less

• Enthusiastic builder of relationships with external vendors, and various internal business teams
• Lead the review and approval of time-sensitive and confidential vendor and consultant contracts with management, legal team, and external vendors
• Coordinate the consultant engagement process, including editing and issuing resourcing requests, scheduling interviews, and managing engagement onboarding, while improving process efficiency
• Prepare and distribute weekly portfolio reports… Show more
• Prepare and distribute weekly portfolio reports for leadership team and executives
• Collect and aggregate project, financial and resourcing information for monthly departmental metric reports, using Excel, Microsoft Project Online, Power Point, and Power BI

Halifax, Canada Area

• Provided executive assistant support to the Senior Director of Information Technology including complex calendar management, coordinating travel itineraries, and department logistics
• Improved communication between Senior Director, 12-person Leadership Team, and staff through coordination of regular meetings (in-person and Webex) and department-wide emails and reports
• Processed expenses for the Director and Management team in Oracle’s iExpense
• Managed department… Show more
• Managed department SharePoint site, created and distributed monthly surveys, and aggregated responses
• Coordinated meeting room bookings and catering; and organized department-wide special events for up to 175 people

Halifax, NS

• Successfully lead coordination of over 25 events per year including client seminars, receptions and webinars, both regionally and nationally
• Strengthened firm image through strategic management of branded merchandise inventory for events, sponsorships and client gifts
• Developed and tracked budgets of over $50,000 and negotiated vendor contracts to maximize event outcomes
• Coordinated invitation design, and created and maintained online registration forms
• Conducted training… Show more
• Conducted training of and assigned duties to the summer and co-op students

Toronto, ON

• Planned and executed firm events, and provided logistics and other resources to client and community special events
• Monitored and posted to firm social media (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+); created and maintained firm blogs; updated firm website, and authored internal e-newsletter
• Published practice group profiles, articles, and proposals, and compiled marketing packages in adherence with firm branding
• Managed marketing database (Microsoft Dynamics CRM); merging legacy… Show more
• Managed marketing database (Microsoft Dynamics CRM); merging legacy data into a new system
• Coordinated lawyer photo sessions; drafted and updated biographies; and monitored and updated legal directory listings

Toronto, ON

• Led coordination of more than 40 events (client seminars and receptions; conference and trade show participation) per year with regional, national, and international reach
• Created and maintained budgets and analyzed event results against objectives
• Compiled marketing packages for lawyer business development under tight deadlines
• Collaborated with lawyers, service departments, clients, and vendors to produce and distribute marketing materials
• Recognized within the business… Show more
• Recognized within the business development unit for exceptional service delivery Show less

Toronto, ON

• Coordinated annual week-long student trip, and bi-annual parent-teacher meetings
• Tracked RSVPs and processed payments for in-school events
• Liaised with students, parents, and staff regarding confidential time sensitive matters
• Updated online daily events schedule, and edited report cards
• Used school records system for communication of student activities
• Assisted admissions department with processing of student applications

Truro, NS

• Led coordination of a successful national municipal conference, in the face of logistical and financial challenges unique to a relatively small host community
• Planned and executed annual internal and public events including staff Christmas party, community volunteer awards, community clean-up day, and New Year’s levee
• Coordinated redesign of town website increasing usability and appeal
• Public Information Officer for emergency measures committee
• Editor of quarterly internal… Show more
• Editor of quarterly internal and external newsletters distributed to all town employees and household units

New Glasgow, NS

· Developed and managed annual marketing budget· Created internal and external marketing pieces and advertisements, for both print and radio· Worked with website developers to create new mall website; responsible for daily maintenance of site· Strengthened brand image in the community through special events, and developed strategic partnerships with.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), English Literature

Advanced Diploma, Public Relations