Laura Denker (She/Her/Elle) Email & Phone Number

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

• Provided strategic and crisis communications planning and advice to Foundation CEO and Gallery leadership to navigate the sensitive transition of a Gallery program
• Brokered and sustained strategic and mutually productive relationships with pivotal internal and external stakeholders, restoring high levels of interdepartmental trust and collaboration to achieve objectives
• Worked with Gallery curatorial, communications and marketing leaders to develop media relations and other promotional campaigns to support institutional goals and high-profile projects such as the launch of new Lacey.
• Researched, wrote and designed (InDesign) prospect proposals for high-end donors and high-profile campaigns improving the sophistication and impact of donor outreach materials with branded and targeted messaging
• Shepherded to final publication (including researching, writing, editing, sourcing and hiring and working with external consultants) brochures, stewardship materials and other marketing and communications collateral.

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Researched, developed and taught a new, third-year university syllabus in professional communications practices for students in the Bachelor of Information Technology.

Ottawa, Canada

• Founder of LOF Communications, a full-service, bilingual PR consultancy working primarily in the performing arts, with clients including the National Arts Centre Orchestra, National Arts Centre (NAC) Dance, the.
• Conducted briefings and provided training to senior staff and internal and external stakeholders to empower them to become confident and effective brand ambassadors
• crafted meaningful stories for compelling media and marketing materials, resulting in sold-out events and hundreds of media items regionally and nationally
• Led strategic planning to identify and address operational and internal management challenges resolving conflicts to produce a successful festival event
• Led and managed teams through a strategic implementation of branding and outreach initiatives resulting unprecedented attendance at flagship launch event
• Researched, wrote and edited extensive media and marketing materials - social media messaging across platforms, press releases, web content, sales brochures, case statements, donor materials, speaking notes for special.

Ottawa, Canada

• Public Relations and Communications for the NAC English Theatre under Marti Maraden and then under Peter Hinton
• Led the communication and public relations efforts to navigate a complex transition in artistic leadership, including working closely with artistic leadership, marketing colleagues and designers to envision, develop.
• Organized press conferences to launch eight theatre seasons
• Conceived and realized media strategies and high-profile events and significant special events, such as a unique panel discussion bringing together scientists, artists and ethicists to debate issues raised in the.
• Researching, writing, editing and shepherding through to publication, on deadline and within budget season brochures (including sourcing photographs, organizing photo shoots and issuing RFPs for graphic designers).

Master'S Degree, Applied Linguistics

Master Of Arts - Ma, English Language And Literature/Letters, Incomplete

Bachelor'S Degree - Honours And Concentration, English Literature And Theatre