Meredith Sharpe Email & Phone Number

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Canadian War Museum and Canadian Museum of History- Member of the Corporate Affairs team, coordinating and managing partnership and Museum events. - Working closely with internal and external stakeholders, including embassies, military personnel, and protocol. - Coordinating VIP and dignitary visits.

- Senior member of a bilingual Corporate Affairs team responsible for the promotion of exhibitions and special events at the Canadian Museum of History. - Overseeing, writing and executing corporate products including communications plans, speeches, web content, social media content, and Q&As. - Acting as advisor to senior management regarding issues management, media relations, internal communications and social media strategy. - Working closely with internal stakeholders, such as marketing, research, and curatorial.- Responsible for stakeholder relationships on touring exhibitions throughout North America. - Communications officer for the Virtual Museum of Canada, overseeing all aspects of social media, web development, text treatments and promotion.

Ottawa, Canada Area

- Part of a bilingual team that promoted the Canada Council’s work, the vast community of artists and arts organization funded, while engaging followers and all Canadians in support of arts and culture in Canada. - Media relations, external and internal communications.- Prepared communications strategies and offered advice in managing issues and the Canada Council’s reputation, in an often fast-paced environment. - Maintained and developed strong relationships with national, regional, culturally diverse, and Indigenous communities, as well as specialized media and social media influencers.- Created and curated exceptional content for communications as wide-ranging as news releases, promotional campaigns, e-bulletins, newsletters, corporate initiatives, and community events. - Also contributed to events and major announcements across communications platforms; working in concert with large cross-divisional project teams, coordinated campaigns and external partnerships such as the Governor General’s awards (Literary; Visual and Media Arts; Architecture); Arts in a Digital World Summit; Welcome to the Arts Syrian Refugee Initiative.

Toronto, Canada Area

CBC Holiday Guide, George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight & Best Recipes Ever- Assisted Interactive Producers in daily maintenance and updates of websites and supporting social media sites- www.cbc.ca/strombo and www.cbc.ca/bestrecipesever - Wrote original blog posts and articles. Selected and edited supporting photography- Worked closely with web developers and designers - Knowledge of basic HTML editing, Movable Type, The Platform media publishing, Photoshop and Final Cut - Produced original content for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s annual holiday website www.cbc.ca/holiday - Liaised with CBC Television producers and partners, gathering content and assets - Produced, shot and edited exclusive web videos including interviewing CBC talent

Montreal, Toronto, Chicago

- Responsible for media relations, internal communications and publicity coverage for all projects including festivals, tours, film, television, live concerts, distribution and corporate events worldwide. - Worked with local, national and international contacts to promote the company’s brand and with high profile members of the entertainment industry including media, artists, distributors, producers, managers and agents to maximize communications opportunities.- Reduced the temporary staffing budget, all while maintaining the same level of efficiency by cutting unnecessary positions, redistributing tasks and merging certain jobs.- Collaborated with associates at the Sydney Opera House in Australia, Turner Broadcasting in Atlanta and Los Angeles, Silverman Group in Chicago and Rubenstein Communications in New York. - Leader of staff of 25 direct reports.- Developed communications materials, including media releases, press kits, backgrounders, corporate presentations - Produced and worked with editors in post-production for all PR materials including press conference and promotional videos, b-roll.- Created more productive processes of communication by using current technology, research and updating methods of sharing information with media, staff and partners.- Self-Taught in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Premiere Pro, Avid and Basic HTML code to better understand the needs of graphic designers, web developers, post-production and editors.- Managed all English web content for company’s website, including translation, writing text, and directing web designers.- Managed graphic design studio for all English content and directed designers/coordinators.

- Responsible for specific aspects of media relations and coverage for the Montreal Festival- Responsible specifically for 18 festival shows and coordinating media coverage for over 45 comedians- Worked closely with PR team and managed 3 assistants in a highly stressful and fast-paced environment- Developed strong relationships with media, industry professionals and high profile artists

Montreal, Canada Area

- Contributed to cultivating and leveraging effective relationships with key media representatives by compiling press releases, press conferences, junkets, speeches and photo alert articles.- Developed and directed the implementation of the company’s marketing and communications activities, including media buying and creative direction of graphic design projects - Coordinated and promoted all special events, opening nights - Managed and supervised the Communications Department staff - Produced the Children’s Theatre Series

- Assisted Director of Communications with press relations and marketing objectives- Coordinated all Opening Night functions- Managed Corporate Donations and Group Sales- Producer of Children’s Theatre Series- Assisted Artistic Director with the seasonal auditions and audition management