Mistie B. Email & Phone Number

Waterloo, On, Ca

Regional Municipality Of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Developing creative engagement and communication strategies to support community awareness and participation in processes and conversations around programming, services, policies, and initiatives.

Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

Creating a stronger sense of belonging for residents, employees, business owners and visitors through shared experiences and stories, inspired partnerships and purposeful community engagement across Downtown Kitchener (DTK).

Kitchener, Canada Area

Supporting small business owners across Waterloo Region through program development, education and resource sharing, creating connections, leading events, developing partnerships and advocating for support.

Supporting some of Kitchener’s major festivals including Kidspark, Cruising on King Street and Word on the Street Literary Festival.Building and maintaining relationships with sponsors and community partners while managing department budgets, creating marketing assets and supporting event production.

Kitchener, Ontario

•Coordination and support of Downtown Live events such as KOI Play and downtown’s indie concert series•Creation of content for a new Downtown Kitchener website •Pursuing grants to enhance Downtown Live programming•Creation of Downtown Kitchener’s first Student Engagement Strategy

Waterloo Region

Digital Innovation Skills Certificate (DISC) was developed as an experimental graduate certificate program built in partnership with the Ministry of Economic Development and Growth, Wilfrid Laurier University, the City of Kitchener, Conestoga College, Shopify and Hubspot. This experiential learning opportunity trained 60 top graduates from across Ontario how to implement and execute e-commerce and digital marketing best practices inside of Canadian businesses. Through the support of expert coaching, teams completed 10 paid practice projects to create and launch real ecommerce stores and complimentary digital marketing campaigns to help Canadian businesses catalyzing their success online. This program placed 59/60 graduates in new jobs, and was successful in fundraising $500,000 of support from the Ministry of Economic Development and Growth, and $500,000 in cash and in-kind contributions from partners.

Kitchener, Canada Area

•Facilitating community input sessions for the Victoria Park Boathouse project, analyzing feedback and assisting with the staff recommendation report that was approved by Kitchener City Council •Assisted in the development of a communications strategy for the Downtown Kitchener Action Plan 2012-2016 •Assisting in the initial branding strategy for Downtown Kitchener “Awesome Happens Here”•Creation of a Civic Engagement Strategy for voter turnout in Waterloo Region through Compass Kitchener•Developed the “Whose Job is it?” marketing piece for the downtown business community

•Responsible for proofreading, editing and distribution of Watch 2011 Magazine•Coordinating the annual charity golf tournament such as securing sponsorships, recruiting volunteers and communicating to participants•Working with outside consultants at the Accelerator Centre

Kitchener, Canada Area

•Securing co-op work term positions for the Public Relations Diploma Program at Conestoga College•Liaison between students, employers and Conestoga College