Nick Williams Email & Phone Number

Toronto, On, Ca

Toronto, On, Ca

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Communications director at one of Canada's fastest growing public relations agencies - The Changemakers. I currently lead accounts for Canadian pharmaceutical, biotechnology and life sciences companies. For our clients, we provide integrated communications support to help deliver on corporate and brand communications goals and profile new pharmaceutical treatments and healthcare innovations. We achieve this through: - Earned media: Getting media coverage to increase public understanding of specific diseases and health conditions and to profile new treatments/innovations that can improve the lives of Canadians affected by them.- PR for GR: Leveraging the power of public relations, and media coverage specifically, to deliver key messages to Canadian provincial and territorial governments on urgent policy changes needed to improve the lives of people living with specific diseases and health conditions.- Paid media: Developing content with targeted media to deliver key messages and calls to action on a specific health and disease topics in a digestible, intriguing way for audiences across Canada.- Social media content creation: Working with the Changemakers' stellar social media team to create visually engaging and informative health and disease content.- Stakeholder engagement: Helping our clients engage the right organizations and communities at the right time to collaborate on vital health and disease initiatives. - Digital communications: Working with Changemakers' brilliant creative & digital teams to create websites/microsites, web banners and other digital assets to deliver on our client's brand goals and get their key messages in front of the right people in the online space. Earned Media Specialist: And as I have done throughout my 13+ year career, I support earned media programs for any client the Changemakers need support on. Earned media is my passion and I will pitch any day, any time to get results for our clients.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Previously a director at one of Canada's largest public relations firms. I led accounts for leading, and emerging, Canadian companies focused on digital health innovations, virtual care solutions, medical technology, oncology, rare diseases, and supporting people living with cancer. My regular roles and responsibilities included: - Communications program planning and execution: developing scopes of work and budgeted activities to drive business goals of clients, leading a team in executing program activities, regular client updating, pivoting on program activities (if needed), and reporting on KPIs.- Media relations programs: developing creative and topical media pitch angles, developing targeted media lists, personal and meaningful engagement to relevant journalists/producers, interview coordination, spokesperson preparation and final reporting on KPIs.- Stakeholder engagement: working alongside and leveraging NATIONAL's robust team to support clients in engaging stakeholders in the healthcare community and at the provincial and federal government level.- Brand building: supporting new businesses and organizations in establishing their brand: developing creative concepts and communicating new brands through media relations, digital communications, stakeholder engagement, etc.- Giving a voice to Canada's most challenging health conditions: working closely with people in Canada with lived experiences with chronic health conditions and diseases to have them share their powerful stories through media and other communications channels.- New business development for healthcare companies and organizations looking for communications support, and other non-health companies looking specifically for help in engaging media and the local and national level.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Led external communications for Medavie Blue Cross, one of Canada's leading health insurance providers, and supported communications for Medavie Health Services, a provider of EMS and other vital health services in Eastern Canada. Was responsible for:- MBC external communications strategic planning and rollout.- Engaging media with MBC thought leaders to comment on trending topics in the health insurance industry and workplace wellness space.- Coordinating speaking opportunities for MBC thought leaders in Ontario - presentations on key industry topics and looking at the future of employee health benefits plans in Canada.- Supporting a range of internal communications activities - newsletter content development, speaking notes for webinars/conference speeches, stakeholder management, and others.- Supporting media relations for Medavie Health Services' paramedic and community health services across Ontario. - Supporting media relations for the Medavie Health Foundation - the company's charity arm.

Toronto, Canada Area

The Canadian Partnership Against Cancer is a not-for-profit organization funded by Health Canada and tasked with working with system-level partners to accelerate action on cancer control through the Canadian Strategy for Cancer Control. As the Communications Officer, Media Relations, I started my role primarily responding to media requests and have been promoted to leading the organization’s external communications strategy and media monitoring and response protocols. After three years in the role, my responsibilities expanded to:- Leading the organization’s external communications strategy, regularly meeting and brainstorming with CPAC’s Strategy team, Knowledge Mobilization team and six cancer control program teams.- Leading development of the external communications calendar determining tactics (earned, paid and owned) to profile CPAC’s initiatives, reports and new research.- Overseeing daily media monitoring and tracking media opportunities to leverage and have CPAC experts provide commentary and/or contribute data to stories on relevant cancer control topics.- Responding to media inquiries vetting requests and connecting journalists/reporters with CPAC experts and organization spokespeople, if appropriate.- Leading CPAC’s issues management acting as the front line response to journalists and stakeholders engaging the organization for comment – Also leading development of the issues protocol featuring a rolling issues tracker, media expert chart, and the organization’s media holding statements.- Leading our PR agency of record in integrated communications campaigns to profile large reports and announcements – I managed 12 campaigns from 2017–present leading: planning, materials development, media pitching, spokesperson preparation, interview coordination and final reporting.

Toronto, Canada Area

Consultant on the Health and Wellness team - Led external communications and media relations activities, supported internal and external stakeholder engagement, supported social media activities, and supported issues management for clients.- Specialized in media relations – Led campaigns for drug launches, disease awareness campaigns (branded and unbranded), natural health product launches, and awareness activities for non-profit organizations.- Managed accounts and proactive media relations for notable clients: Novartis Pharmaceuticals, GSK Canada, Takeda Pharmaceuticals, JDRF Canada, Diabetes Canada, and Cystic Fibrosis Canada – In 2016 alone, my team secured 30+ interviews and 15+ million total media impressions for these clients.- - Skilled in writing new business proposals for a range of health companies; proposals worked on from 2015–2016 resulted in Argyle earning two clients: Humber River Hospital and Takeda Pharmaceuticals.- Managed the social media platforms for @CardiacPainRC - The Persistent Cardiac Pain Resource Centre (accredited) run by McMaster University - Twitter account grew by 80 per cent in followers in one year after creation.

Toronto, Canada Area

Responsible for the creation of the social community, public relations and media relations for one of Ontario's most reputable organization devoted to sickle cell support and awareness. Worked closely with the executive committee in the formation of strategy and key messaging for all PR-related activities.

Toronto

Installed internet and telephone lines for Rogers Communications buildings around the Greater Toronto Area. Worked in small teams on a variety of projects. Duties included: analyzing floor plans, plotting out installation routes, coordinating tasks, testing communications lines following installation and interacting with clients following the completion of projects.

Post-Graduate Certificate, Public Relations

Honours Bachelors Of Arts, Criminology