Nicholas Jones Email & Phone Number

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Steward the United Way brand as external voice of the largest United Way in the world in this blended role involving the creation of written, photo, and video content, alongside the development and implementation of the organization's social editorial calendar. • Demonstrate United Way's impact in the community through the creation of original social media content and the curation of content from United Way-funded social service agencies, government partners, corporate donors, and local media outlets.• Grew United Way’s social media presence: increasing followers by 9.4% on average and leveling up our social media posting frequency by 97.7% over 2019 levels.• Draw on experience as a professional photographer to produce video and photo assets for social media, email, website, press releases, print, and news media.• Support communications team on issues monitoring and crisis communication, rapidly developing editorial plans to roll out official communications in response to evolving current events.• Balance the needs of the marketing department with those of stakeholders in the donor relations, public affairs, community impact, and research & advocacy teams.• Collaborate with external community partners to support and amplify local advocacy work and awareness campaigns.• Gather and analyze social metrics to surface insights about most engaging content to drive planning of future campaigns. • Spearheaded 211 FindHelp awareness campaign, United Way's longest-running social media campaign that has since been adopted by United Ways and 211 offices across Canada. • Support Indigenous reconciliation work and contribute to internal working groups on how to adopt more equitable language and processes in the communication of our work in community.

Toronto, Canada Area

Toronto, Canada Area

My side business as a professional photographer, specializing in event, stage, and wedding photography with additional experience in product, streetart, and location/promotional shoots. I also shoot, edit, and produce promotional video.http://bokehnj.com/

Toronto, Canada Area

Interview subjects, pitch story ideas, conduct research and fact checking to write monthly articles on Japanese culture and food in Toronto.

Toronto, Canada Area

Responsible for corporate marketing and branding, focusing on internal and external communications. Externally, I managed Big Viking Games' social media, blog, and web presence. Internally, I kept Vikings up to date via internal blog posts, weekly newsletters, and quarterly Town Halls. To boost morale and foster Viking culture, I planned and executed internal events. I also leveraged my photography and videography expertise to promote the Big Viking Games brand.• Created corporate communications plan; developed written, photo, and some video content for website, blog, and social channels (Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook).• Introduced internal newsletter, The Raven, to keep all teams aware of performance metrics and game development updates; solicited, wrote, and edited content; designed and delivered weekly newsletter using Mailchimp.• Led search for new PR partner, and supported PR initiatives by creating press releases, press kits, and monitoring and re-posting media coverage.• Streamlined and organized all-company Town Hall presentations by introducing a structured quarterly schedule and concrete presentation format; coordinated presenters and updates from all project teams, managing expectations of stakeholders from senior management to CEO.• Developed 4-part Onboarding Day presentation to orient new employees to our accountable, engaged, and fun-loving culture, as well as our internal platforms, tools, and HR practices.• Assessed employee engagement and effectiveness of internal communications initiatives on a quarterly basis using Survey Monkey.• Liaised with external vendors to maintain stock levels of BVG promotional material and to produce new promotional materials.• Surveyed employee interests and planned monthly social events to foster a close, collaborative environment in the Toronto studio.• All-time most nominated individual for quarterly "Viking Values" award for being a champion of BVG's cultural values.

Toronto, Canada Area

Made and managed words for one of Toronto's leading consumer internet companies and the world's largest community for writing, reading, and sharing stories online. As sole copywriter, I collaborated across all of Wattpad's functional teams (from Product to Community), creating copy and brainstorming ideas for marketing campaigns and sites, branding initiatives, BD collateral, and changes to the Wattpad app. Specifically, I wrote for SEO-driven website, targeted email campaigns, A/B testing, user activation projects, postcards, community updates, and the Wattpad blog. I also developed the first-ever set of brand guidelines so that we could better share Wattpad's own story about bringing the written word to the entire world.• Thrived in blended role involving as much growth hacking and creative directing as copywriting, as part of a small, nimble marketing team• Defined brand tone and voice while writing for a wide range of applications (including in-product, web, email, blog, social media, and print ads), often with little creative direction and aggressive deadlines• Embodied the startup mentality of resourceful innovation by remaining flexible and self-reliant while working beyond my job description: volunteering photography, videography, design, and public speaking support whenever required• Collaborated cross-functionally with senior management, developers, sales staff, HR professionals, community managers, and publishing experts

Toronto, Canada Area

Assisted in the promotion of the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme to prospective candidates through presentations and official communications. Wrote, edited, and compiled 170 candidate summaries for interview panels. Coordinated 5 teams of interviewers over a 3-day intensive interview period. Observed strict confidentiality practices when dealing with candidate information and official Japanese government communications. Volunteered creative design, writing, and photographic experience to improve the quality of consulate materials and communications. Proficiency in the role was recognized in being the first Assistant Coordinator to be hired for two successive contracts.

Furubira-Cho, Hokkaido, Japan

Responsible for team teaching of English to native Japanese language speakers for all elementary, junior high, and high school students in the town of Furubira. Responsibilities included lesson planning, the development of visual aids and activities, as well as the support of extra curricular student activities. Outside of class, I involved myself in the greater community of my town to act as an ambassador: positively represent foreign cultures and ideas.

Toronto, Canada Area

Played a key role on the MHS Emotional Intelligence team as their sole copywriter, web content manager, and graphic designer. I wrote, edited, and managed all external communications, including email marketing campaigns, website and online catalogue content, conference and event promotion, as well as the company CEO's monthly emotional intelligence newsletter. I wrote copy and performed layout for all advertisements for our print ad campaigns, created graphic elements for our websites, and designed logos/covers for new assessments. As a member of a 3-person marketing team, I was essential in conceptualizing new promotional campaigns and branding the ever-growing line of MHS Emotional Intelligence tests. In order to best represent our tests in my communications, I liaised with psychologists, technical writers, software developers, and other internal subject matter experts to inform my work. I also supervised and mentored University or Waterloo co-op students, teaching them relevant design, writing, and editorial skills.

B.A., Honours English Rhetoric And Professional Writing Co-Op

5-Year Co-operative Education Program

Certificate, Digital Marketing

An overview of Digital Marketing, focusing on paid social media, email marketing, Google Adwords, search engine optimization, search.