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Toronto, On, Ca

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Pender & Howe Executive Search is a boutique firm specializing in executive and board searches and strategic advisory services. The firm's distinct approach is characterized by its collaborative partnerships with human capital leaders, governing boards, and executives, which enable it to discover exceptional talent.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

The SCIP is a global non-profit community of leaders dedicated to advancing the practice of ethical CI through training and certification in critical capabilities, curating innovative ideas, and cultivating a powerful peer community. SCIP promotes the usage and understanding of market and competitive intelligence for decision-making.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Teaching private, group, and corporate Pilates classes that focus on education, mind muscle connection, and reframing exercise as movement.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Collaborating with partners and practitioners to provide intelligence and analysis on companies, industries, markets and competitors in support of client work, business development and strategic decision-making.Cultivating a strong understanding of legal, financial, economic and regulatory landscapes to ensure comprehensive reporting, the ability to determine new business trends and cross-selling opportunities.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Supporting various marketing and business development initiatives including acting as a liaison with partners, tracking initiatives and managing schedules and calendar invites. Successfully coordinated 100+ interviews with multiple lawyers and researchers from leading legal directories.⠀⠀⠀ ⠀Managed the planning, scheduling and preparation for sending eight senior stakeholders, including the CEO and Chair of the Board to the annual International Bar Association’s business development conference in Seoul, South Korea. Successfully coordinated 43 meetings with leading international law firms and a complex logistics schedule including a six-day multi-vehicle transportation plan. The IBA is considered one of the most important business development initiatives the firm participates in.⠀⠀⠀ ⠀Drafted deal reports, directory submissions, social posts, product sheets and firm-wide communication.⠀⠀⠀ ⠀Leveraged Salesforce to generate various reports to drive business decisions. Analyzed data to compile semi-annual benchmark reports related to US and international markets.⠀⠀⠀ ⠀Developed multiple standard operating procedures to formalize and enhance processes.⠀⠀⠀ ⠀Involved in the project planning and management of 63 practice submissions to Chambers and Partners, the leading international legal directory that empowers organizations to make informed decisions when selecting legal services.

Toronto, Canada Area

Supporting three directors across a wide variety of international and national business development initiatives related to core legal practice groups.⠀⠀⠀ ⠀Compiling and analyzing referral and visit reports to assist management in making strategic decisions.⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ Responsible for logistics of key client relationship building events and international conferences related to Canadian corporate counsel. ⠀⠀⠀ ⠀Collaborating across teams to update marketing collateral such as product sheets, brochures, and webpages to reflect most recent firm accolades, representative matters and key messaging.⠀⠀⠀ ⠀Administration and scheduling of all international initiative meetings, compiling information and drafting agendas.⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ Management of volunteer portal for seminars and events.⠀⠀⠀ ⠀Active member of the department social committee.

Toronto, Canada Area

Assisted in executing full event cycles including preparing event plans, coordinating internal resources, setting up marketing collateral and post event analysis. Conducted research on a wide variety of topics and drafted digital content.

Toronto, Canada Area

Executed sales forecast reporting at scheduled delivery times and ad-hoc using SAS' proprietary sales and marketing application, supporting the VP of sales and six national sales teams. Managed access and permissions for all Canadian users, including hierarchies and mapping relationships. Acted as the main contact for application inefficiencies, collaborating across offices to recommend solutions. Provided role-specific training and developed internal training materials for new system users. Developed and implemented methodology for annual account assignments for Canadian sales territories.

Toronto, Canada Area

Performed data quality analysis, data scrubbing and data refresh using SAS' proprietary sales and marketing software. Used various Microsoft Office programs (mainly excel) to organize and interpret data.

Toronto, Canada Area

Business/Corporate Communications

Associate’S Degree, Special Event Management

Bachelor Of Commerce (Bcom), Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies

Bachelor Of Human Kinetics, Human Kinetics, Management

Activities and Societies: Toastmasters International