Robert Hickey Email & Phone Number

Victoria, BC, CA

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Spearheaded the redesign, content creation, and editing of key internal communications vehicles, including executive briefs, newsletters, and reports, to showcase strategic alignment with organizational goals and.
• Craft high-impact speaking notes, keynote presentations, and communications materials for senior leadership
• Develop and facilitate training to empower employees to communicate concisely and with impact through top-down structure and plain language
• Lead a team of senior writing and design professionals, ensuring the timely delivery of high-quality, business-critical materials

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Developed and executed communications and stakeholder engagement plans supporting major transformation initiatives
• Prepared and reviewed presentations, correspondence, news releases and speaking notes
• Advised senior leadership and strategic communications branch on stakeholder matters and issues management
• Engaged with inter-ministry and justice sector stakeholders to cultivate and maintain partnerships and to understand stakeholder needs and concerns

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Canada Area

• Led a team supporting the implementation of transformation initiatives through communications and change management
• Led the development and execution of the communications strategy for the ministry's 4-year transformation strategy
• Created the processes and tools for internal and stakeholder communications and change management
• Oversaw the development of all transformation-related communications materials, including speeches, presentations, correspondence and multi-media content
• Liaised with the ministry's communications branch for issues management

• Created and executed internal communications and stakeholder engagement plans for modernization projects
• Developed and executed the communications strategy for the ministry's strategic and operational plans
• Co-led the development and maintenance of the Modernization Division’s intranet presence

I was the sole content creator for Toronto's Zagat blog and Twitter account, posting about the city's best restaurants and food events, and provided many of those short little descriptions you read on Google Maps.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Wrote content for the firm’s digital and print platforms, including announcements, news items, invitations and advertisements, as well as speeches and internal communications
• Oversaw the development of the firm’s publications
• Managed the publication process for client communications, ensuring their timely release
• Managed the firm’s social media accounts

Toronto, Canada Area

* Acquired and edited health, culinary, and parenting titles

* Conceived of and commissioned branded (For Dummies, Frommer's) and non-branded titles for retail accounts and corporate clients* Developmentally edited manuscripts* Liaised with freelance editors and production department* Prepared sales tip sheets and presented titles at sales conferences* Oversaw cover image selection and wrote cover copy* Developed.

* Managed projects from developmental edit to final proofs * Reviewed copy edits and proofreads to ensure quality of projects

* Assessed agented and unsolicited manuscripts* Wrote cover copy for paperback editions* Provided administrative assistance to Senior Editor and Editorial Director

Master Of Arts (M.A.), English Literature

Certificate, Corporate Communications (With Honours)

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), English Language & Literature

Activities and Societies: The Cord (student newspaper): Columnist (1997-1998); Editor, Opinion section (1998-1999)