I have been a part of IABC Edmonton for many years, including three years as the Director of Capital Awards, Two Years as the Senior Director of Programming and a year as VP, two years as President and a final year as past president! It has been an incredible experience to bring resources and people together to highlight and advance the role of professional communicators in every organization.

Canaccord Wealth Management03/2010 – PresentClient and Investor Relations, Writer, EditorResponsible for creating good communication between clients and broker. This includesgenerating and sending e-mails about client’s investments and movements in the marketdaily. Organizing the presentations done by junior oil and gas companies forstockbrokers. Research, typing and editing of a daily international newsletter distributedto 4,000 subscribers.

Edmonton Rush Lacrosse Team2010 - PresentSocial Media SupervisorAs the full-time social media supervisor I was responsible for developing andimplementing all of our social media campaigns and creating the online interaction forthe Edmonton Rush in the realm of social media. The areas of social media involved areFacebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn.My position also included writing for R Magazine, which resulted in 17 published articleson lacrosse and other… Show more Edmonton Rush Lacrosse Team2010 - PresentSocial Media SupervisorAs the full-time social media supervisor I was responsible for developing andimplementing all of our social media campaigns and creating the online interaction forthe Edmonton Rush in the realm of social media. The areas of social media involved areFacebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn.My position also included writing for R Magazine, which resulted in 17 published articleson lacrosse and other prominent athletes around the country.I oversaw the Booster Juice school program which involved scheduling our lacrosseplayers for daily school visits and developing the program which they used to educateelementary, junior high and high school students about the sport of lacrosse.I was also responsible for the coordination of donation requests and player/mascotappearances. Show less

Plenty of experience inthe service industry led to a prominent position as a server and a trainer for Joey. Closedthe lounge during the demanding shifts such as Friday and Saturday nights andmaintained excellent customer service balanced with ensuring a smooth evening byhelping newer servers and bartenders. · Serving and keeping customers engaged and entertained during their visit to Joey · Training new servers for their positions · Bartending, making drinks… Show more Plenty of experience inthe service industry led to a prominent position as a server and a trainer for Joey. Closedthe lounge during the demanding shifts such as Friday and Saturday nights andmaintained excellent customer service balanced with ensuring a smooth evening byhelping newer servers and bartenders. · Serving and keeping customers engaged and entertained during their visit to Joey · Training new servers for their positions · Bartending, making drinks quickly while keeping the customers around the bar entertained, keeping the bar stocked and clean, training new bartenders Show less

Worked backstage with the managers of the performers setting prices and organizing merchandise. Responsible for merchandising, negotiating prices between performers and venue, selling merchandise and the cash outs with the venue and the performers.Worked with managers of performersAble to negotiate pricing arrangements between manager and event organizerSettled the cash issues each day for performer and venueSold merchandise for many hours a day

Hired as a promotions director for the fitness company. Created and worked events that drew attention and membership to the fitness club. Developed relationships with businesses related to the field of fitness to create a 2-way partnership to offer clients and customers discounts on products and services. Developed several industry promotions like the 'Spin to Win' and participating in contests and events around the city. Trained new membership coordinators in both customer relations and… Show more Hired as a promotions director for the fitness company. Created and worked events that drew attention and membership to the fitness club. Developed relationships with businesses related to the field of fitness to create a 2-way partnership to offer clients and customers discounts on products and services. Developed several industry promotions like the 'Spin to Win' and participating in contests and events around the city. Trained new membership coordinators in both customer relations and business relations by bringing them to partnering companies and sitting in on membership sales.Organized several events for Clubfit with other businesses in order to get new leads for the membership coordinatorsMet with companies not associated with Clubfit in order to develop a partnership between them and Clubfit to offer customers and clients benefitsTrained new membership coordinators in customer relationsWorked several events for Clubfit including bbq's, 'spin to wins' and in store promotions Show less