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Skill Highlights
• Confident oral communicator with internal and external audiences.
• Established and accessible contact for media professionals throughout Nova Scotia.
• Respected communications coach for senior management and spokespersons at all organizational levels.
• Experienced in event planning, working with committees and contracted event management professionals (media and celebratory occasions).
• Highly skilled in implementing community development and promotional programs.
• Valued project team member responsible for communications plan development.
• Advanced computer skills (Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe Acrobat and Photoshop) and a typing speed of approximately 60 wpm.
• Hands-on website administrator familiar with content management programs.
• Experienced writer (business letters, newsletters, news releases, speeches, website, annual reports, presentations and promotional materials).
• Sensitive to stakeholder needs including executive, Board, government, and volunteers.
• Well-rounded professional driven by the desire to make a difference through ethical, creative, budget-conscious solutions with a proven ability to multitask.
Education
Certificate in Public Relations
University of Victoria Victoria, British Columbia
Bachelor of Arts, Sociology
Dalhousie University Halifax, Nova Scotia
Paramedic Level I
School of Emergency Health Services Halifax, Nova Scotia
Advanced Emergency Medical Dispatcher Salt Lake City, Utah
International Academy of Emergency Dispatch
Work Experience
Communications Specialist
Nova Scotia Community College
Coordinator, Employee Communications
Emergency Medical Care
Coordinator, Community and Internal Communications
Emergency Medical Care
Training and Promotions Coordinator
Metro and District Ambulance Service
Assistant Aquatics Supervisor
Halifax Regional Municipality, Recreation and Leisure Services
Additional Information
• Member in good standing with the Canadian Public Relations Society (since 1997).
• Additional writing courses from the University of Kings College.
• Committed to life-long learning.
• Proud wife and mother.