Resumé

Education

Bachelor of Journalism with High Honours, Carleton University
Received June 2008

Work Experience

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA
Constituency Manager, Calgary-Currie – 2023-2025

  • Develop and execute communications strategy including interview preparation, social media, and newsletter
  • Write MLA’s official responses to questions and concerns from constituents
  • Assist constituents in navigating provincial bureaucracy
  • Organize and attend public engagement opportunities with community groups
  • Engage with subject matter experts and community partners to advocate for better outcomes in mental health and addiction services across Alberta

CITY OF CALGARY – WARD 5 OFFICE OF THE COUNCILLOR
Executive Advisor – 2022-2023

  • Develop and maintain relationships with City of Calgary senior leadership team, other ward offices, community associations, community organizations, schools, real estate developers and civic partners
  • Lead communications strategy including building website, social media and newsletters, writing briefing notes and speaking notes and liaising with media
  • Office administration including budget, schedule maintenance, gift and guest registry, and Freedom of Information requests

APATHY IS BORING
Digital Engagement / Vote Coordinator – 2018-2022

  • Lead the design of election Get Out the Vote campaigns
  • Collaborate with external partners to produce videos, marketing merchandise and workshop opportunities
  • Work alongside communications team to develop social media and outreach campaigns
  • Write and publish multiple email newsletters
  • Lead the planning and hosting of online engagement events
  • Maintain, update, and design pages on the website
  • Complete administrative tasks including maintaining budget and processing payments to contractors

CBC RADIO
Associate Producer, Radio Current Affairs – 2016-2018

  • Pitch story ideas for morning and afternoon shows
  • Research and contact potential on-air guests
  • Conduct interviews and prepare questions and notes for hosts
  • Collect and edit audio clips for broadcast

GLOBAL NEWS
Associate Producer – 2013-2015

  • Build rundowns for newscasts over the course of a four hour morning show.
  • Write scripts, update stories, contact experts for information
  • Monitor news wires and affiliate feeds for new content
  • Liaise with field reporters for live hits
  • Booked and prepared guests for studio interviews

CITY TV
Video Journalist – 2010-2013

  • Daily reporting involves contacting subjects for interviews, shooting and conducting interviews, shooting b-roll, participating in scrums, writing scripts and editing a first cut of the story.
  • Produce fully packaged news stories featuring on-camera appearances.

OMNI TV
Newsroom Assistant – 2008-2010

  • As a field producer, worked with ENG photographers, editors and translators to create short documentaries for news programs in a number of different languages.
  • As production assistant, aided producer when building rundowns, keeping newscasts on time, working with director to ensure a smooth on-air product.
  • As a news writer, wrote copy for anchors, edited first rough cut of stories, updated news ticker, website and on-screen graphical headlines.
  • As an editor, worked with reporters and writers to make sure stories were ready to go on air.