Position: Narrative Designer
Titles: Spark Defense (MOBA Defense) & Forge Horizon (First-person Shooter)
Scope: I worked closely with Marketing, Art, and Game Development teams to strategize game play mechanics through a narrative lens. I pitched in with marketing, corporate communications, and media relations.
Areas: Project management and interactive storytelling

Position: Marketing & Communications Coordinator/Interim-Director
Scope: Efficient management of more than 20 diverse portfolios, successfully handling hundreds of projects each academic year. Responsible for leading the College's creative projects, devising statements of work, formulating strategies, task assignment, timeline management, budgeting, staffing, crafting annual reports, and developing data-informed marketing and communication plans for over 75 programs.

Skills: Design thinking, interdepartmental collaboration, and vendor management. Work prioritization, reporting, campaign creation, data analysis, external relations, creative producer, organization, and time management.

Areas of Focus: Account Management | Stakeholder Relations | Media & Crisis Communications | Corporate & Donor Relations | Fundraising & Event Management | Internal & External Communications

Additional Responsibilities: Creative Problem Solving | Team Building & Mentorship | Department Hiring | Payroll & Budgeting | Thought Leadership | Business Development

Other Positions Held at Loyalist College

• Public Relations, Freelance [2022 - Present]

• Multimedia Writer [2015 – 2018]

• Social Media Marketing Coordinator [2015]

Position: Marketing Support
Scope: Art directing, project management, design, photography, profile writing, content development, social media planning, e-zine development, and marketing.

Scope: Provided creative writing support for two NFT projects, MetaBeats and Art Save the Queen.

Scope: Contributing articles about small business, marketing, communications, and technology to GoDaddy Canada's blog.

• Montreal Gazette

• Kingston Fine Lifestyles

• Women’s Post

• Open Book Ontario

• Applied Arts

• Bay of Quinte Tourism

• Quill & Quire

• Kingston Life

• Napanee Guide

• Napanee Beaver

• Frontenac This Week

• Belleville Intelligencer

• Trenton Trentonian

• Community Press

• Atlantic Books Today

• Herald de Paris

• The Scoop

2021 Writing for Children Competition - Long List & Short List

• Issued By: CANSCAIP [Sep. 2021]

• Creative Work: Blue

• Type: Young adult novel

2021 Writing for Children Competition - Long List

• Issued By: CANSCAIP [Aug. 2021]

• Creative Work: Mostly Giant

• Type: Middle grade novel

2020 Writing for Children Competition - Long List

• Issued By: CANSCAIP [Aug. 2020]

• Creative Work: Into the Sea

• Type: Picture book

Position: Consultant
Scope: 3W3 is a consulting agency that helps its clients transition from Web2 to Web3.

Position: CEO
Scope: A media content creation agency focused on Web3, crypto, NFTs, and blockchain gaming. We interview thought-leaders, NFT creators, and crypto-enthusiasts in the space to document the who's who and the what's what of Web3.

Position: Founder
Scope: Creating unique characters, building worlds, and identifying blue oceans is at the heart of Snazzy Labs. I work closely with a handful of clients to build out the IP for their NFTs. Beyond that, I mentor clients in crisis communications, assist with whitepaper development, and other forms of communications support for both internal and external audiences.

Position: Professor
Institution: Loyalist College
Delivery Model: Online
Scope: Teaching students the basics of business communications and mentoring them in their professional development.

Position: Professor
Institution: Loyalist College
Delivery Model: Online
Scope: Teaching students about the impact of social media on their personal brands and how to use it to grow their network.

Organization: Canadian Blockchain Association for Women
Status: Member

Organization: Women in Technology International
Status: Member

Organization: Canadian Society of Children's Authors, Illustrators and Performers (CANSCAIP)
Status: Member

Organization: Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI)
Status: Member

Organization: Canadian Children’s Book Centre
Status: Member

Organization: Department of Illumination Artistic Company
Status: Member

Organization: Art Gallery of Ontario
Status: Member

Organization: Shorefast Foundation
Status: Supporter

School: Loyalist College
Type: Graduate Certificate
Achievements:

• Valedictorian

• Campaign of the Year Award (2014)

• Honourable mention: Professionalism Award (2014)

• Dean's List

School: Humber College
Type: Certificate
Achievements: Completed a manuscript under the mentorship of author Helen Humphreys.

School: Loyalist College
Type: Advanced Diploma
Societies: President, Journalists for Human Rights (Loyalist College Chapter)
Achievements:

• Faculty Award [2011]

• Andrew White Excellence in Media Award [2011]

• Dean's List

School: Lakehead University
Type: Degree
Activities and Societies:

• Superior Northwest Public Interest Research Group (SNoPIRG)

• The Argus

• Environmental Awareness Week

Course Delivery: LinkedIn
Course Instructor: Ricardo Vargas

Course Provider: University of Illinois

Course Provider: Google

Course Provider: The Institute for the Future

Course Provider: University of British Columbia

Course Provider: University of British Columbia

Course Provider: Niagara College

Role: Children’s Literary Submissions Editor

Role: Azurian Community Council Member