Resume
Feb. 2022 -
June 2023
Content Director & Editor, Kidscreen
Brunico Communications (Toronto)
Leadership and oversight of all editorial products (daily newsletters, magazine, events) for Kidscreen, a globally distributed media brand covering the multi-billion-dollar children’s entertainment industry. Key achievements in this role include:
• Leadership of editorial planning and production..
• Recruited six new staff in six months and managed seven direct reports.
• Gained rapid subject matter expertise in a multi-faceted international industry.
• Led ideation and speaker recruitment for all session content of annual conference.
• Traveled globally to liaise and develop relationships with industry stakeholders.
April 2019 -
Feb. 2022
Communications Manager
Royal Ontario Museum (Toronto)
Management and oversight of all internal and external communications for Canada’s #1 museum, including high-volume media relations, reputation management, and exhibition PR.
• Instituted new processes to improve department’s relations across museum.
• Played critical role in supporting C-suite and staff through pandemic.
• Led multi-department coordination of support for museum initiatives.
• Led team in launching over 10 major exhibition publicity campaigns.
• Led integration of social media team from marketing to communications.
• Lead role in developing comms plans, press releases, media reporting, internal and press events & liaison with agencies.
April 2019 - May 2019
Communications Writer
Royal Ontario Museum (Toronto)
July 2013 - March 2019
Content Director & Editor, Playback
Brunico Communications (Toronto)
Leadership of all editorial products (daily e-newsletters, magazines, social, events) of national media brand for Canadian film & TV and Banff World Media Festival.
• Revitalized, grew, and maintained the brand’s reputation through high-quality journalism and stakeholder engagement.
• Revamped a multitude of editorial products for quality, profile and impact.
• Built a social media strategy to address paywall challenges.
• Hired, mentored and managed a team of three writers.
• Developed all session content for 2018 Banff World Media Festival.
Volunteer
2018-2022
Sheridan College Pilon School of Business
Program Advisory Committee,
Creative Industries Mangement
2018-2022
Director, Board of Directors
St. Lawrence Cooperative Daycare
Contributed to development and curriculum of new post-graduate certificate
Member of operational board of unionized, three-facility non-profit entity.
Education
1999-2002