My Qualifications & Credentials
Experience
- Interned on the media relations team for an NBA franchise for four years.
- Worked as a university athletics department's first female sports information officer.
- Contributed to two TSN-televised university championships, the Vanier Cup and women's volleyball.
- Compiled, rewrote and edited a college's continuing studies catalogue three times annually.
- Managed 32 leagues in nine sports for a school district for 15 years.
- Developed, produced and launched a sports association's website.
- Raised $100K in each of two years coordinating a charity golf tournament.
- Provided operations support to a college men's soccer national championship.
- Coordinated elite athlete development program and admissions for a sports school.
- Managed an amateur sport grant funded by an NHL team.
Skills
ADMINISTRATIVE
Organizing, Planning, Scheduling, Writing Emails, Managing Files
DIGITAL
MS Office, CRMs, Sport-Specific Event Software, Financial Management, Procurement, Records
WRITING
Editing, Business Writing, News Releases, Content, Newsletters
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Task Flow, Deadlines, Budgets, Calendars, People, Equipment
MARKETING
Engagement, Sponsorship, Social Media, Fundraising
PROBLEM-SOLVING
Player/Coach/Fan Discipline, Policies & Procedures, Weather, Conflict
DESIGN
Presentations, Branding, Websites, Collateral, Adobe Creative Suite
PEOPLE
Outgoing, Service-Minded, Respectful, Inclusive, Collaborative, Flexible, Trustworthy, Responsive
Education & Activities
UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES
- BA Honours, Mass Communication, Carleton University
- BHKin, Sport Management, University of British Columbia
COURSE CERTIFICATES
- Respect in the Workplace
- Fundamentals of Project Management
- Using Social Media in Business
- Macromedia Dreamweaver
- MS Excel
- MS Project
- NCCP Volleyball Level 1
EVENTS PORTFOLIO
- Vancouver Sun Run
- Grey Cup Vancouver
- Vancouver Grizzlies Games
- UBC Thunderbirds Games
- Vanier Cup Football Championship
- CIAU Swimming Championships
- CIAU Women's Volleyball Championships
- RVSA League Championships
- ASAA Track & Field Championships
- Canadian National Track & Field Championships
- Links to Learning Charity Golf Tournaments
- BSF Charity Golf Tournaments
- CCAA Men's Soccer Championships
- Calgary Bluesfest