An experienced, editor, organizer, teacher and writer who makes communication and learning fun and memorable! Works well as a team member too! Strongly developed motivational management, team building, customer service and technical skills. An excellent communicator who thrives in deadline driven high pressure critical application environments such as the nuclear industry. Appreciates the importance of detail without losing sight of the big picture. Imaginative, independent, resourceful. Highly adaptable to changing environments. Uses Facebook and YouTube as marketing media. Internet and IT savvy.
Provide communications / PR services, editing, writing, technical writing, research, desktop publishing, web and print design services for book publishing, magazine, business, commerce by applying highly developed editing, writing, technical writing, research and web design skills, imagination, strategic outlook, creative problem solving skills and computer organization skills. Visit www.BcomW1Z.ca to review writing, editing and manuals.
1987 to Present - Editor - Writer - Web Designer - Freelancer Communications - Promotion
Editing
2006-2007 Reeves, Eric. A Long Day's Dying: Critical Moments in the Darfur Genocide. Toronto: The Key Publishing House Inc. 2007. ISBN: 0-9780431-4-6. Edited, copy edited, fact checked, shaped manuscript, compiled bibliography, index, maps for reference work passionately describing the Darfur Genocide. Entire project done online and electronically - no paper drafts.
2006 "The Very Real Business of Mobile TV." Edited report and analysis profiling mobile - cell phone - television, market, hardware, software, predictions.
2003 "Wireless Unified and Instant Messaging - A Study for Sun Microsystems." Edited WIFI report outlining hardware, software, companies and market predictions.
2002 "Hughes Network Systems e-Learning Project." Edited and researched portions of E-learning - hardware, software, funding, suppliers, markets in European Union for Hughes Satellite.
2001-2002 "FY2001 Compaq Telecom Market Analysis Report." Edited 9 analysts' contributions to 600+ page report & 250 page update predicting smart phones and 3G wireless digital telephone networks under outrageous time constraints and deadlines.
2008 Dance Time. Wrote features, provided photography for Toronto centric print dance magazine.
2004-2005 Tidings. Copy edited columns, features and wrote feature "What Do You Get When Xanté, Adam, Eve and 36 Photographs are Combined?"
2005 Vida Latina News. Provided photographs, copy edited material from ESL writers, wrote features, interviewed and profiled personalities including CBC's Claudia Garcia De la Huerta for latin lifestyle magazine. Co-ordinated editorial calendar with Publisher.
1987-1989 The Ragtop. Copy edited and wrote features, columns; solicited speakers for a British car magazine. Developed industry contacts and suppliers.
Writing
2005-2006 The Bulletin. Freelance writer, wrote features including "Andrew Majtenyi - Too Big for Toronto?"
2002-2003 Truestar Health. Researched wrote health and fitness materials. Created newsreel concept for health news, negotiated 3-month content feed contract with Reuters.
2003 CA Magazine "McLuhan for Managers." Book Review.
2000 Lauren Davis The Stubborn Season. Identified and provided copies of maps, documents, newspaper articles, material from CBC Radio archives, and books to provide historical background on 1920's and 1930's Toronto for historical novel.
Web - Print Design
Ongoing - SalsaTO.ca and MARCOM for salsa classes.
2008 Acrobat Lounge New Year Salsa Party 4x6 card.
2006 Laurier Capital. Designed Web portal, concept, imagery.
2005-6 Centre for Indigenous Theatre. Re-designed web site - content, graphics, imagery worked with staff and a graphic artist.
2005 Cafe Cappricio. Designed menu, coupon biz cards - achieved 80% return.
2004-2005 Cancan Foods. Designed and maintained creative website for commercial meat packer.
2004-2009 SalsaTO.ca. Edit, copy edit, write, design, provide imagery for online Salsa 'Zine. Profile and report events and people, compile events and resources pages. Solicit and publish contributors. Developed and maintain a comprehensive network of contacts and sources. Use Web 2 applications in MySpace and FaceBook to lever content and further reach. Analyze site metrics to refine text
1989-2009 - University of Toronto Athletic Centre - Dance & Movement
- Design and deliver Fitness and Latin dance classes - Hi-Lo, Caardio Salsa, Lo, Muscle Conditioning, Boot Camp, Salsa, Merengue, Bachata, Cha Cha. Participated in and provided critical feedback for pilot HR courses; emergencies, inclusivity, equity, team building
1997-1999 Coordinator Toronto Hospital Fitness Centre - Toronto
- Coordinated fitness and aquafit programs at a modest fitness centre. Hired, evaluated and supported approximately 23 instructors.
- Raised the centre's profile with a marketing program that included a downtown flyer campaign and a poster in the Queen's Park subway station. Marketed the fitness centre at the bi-weekly new employee seminars.
- Worked with the IT department (SIMS) to design the 1998 TTH CN Tower training guideline that used the neighboring streets, selected stairwells and programmed exercise to assist a 300+ team. Departure due to 100% management change.
1991-1997 Supply Teacher Board of Education - City of York
- Curriculum delivered in a wide variety of subjects in City of York secondary schools as required. Maintained class discipline under challenging conditions with limited resources. Did not waste the students' time! Departure due to reduced supply teacher budgets.
Previous - Montreal - Quality Assurance Representative, NDE Technician.
- Audited, witnessed, performed tests, examinations on pressure vessels, piping, structures, assemblies to ASME, CSA, ASTM, client specifications in petrochemical, fabrication, nuclear industries.
- Acquired and exercised cooperative and persuasive auditing skills.
- MS: NT4, WIN95/98/2000Professional/XP, Office 97/2000/XP, Publisher, Paint, Photo Editor, Help Workshop.
- Adobe: CS II, FrameMaker, PageMaker, PhotoShop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat 5.0, Distiller; Reader for Palm OS 2, Premiere 6.
- HTML Dreamweaver MX, CSE HTML Validator. Quadralay WebWorks, HTML Help Workshop, MS Notepad.
- Misc: Quark Express, Cindex; Netscape, Palm Pilot; Opera, Mozilla; Firebird, Filezilla, SQL. Apple OSX, Snagit, Redhat Linux
- Editing Certificate George Brown College.
- Bachelor of Education - Adult Ed, Computer Science, History, Librarianship - Queens University.
- Bachelor of Arts - Honours History University of Toronto.
- Certificate of Quality Control - Concordia University - Montreal.
- Diploma of Collegial Studies - McGill University.
- Certified Non Destructive Examination Technician - Canadian General Standards Board (CGSB).
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