Experience

Société Économique de l'Ontario (SÉO)

• Canada
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Gestionnaire, Communications et Relations externes

  • Mar 2021 - Present



André Paquette Publishing Company Inc

• Newspaper Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director

  • Apr 2010 - Mar 2021

  In this role, I oversee the preparation and publishing of editorial content for all company newspapers and special supplemental publications. I also direct all operations for the Reflet-News, managing the Embrun Office, and supervising sales and administration. Editorial accomplishments include: - I supervise reporters across four different locations. My team and I provide editorial content for three bilingual and two French-language newspapers in the Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec communities of Hawkesbury, Rockland, Embrun, and Lachute. - As Managing Editor, I provide editorial direction. I edit all articles, French and English, and manage multiple weekly deadlines, prioritizing tasks to ensure all papers are published and delivered on time. -To streamline regional news coverage, I bought separate teams of reporters to work together, reducing redundancies and duplication in news coverage and decreasing staffing costs significantly. I also implemented a company-wide Dropbox filing system and set up a standard naming conventions. Show less



Canada Post / Postes Canada

• Canada
• Freight and Package Transportation
• 700 & Above Employee

• Managing Editor, Writing Services

  • Mar 2009 - Apr 2010



Canada Post / Postes Canada

• Canada
• Freight and Package Transportation
• 700 & Above Employee

• Manager, Media Relations

  • 2002 - 2009

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• Officer, Communications

  • 2000 - 2002



Compagnie d'édition André Paquette (Newspaper publishing company)

• Directeur de l'information

  • 1995 - 2000

  - Le Carillon, Hawkesbury - La/The Tribune-Express, Hawkesbury - L'Argenteuil, Lachute - Le Progrès/The Watchman - Le Journal de Cornwall - Le Carillon, Hawkesbury - La/The Tribune-Express, Hawkesbury - L'Argenteuil, Lachute - Le Progrès/The Watchman - Le Journal de Cornwall



Metropolitan Life (Ottawa)

• Group contract coordinator

  • 1992 - 1995

  Editing/coordination of group insurance contracts, benefit booklets, etc. Editing/coordination of group insurance contracts, benefit booklets, etc.



Metropolitan

• South Africa
• Insurance
• 700 & Above Employee

• Communications Consultant

  • 1989 - 1992

  Responsible for several communications-related files, including editing the employee magazine (French and English) Responsible for several communications-related files, including editing the employee magazine (French and English)



Le Reflet (newspaper, Embrun, Ontario)

• Reporter

  • 1986 - 1989