Experience

St. Clement's School

• Canada
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Communications Manager

  • May 2018 - Present

  Responsible for driving strategic content creation on behalf of one of Canada's foremost independent girls' schools. Working within the Advancement Department to develop the strategy and creation of external marketing campaigns, to develop and execute the School's advertising plan including campaign and creative development and advertising buys, and lead the School's external marketing materials. Develop ongoing story bank content, edit the School's bi-annual publication, Red Blazer and Annual Report of Giving. Manage external media requests, provide writing and editorial support and assist the Communications and Digital Marketing Officer with strategic direction.



Outpost Travel Media

• Canada
• Media Production

• Senior Editor/Writer and Special Travel Advisor

  • Oct 2010 - Present

  Features writer, editor, copyeditor, columnist, interviewer, photographer, project manager, blogger and illustrator. Provides advice and analysis on travel industry and trends. Media contact on travel and tourism issues with appearances on Global Television, CBC Radio, The Fifth Estate, The National, Metro Morning, etc. Guest on Alberta@Noon's phone-in programme.Project Manager and writer for Outpost Magazine's 2011-2018 Global Travel Guides.Project Manager and co-writer: Adventure Report - Colombia; Taiwan; Malaysia.Columnist: Excess Baggage; Local Knowledge; Outpostmagazine.comWriter: “Outpost Magazine CBC News’ Canada’s Champions of Change” with stakeholder Manulife Financial (16-page supplement inserted into the Globe & Mail); “Hardy’s Amazing Bushwalking Adventures” promotion with Vincor Canada. "Lawrence's Arabia" with Jordan Tourism Board N.A; "10 Ways to Explore Newfoundland and Labrador" with Newfoundland and Labrador Tourism; "Quebec: The Nature Destination" with www.quebecoriginal.com; "Discover the Arctic with the Experts" with One Ocean Expeditions; "MEC's Traveller's Edge" with Mountain Equipment Co-op; "South Island Paradise" with Cook Islands Tourism; special reports with Olympus.Writer: Outpost's Great South Australia Adventure; Adventure Jordan!; Desert Dreams and Dancing; Around the World in 80 Hours; Emerging Destinations 2014; The Not-So Definitive Guide to the A to Z of Travel; When Time is of the Essence; A Trip for all Seasons; Top Stopovers; Adventure Nunavut; Camerata Nuova; Atacama; Patagonia.Writer and researcher: Outposting: Mars; Mafia Island; Scotland; Colombia; Mont Blanc; Ladakh; Malaysia.Co-writer: I Came to Kayak: Pond Inlet.Blogger: Simon Says...Go To Australia; OpXpeditions Jordan; OpXpeditions Nunavut. Photographer: Camelot Uncovered; 5 Cwmdonkin Drive.Illustrator: Sergio's Tour del Mondo; Local Knowledge.On-camera host and narrator: OpXpeditions: Jordan (33-minute video presentation)



Freelance

• Egypt
• Human Resources
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Freelance writer, photographer, illustrator and editor

  • Jan 2009 - Present

  Ongoing freelance copywriting, copyediting, illustration and photography work for various publications worldwide, including:Commentator, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 2014 - Contributor: "Essentials of Managing Human Resources" 6th Edition, Nelson Education Ltd, 2016.Contributor: "Understanding Human Resources Management" Nelson Education Ltd, 2018.Co-author: "Footprints in the Dust: The Epic Voyages of Apollo, 1969-1975", University of Nebraska Press, 2010Copywriter: Canadian Automobile Association's 'Discoveries' and 'Extraordinary Explorations' brochures, 2012 - 2021Editor, the Canadian International Air Show's 'Hangar Doors' 2010 - 2020Illustrator: Toronto Football Club - Creator and artist of the "Offside" cartoon in the Toronto F.C. match programme (2010 - 2013). Photographer: Photograph of HRH Prince Philip selected for inclusion in the "Life Through a Royal Lens" photography exhibition at Kensington Palace, London in 2022.Photographer: The Christmas card of His Honour, The Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, 2013.Published articles and illustrations in: The Telegraph; The Toronto Star; Press Association; The Daily Mail (London); The Financial Post; Travel a la Carte; Spaceflight; Spaceflight News; FlyPast; "Energiya-Buran" (Bert Vis and Rex Hall, Springer-Praxis); Finnish Tourist Board; The Jane Goodall Society; The Journal of the Victoria Cross Society.Copyediting: "Fallen Astronauts" Colin Burgess, University of Nebraska Press; "Teacher in Space: Christa McAuliffe and the Challenger Legacy" Colin Burgess and Grace Corrigan, University of Nebraska Press; "Italian Summer" Alessia Urbani Vaughan, iUniverse; The Victoria Cross Society.Cartoons published in: "Oceans to Orbit, The Story of Australia's First Man in Space" Colin Burgess; Aston Villa Football Club News and Record; The Toronto Blizzard Soccer Club; Toronto FC Official Matchday Programme.



Travel CUTS

• Canada
• Hospitality

• Manager, Surface Product and Industry Relations

  • Nov 1999 - Oct 2009

  Responsible for the selection, negotiation and distribution or all non-airline product; close liason with marketing and operations departments; internal and external communications; media contact; relations with tourism boards and other organisations; representation of company at international trade conferences. Maintenance of Adventure Travel Company blog. Responsible for the selection, negotiation and distribution or all non-airline product; close liason with marketing and operations departments; internal and external communications; media contact; relations with tourism boards and other organisations; representation of company at international trade conferences. Maintenance of Adventure Travel Company blog.



GAP Adventures

• United States
• Hospitality

• Africa product manager

  • Jan 1997 - Nov 1999

  Management of GAP's Africa product. Management of GAP's Africa product.