About Me

A skilled and strategic communicator, I have over five years experience creating and planning high-impact marketing and communications.

Check out my personal blog at nicoleczorny.wordpress.com

Contact Details

Nicole Czorny
(416) 271-2706
nczorny@gmail.com

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Work

COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER | VOLUNTEER

The Wild Bluffs | Toronto • April 2016–Present

Leading the social media outreach and guiding the promotional strategy for The Wild Bluffs community organization.

  • Created a social media plan and strategy to broaden awareness of The Wild Bluffs mission and knowledge of the wildlife found at The Scarborough Bluffs.
  • Driving broader awareness of organization's mission by sharing to-the-minute news, images and articles on Twitter.
  • Launched organizations Instagram account to visually tell the story of The Bluffs and foster a new online community.
  • Conducting a website and social media audit to measure and enhance the organizations web presence.resence.

COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER | VOLUNTEER

High Park Stewards | Toronto • February–April 2016

Created a communications and social media plan to increase awareness of the group in the local and environmental community, and to promote their monthly planting events and speaker series.

  • Managed organization Twitter and Facebook account.

WRITER AND CREATOR

donvalleygirls.wordpress.com • 2011–Present

Founder and writer of the donvalleygirls.wordpress.com blog, researching and writing original articles related to Toronto’s Don Valley and local environment.

  • Maintaining and updating blog, and the Don Valley Girls Twitter and Instagram accounts.
  • Created custom header and blog design.

COMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATE

Evergreen Brick Works | Toronto • 2011–2015

Coordinated, wrote and edited high-impact print and digital communications, including print and digital ads, blogs, e-newsletters and social media content to promote public events at Evergreen Brick Works.

  • Composed e-newsletters with a Click-Through Rate of 6.8% in 2015 (up 2.6% since 2014).
  • Oversaw and executed all digital and print promotions for public events. Wrote, maintained and edited all online “What’s On” event and program webpages.
  • Launched Google Grants application for Google AdWords, with two years experience creating and managing paid search campaigns.
  • Developed best practices and systems to uphold brand standards, streamline workflow and track and analyze effectiveness of all marketing and communications.

MARKETING CONSULTANT

Volunteer | Toronto • 2011–Present

Advise community groups, organizations and businesses on various marketing and communications initiatives to increase awareness.

  • Creating on a Google AdWords Grant Application for non-for-profit organization Pegasus.
  • Conducted a social media audit for Naturopathic Doctor.
  • Created the Mission statement and Tagline for the Wild Foragers Society, and designed a Mail Chimp E-newsletter for local business, Little Party-Goers Inc..

Education

CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS & PUBLIC RELATIONS | Honours

Centennial College• Toronto | 2011

E-PUBLISHING | Honours

Algonquin College • Ottawa | 2008

PRINT JOURNALISM

Algonquin College• Ottawa | 2007

JOURNALISM BACCALAUREATE

University of Ottawa• Ottawa | 2007

Skills

  • Copywriting and Editing
  • Web and Email Content Management Systems
  • SEO and SMO
  • HTML5 and CSS
  • Graphic Design
  • Project Management

    Creative Communications and Project Management