Why work with me?

Because you

• Have business, career or personal project/s you need short- or long-term help with, but don’t want, or can’t afford, to hire an(other) employee, due to the many ongoing costs and responsibilities that entails.
• Want to focus on the aspects of your business, career or personal life that might be suffering from lack of your attention – the things that you love, are best at, or that need your particular skills.
• Know that ultimately, time is by far your most valuable asset and that delegating to others is one of the very few ways to free yours up.

Because I

• Am the type of competent, reliable, resourceful and pragmatic person who can help you free up your time by working with you virtually (remotely) to take some administrative or communications tasks off your plate.
• Have 30+ years of experience in communications and administration roles, including the ones below.
  • Manager and one-person admin team for a small but very busy university program
  • Communications coordinator for that same small but very busy university program
  • Project manager for a research project that used surveys, interviews, and statistical analysis (among other data sources and techniques) to better understand how transit subsidies affected the commuting behaviour of downtown hotel workers
  • Technical editor and writer who translated complex health and safety information into plain language for broad general audiences
  • Communications and outreach coordinator for the BC provincial ombudsperson
  • Communications and outreach coordinator for a federal member of parliament
  • Reporter for community newspapers in Surrey, BC.
  • Associate producer for various current affairs programs on CBC Radio in Vancouver and Victoria
  • Freelance editor, writer, administrator and researcher (my current role)