Tania Walsh - Prezumé

Tania Walsh Education and Certifications Work Experience Volunteerism Career Goals Contact Me Mass Communications, B.A.
Carleton University, 2001

Public Relations, Diploma
Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology, 2003




Information Mapping, Certificate
TELUS, 2004 courses towards Skills and Characteristics Trilingual (English, French and Spanish)
Motivated, energetic, creative, and flexible
Enjoy working in a team environment
Detailed-oriented, organized and committed to achieving excellence in my work
Strong leadership, problem solving and analytical skills
Effective communication and presentation skills.
Ability to plan, organize, prioritize tasks within a highly reactive and competitive market.
Excellent interpersonal skills including the ability to build and maintain excellent working relationships with both internal and external groups.
Seven+ years experience working in internal communications and content management. Specialties:
project management
mass communication
fundraising
employee engagement
internal communications
content management
html
brand standards
persuasive communications and speeches
photo editing and desktop publishing
resource management
green programs
employee recognition tania.walsh@gmail.com
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http://about.me/taniawalsh/bio Communications Manager Responsible for executing two national communication programs that support two distinct brands, by:
Managing and developing the intranet (5000+ documents, with an audience of 2000+ employees) and all internal digital communications,
Working collaboratively in cross-functional teams across the business to source and manage content,
Acting as a key partner and digital communication subject matter expert in the implementation and development of the corporate intranet, providing counsel on effective ways to communicate, July 2007 – June 2010 May 2004 – July 2007 Tania Sales Representative July 2000 – February 2004 E-Communications Program Manager E-Communications Specialist Designing, developing and implementing communication plans integrating key messages and ensuring employee communications are timely, relevant, targeted, clear, - consistent and concise and available in both official languages for the corporate intranet,
Gathering feedback and continually evaluating the effectiveness of existing intranet-based communication vehicles and their content,
Establishing and fostering a positive relationship with key partners to ensure an up to date understanding of overall initiatives/projects status including what is on the horizon, status of current implementations and achievement and sustainment of objectives, and
Maintaining standards and ensuring adherence to guidelines for digital content design and production. Chair of the engagement action team which increases engagement scores year over year for identified areas of opportunity: increase recognition, raise awareness of career opportunities, improve involvement of learning and development and improve understanding of the performance management model.
Chair of the national stores green team which contributes to the organization's commitment to being an environmental leader at the retail store level: ensure all stores are participating in a recycling program, switching all cleaning and paper products to non-toxic and sustainable alternatives, increase participation of our phone recycling program and reduce paper use. June 2010 - Present To manage a team of communicators within the next year.
To become an engagement mentor for a business group.