My updated redesigned CV

My updated redesigned CV

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Writer, Journalist & Communications Specialist
778-378-3441
sthoedel@gmail.com
Vancouver, BC

WEBSITES

•    The Medium: http://rothemedia.wordpress.com
•    LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/simonehoedel
•    Flickr photostream: www.flickr.com/photos/rothemedia

PROFILE

Writer, journalist and communications specialist with print production project management skills, and video, photography and social media skills. Seeking a consulting / management position or a position as a writer, editor, researcher, photographer, broadcast P.A. / producer.

SKILLS

•    Print production project management
•    Writing / editing
•    Social media / internet marketing
•    Interviewing / researching / producing
•    Photojournalism / videography
•    Web design and print page layout
•    Computer / web programming skills

CAREER EXPERIENCE

• Rothe Media: self-employed writer / editor / photojournalist,1995-present
• Production Assistant, Camera (volunteer), Shaw Cable, North Vancouver and Vancouver, BC, 2004, 2009
• Communications Co-ordinator, Project Porchlight Saskatchewan, Regina, SK, August-September, 2008
• Communications Consultant, Saskatchewan Agriculture & Food, Regina, SK, February-October, 2007
• Communications Co-ordinator, Saskatchewan Association of Agricultural Societies & Exhibitions, Regina, SK, August-October, 2006
• Production assistant, camera operator, graphics, switcher (volunteer), Access Communications, Regina & Yorkton, SK, 2004-2008
• Communications Director, Leon’s Manufacturing Company, Yorkton, SK, September, 2004-May, 2005
• Researcher (volunteer / intern), BCTV News (now Global News), Burnaby, BC, 1999-2001
• Camera operator, reporter, line producer (volunteer), Rogers Cable (now Shaw Cable), Vancouver, BC, 1995-2001
• Layout and production volunteer, writer, copy editor, Prairie Dog Newspaper, Regina, SK, 1994
• Studio camera operator, reporter/ interviewer (volunteer / paid), Cable Regina, Regina, SK, 1994-1995
• Editor, copy editor, reporter, photographer, layout /production, The Voice Newspaper, Langara School of Journalism, Vancouver, BC, September, 1993-April, 1994

EDUCATION

• Journalism Certificate (Accelerated Program), Langara School of Journalism, Vancouver Community College, Vancouver, BC, September, 1993-April, 1994
• Bachelor of Arts, Psychology Major, University of Regina, Regina, SK, 1983-1984
• Psychology Major, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, 1979-1982

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

•    Computer Science 122, Statistics 201, Calculus III, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, 2000-2002.
•    Web Production Diploma, Corporate Communications Training College, Vancouver, BC, 2004 (attended all courses).
•    Desktop Publishing Certificate, Corporate Communications Training College, Vancouver, BC, 1996.

VOLUNTEERING & INTERESTS

•    Vancouver Volunteer Corps: including City of Vancouver Emergency Preparedness volunteering and training, 2011-present.
•    Vancouver International Film Festival 2009-10 volunteer.
•    Shaw Television, Rogers Television, and Access Communications volunteer.
•    SCEP Centre Regina volunteer, for autistic children, 1984.

AWARDS, ACHIEVEMENTS

•    Cecilia Lamont Literary Prize: 2nd place, Poetry, 1990.
•    Most Valuable Player: Regina Women’s Soccer, 2 years in a row, 1983, 1984.
•    PoCo Wranglers: Under 18 BC Provincial Championship Team, 1979. I played goalie position.
•    Tae Kwon Do: orange belt, 2007.

REFERENCES

References and reference letters available upon request.

Portfolio: Communications

SAF (Saskatchewan Agriculture and Food) Internal Communications Strategy:

• Part 1: SAF Internal Communications Strategy Part 1 (Created by Simone Hoedel, March 28, 2007)
• Part 2: Interview with Peter Mayne (transcript), Previously Manager, Internal Communications. Now in HR: Organizational Culture.
• Part 3: Interview with Wendy Johnson (transcript), Leader of Corporate Development in Communications and Public Affairs, SaskPower
• Part 4:Interview with Josephine Bricic (transcript), Director of Internal Communications, SaskTel

Speech to repeal Agricultural Societies Act in Saskatchewan, by Simone Hoedel


EDAC (Economic Developers Association of Canada) Delegate Kit and brochure: design, layout and copyediting by Simone Hoedel

Simone Hoedel's interviews and profiles

Writings: interviews and profiles

• An interview and article on Libby Davies the year she ran for mayor.
• Chester Piontek worked on the lathe at Leon Manufacturing in Yorkton. I interviewed him for the staff newsletter.
• I interviewed Archbishop Exner of Vancouver about the issue of child sexual abuse and the church's response to the abuse scandal.
• I interviewed and profiled Collins Okeny, a refugee from Sudan, for the staff newsletter at Leon Manufacturing.
• I interviewed Andrea Hemsley, winner of the Clarke Lewis Scholarship Award, for the SAASE newsletter.