Experienced e-commerce operations specialist with a proven track record in managing and optimizing product listings across multiple marketplaces, including Shopify, Amazon, Etsy, Wolf & Badger, and Faire. Skilled in coordinating the entire product lifecycle, from production data integration to inventory control and timely shipment processing. Adept at implementing data exchange systems, managing warehouse operations, overseeing quality control procedures, and preparing international customs documentation. Strong ability to adapt product information for diverse platforms, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and market appeal. Committed to delivering results that enhance sales, efficiency, and customer satisfaction.
• Co-founder of Decipher Your Health (decipheryourhealth.com) • Writing coach • Author of Just the Right Dose: Your Smart Guide to Prescription Drugs & How to Take Them Safely (JustTheRightDose.com) • Developer and director of content, outreach coordinator for Sepsis Alliance • Print articles for Costco Connection, Canadian Nurse, Montreal Home, The Quilter, Oncology Live, InMotion, and more • Writer/contributor to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Healthgrade.com, Dignity Health, Oncology Nursing News, HealthDay News, Forbes.com, and more • Writing news articles and/or summaries for the general public, based on medical studies and/or research • Writing, editing, designing, publishing newsletters (print and online), producing FAQs for the general public and professionals • Reviewing, adapting, editing and condensing chapters in nursing textbooks • Writing profiles – for magazine articles, newsletters • Editing medical information and news for physician/medical website
2020 - 2021: News and investigative writer for the Celiac Disease foundation, celiac.org. 2015 - 2020: Research editor for Gluten-Free Living.
I help my clients to deliver their message with clear, powerful writing. As a writer and editor, I work with publishers, associations, businesses, and agencies to deliver professional, targeted, and easy to understand materials. I offer Plain Language consulting and deliver on-site and remote training to help organizations make their communications more effective and inclusive. I've written books, magazines, brochures, press releases, videos, blogs, websites, and social media posts, among others. Topics I've written about include immigration, business, travel, animals, psychology, outdoor sex, camping and hiking, taxes, employment, and much more. I've been a published non-fiction author since 2007.
After 18 years as a staff writer in the daily newspaper industry, I transitioned to a full-time freelance writer and editor. I was the editor of a biweekly farm publication from 2000 until my retirement in the spring of 2023. I also write for a number of other publications on a freelance basis, as well as doing contract work for corporate clients. Even though I list my status as semi-retired, I am always on the lookout for new projects.
I am an independent journalist and photographer producing stories for print and online publications on conflict, environment, gender, and peace.
For the last three years, I covered the Formula One World Championship as a paid columnist for Bleacher Report, a subsidiary of Turner Media and one of the most popular sports websites in the world. I contribute to VICE on a variety of topics, including astronomy and sports. I also write about the Swiss national soccer team and Swiss domestic league for the British soccer magazine "FourFourTwo."
Extensive experience as a story editor, writer and producer in all factual genres.
As a self-employed freelance designer, I’ve worked closely with remote teams to produce high-quality content on tight deadlines. I have an extensive background shaping language to the web, from landing pages and emails to in-app messaging and social media. I’ve designed vital, web-ready (AODA) thought leadership for technology companies and professional services giants, telling stories in well-crafted data visualizations while aligning with corporate style guides. With over 20 years experience in the stock industry, I understand the complexities of image licensing and am deeply familiar with managing visual assets.
I have 25+ years experience as a communications professional, the past 13 as a consultant/freelancer, assisting organizations to develop and promote their voice and brand. I specialize in: • marketing, fundraising and brand communications (on and offline), including content and direct marketing • digital and corporate communications in the non-profit and B2B professional services sectors I have a particular strength in helping non-profits and professional services firms uncover their stories and share them with their key audiences to achieve their mission, vision and strategic objectives. Areas of expertise: • Communications strategy, planning and management • Writing and editing • Design and creative concept development and direction • Digital and integrated marketing • Research • Content marketing • Branding strategy and management Please visit www.contextcomms.ca to learn more!
Paid for writing for CBC.ca in May, 2017 http://www.cbc.ca/1.4101157 I am the founding editor/publisher of TWAS - Toronto World Arts Scene ezine www.twasonline.com Have been published without pay in numerous community newspapers including the Varsity, also the literary journal ACTA Victoriana.
former member Winnipeg Free Press Canadian Gardening government, education, small business, magazines, newspapers
Since the mid-1970s I have worked in journalism both as a staff writer and as a freelance contributor to a host of publications including lately, the Hamilton Spectator, rabble.ca, Raise the Hammer, and the Breach. My book When Poverty Mattered, Then and Now was published by Fernwood in 2019. The following year my edited collection, Reclaiming Hamilton: Essays from the New Ambitious City came out from Wolsak and Wynn.
Have written about sustainability tied to the overarching goal of creating more liveable cities for over a decade and over 20 years experience tied to writing about travel, real estate and tech (including cleantech). Write a regular column called Green Living for Postmedia. Articles have appeared in media outlets in Canada, the U.S., Europe and Australia. Active freelance member of the Society of American Travel Writers.
I provide strategic communications planning and writing services to provincial, national and global clients across many sectors, including health and safety, professional and trade associations, technology companies, financial advisors, marketing agencies, and mental health experts. In addition to writing white papers, research and annual reports, articles, blog posts, case studies, culture books and sales resources, I am currently managing editor of The Trusted Leader blog. https://engage.wsps.ca/trusted-leader
40 years of producing TV and Radio documentaries for CBC English. 15 Years as a Labour/Union Representative for the Canadian Media Guild. Union Organizer during that period with extensive experience in both organizing new Union branches and Media events. No stone left unturned until the job is done.
Eighteen years owner of The Virtual Writer, providing writing, editing and consulting services to the not-for-profit sector, including hospital and community foundations, advancement and alumni affairs for educational institutions. Print, web and digital content.
