Brenda L. Hazlewood

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Port Dover ON N0A 1N4

Canada Res: 519-***-****

email: abppa0@r.postjobfree.com

Contact me for a copy of my digital portfolio.Career Objective

To join a team where I can put my skills in communications, publicity, photography, graphics and web development to use in marketing and promotion of organizations or events.

Unique Qualifications

12 years experience in Publicity

Recognized Public Relations and Promotions skills

Well-honed skills in writing, photography and graphics

Frequently asked to speak at functions throughout the community, on television and radio, and at professional functions

Demonstrated excellence in fund-raising, facilitation, planning, organization, negotiations, mentoring, team-building and team-leading

Ability to develop an easy and trusting rapport with those at all organizational levels as well as the press and the public

Skilled in web page design and development

Educational BackgroundRyerson UniversityHonours Bachelor of Mathematics Degree in Computer Science

Dean's List

Delhi District Secondary SchoolHonours Secondary School Diploma (Grade 13)

Honours Standing

Pro Meritus Award

Nancy A. Miller Scholarship for highest overall standing

Related ExperienceLighthouse Festival Theatre

Marketing Publicist and Webmaster (March 2002 through February 2006)

Responsible for all media relations, advertising, promotional and marketing materials, graphics, photography, website development and maintenance, sponsorship development and grant applications.

Major accomplishments included:

The website itself was developed from scratch using raw HTML, had a highly professional look and feel, while being easy to maintain.

The show photography was highly praised, throughout the theatre community as well as the press.

I developed an easy and trusting relationship with the media who printed my press releases and photographs without modification or the need for further research.

Brochures and promotional graphics were effective and professional-looking, using the most simple of software graphics packages available.

Port Dover Maple Leaf

Freelance Writer (December 2002 through present)

Responsible for writing comprehensive stories, with accompanying photographs, concerning matters of general public interest, as assigned by the Editor.

Northshore Concerts

Publicist (1994 through present)

Responsible for writing and distribution of all media releases since Northshore began bringing concerts to Port Dover.

The Journey ...

from Programmer-Analyst at Kodak Canada in 1975, through 10 years in various Business Analyst and supervisory positions at 3 major natural gas companies, to being Project Manager and the Senior Business Systems Planning Analyst at Nortel Canada, and then back home to my family in Norfolk, where from July 1989 through until January 2001, I held various IT management positions with the Regional Municipality of Haldimand-Norfolk.

Other Professional Activities

Member of Simcoe Lions Club since May 2004 (Involved with Public Relations and Promotions of all club activities)

Founding member and Secretary & Public Relations Chair, Board of Directors of Freshwater Folk Club (1995 to present)

Public Relations and Promotions for several local musicians and other not-for-profit organizations

Facilitator of the Port Dover Community Strategic Planning project (1998)

Regional 9-1-1 Coordinator from 1991 through 2000, implementing 911 in 1997

Authored several articles published by various trade magazines

Coauthored book entitled "Office Systems Planning Guide", published Dec 1987

Frequently Asked QuestionsWhat are your greatest strengths?

Well-honed communications skills, both oral and written

The skills I have developed in photography, graphics and basic website design and development

My public speaking and facilitation skills

I am a planner and organizer, deadline driven with good time management skills

What are your greatest weaknesses?

I have difficulty saying "No" when it comes to requests of my own time. Where the need is urgent or the matter is one about which I am passionate, I will take on the challenge, often ignoring the impact on my personal schedule.

I become passionate about causes in which I believe.

Why would you consider leaving your current job?

My position as Marketing Publicist and Webmaster at Lighthouse Festival Theatre was outsourced in February of 2006.

Of what accomplishments are you the proudest and why?

I am extremely proud of my accomplishments at Lighthouse. With minimal resources available and wearing multiple hats, I brought a new level of professional imaging and branding to the theatre in my development and management of an effective publicity and promotional campaign.

Two projects of which I am proud also come immediately to mind: bringing 9-1-1 to Haldimand-Norfolk and facilitating the development of Port Dover's Community Strategic Plan. In both cases, I brought a large group of disparate individuals together as a team, to make a real difference in our community.

I am also proud of my fund-raising efforts for the expansion of Norfolk General Hospital. The service clubs I approached and spoke to pledged a total of $375,000 in donations to the cause.

What are some lessons you have learned along the way to which you would accredit your successes?

To trust my passive thinking as much as my analytical thinking. My analytical thinking solves problems. My passive thinking

results in innovative ideas.

No matter what you think, things can get worse ... deal with it.

To not wish my life away. I have learned to enjoy and to stay focused on today's challenges and to be effective in meeting them.

Tomorrow's excitement and deadlines will be here soon enough.

Samples of my WorkPromo photo for Mary's Wedding at LFT, 2005 (starring Chloe Peterson and Derek Ritschel)

(Photo also by me.)

(Photo also by me.)

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