BOBBY KUSHNER
Publicist, Lobbyist and News and Script Writer
Kitchener, Ontario
website: bobbykushner.ca/companies.html
email: ************@*****.***
phone: (226) 220 - 4961
PROFILE
A lobbyist and publicist with six years experience in government and public affairs, 10 years in news and script writing and three years in filmmaking, photography and design. TOP SKILLS
Public and government affairs, Paid media, Public relations, Public consults, Stakeholder, media and investor relations,
Project management, Media copy, Journalism, Crisis communications, Storytelling, Editing, Script writing, Speech scripts, Adobe PhotoShop, Premiere Pro, InDesign and Illustrator, Filmmaking, Photography, Video Editing,
Design, Graphic design, HTML, CSS,
EXPERIENCE
Public and Government Affairs Manager Ichim Law March 2020 - Present Kitchener, Ontario
- Drafted legislation and designed lobby campaigns for influencing select stakeholders and legislators for the firm’s union and foreign-affairs accounts.
- Managed multiple public-relation teams for tracking specific federal projects, stakeholders and committees and for influencing specific media outlets, companies, legislators and public figures aligning with our lobby objectives.
- Composed media handbooks on employment law for the firm’s union clients also media copy and public-relation campaigns for the firm’s speaker events.
- Created marketing campaigns to increase the firm's profits through its one-hour consultations.
> Always performed the duties I expected from my teams then praised them when they performed well those duties, instead of criticizing their mistakes. Freelance Screen, Feature Writer Meridian Artists August 2017 - Present Toronto, Ontario
- Composed scripts based on pitches from story meetings.
- Adapted 500-page novels and 900-page interviews to 200-page scripts.
- Added B, C and D storylines and rewrote plots, themes and character arcs when requested by producers and staff writers.
Communications, Media Specialist Creative At Work July 2016 - May 2023 Oakville, Ontario
- Wrote in Canadian Press Style sponsorship and media copy, media kits and speech scripts.
- Setup pull-focus markers, three-point lighting and audio arrangements for shoots.
- Edited promo footage in Adobe Premiere Pro and made graphic content in Adobe Illustrator. EDUCATION
Three-year Communications Degree September 2006 - April 2009 Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario
Two-year Journalism Diploma September 2000 - April 2002 Cambrian College, Sudbury, Ontario
Three-year Music Diploma September 2003 - October 2006 Cambrian College, Sudbury, Ontario
ADVERTISEMENT AGENCY WORK
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FEATURE ARTICLES
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HANDBOOKS
Read This Free Handbook for Resolving Emotional Issues bobbykushner.ca/books.html