Nola Wuttunee
Communications Consultant
Vancouver,BC
Summary
- Effective and upbeat communicator with strong team-building leadership skills and a collaborative and accessible approach.
- Known for mentoring abilities and dedication to community building.
- Creative thinker with an organized and hands-on approach, always striving for results and maintaining a 'can-do' work ethic.
- Extensive experience in office management and administration, consistently optimizing productivity, efficiency, and service quality.
- Highly dependable, self-starter, and known for ethical and reliable support.
- Advanced organizational, technical, and business acumen make for a valuable leader.
- Excel at working with cross-functional teams to ensure operational and service excellence.
- Expertise as a communications consultant in news and program development, including script writing, script and video editing, camera operation, audio engineering, lighting design, researching, interviewing, hosting, and budgeting.
- Experience as a marketing consultant in international sales of long-form drama, documentaries, and industrial productions for mainstream audiences.
- Motivated Web Designer adept at conceptualizing, designing and maintaining product interfaces to foster exceptional user experiences.
- Skilled in generating sites for both desktop and mobile browsers.
- Combines accepted best practices with creative innovation to produce beautiful and functional results.
Work History
Communications Designer
Self Employed Services
08.2024 - Current
- Designed user interface to meet client specifications,
- Improved overall site aesthetics through the use of high-quality graphics, typography choices, color schemes, and layout principles.
- Developed graphic and image assets for both content and digital marketing efforts.
- Coordinated copywriting and designed images to craft website content.
- Completed domain name registrations and maintained website and web hosting account.
- Provided ongoing support to clients post-launch, resolving any issues promptly and maintaining positive working relationships.
Communications Consultant
Women of the Swift Flowing River
04.2021 - 08.2024
- Social Media Marketing and Promotions
Office Manager
Jay Brown Life Coaching, Private Practice
03.2018 - 03.2021
- Managed administrative tasks supporting life skills coach in small home office setting
Analyst/Administrative Assistant
Aboriginal Health / Vancouver Coastal Health
01.2018 - 12.2018
- Assisted Executive advisor in administrative duties, managed Outlook schedule and calendar; reconciled monthly credit card reports
Project Coordinator
Alberta Health Services
06.2015 - 12.2017
- Facilitated $1mill budgeted provincial suicide prevention program called Honouring Life established to assist Indigenous youth across Alberta
Secretary II, Indigenous Health Program
Alberta Health Services
01.2012 - 05.2015
- Managed all reception at Elbow River Healing Lodge, Indigenous Health Program
Indigenous Hospital Liaison
Alberta Health Services
04.2009 - 01.2012
Anchor, Journalist
APTN
01.2000 - 12.2008
- Company Overview: Winnipeg, MB
- Solo hosted 6 seasons of national news show, wrote copy, voice overs, and full news stories to provide program continuity
- Winnipeg, MB
Sales and Marketing
Great North Releasing
01.1993 - 12.2000
- Company Overview: Edmonton AB
- Supervised acquisition of documentary programming for sale to international marketplace
- Reviewed and critiqued documentary program treatments and proposals
- Generated sales and revenue projections of documentary catalogue over $1,000,000 annually
- Trained and mentored 4 sales staff including conducting sales and marketing meetings, creating marketing strategies, conducted contract negotiations
- Attended international markets
- Edmonton AB
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Communication Studies
01.2024
Skills
- Effective Public Speaking
- Media Engagement Consulting
- Extensive Travel Exposure
- Content Design and Implementation
- Office Administration
- Project Management Coordination
- Comprehensive Television Production
Community Service
- Missing and Murdered Women and Girls - Marches and rallies
- Idle No More movement
- Dreamspeakers International Aboriginal Film Festival, Edmonton - Worked from Board Member to President of the Board of Directors
- NFB Studio One – First Nations First Video Workshop – Edmonton
Film And Tv Experience
- Camera, Editor, Y’utthe Askiy Oski-Achimowin Honi Gotthe, Non-profit media arts project – MBC TV, 01/01/08, 12/31/08
- Anchor, Journalist, APTN, Winnipeg, MB, 01/01/00, 12/31/08, Solo hosted 6 seasons of national news show, wrote copy, voice overs, and full news stories to provide program continuity.
- Sales and Marketing, Great North Releasing, Edmonton, AB, 01/01/93, 12/31/00, Supervised acquisition of documentary programming for sale to international marketplace., Reviewed and critiqued documentary program treatments and proposals., Generated sales and revenue projections of documentary catalogue over $1,000,000 annually., Trained and mentored 4 sales staff including conducting sales and marketing meetings, creating marketing strategies, conducted contract negotiations., Attended international markets.
- Host, Presenter, North American Indigenous Games - APTN, Duncan, BC, Hosted the games live with a co-anchor, interviewed athletes and coaches from communities across Canada., Covered results, provided background research and script.
- Offline Editor, From English to Dene, Angie Campbell, MBC, La Ronge SK
- Narrator, A Half a World Apart and a Lifetime Away, David Balcon, Produced by the Solstice Entertainment Group Inc. in association with the National Film Board of Canada and Vision TV., A video diary of former National Chief Ovide Mercredi’s journey of discovery to India.
- Host, Presenter, Natives in the 90s, ITV, Edmonton, AB, Produced, wrote and hosted 95 half hours of programming., Interviewed Indigenous guests live to tape for 24 minutes on varying subjects including political, social, economic, health, comedy, community events.
- Producer, Writer, Director, Keepers of the Fire 24’, Great North Productions, Edmonton, AB, Series: From Spirit to Spirit., International Co-production with New Zealand, Australia, Sweden, 24’ documentary on Indigenous spirituality through the eyes of the Elders in the prison system, including the maximum-security penitentiary in Edmonton and the effects on Indigenous inmates through the discovery and reclamation of the power and healing from Red Road.
- Presenter On Camera, Voice Over, Douglas Cardinal, My Partners, My People, Great North Productions, Edmonton, AB
- Writer, Tantoo Cardinal, My Partners, My People, Great North Productions, Edmonton, AB
Timeline
Communications Designer - Self Employed Services
08.2024 - Current
Communications Consultant - Women of the Swift Flowing River
04.2021 - 08.2024
Office Manager - Jay Brown Life Coaching, Private Practice
03.2018 - 03.2021
Analyst/Administrative Assistant - Aboriginal Health / Vancouver Coastal Health
01.2018 - 12.2018
Project Coordinator - Alberta Health Services
06.2015 - 12.2017
Secretary II, Indigenous Health Program - Alberta Health Services
01.2012 - 05.2015
Indigenous Hospital Liaison - Alberta Health Services
04.2009 - 01.2012
Anchor, Journalist - APTN
01.2000 - 12.2008
Sales and Marketing - Great North Releasing
01.1993 - 12.2000
Athabasca University - Bachelor of Arts, Communication Studies
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