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Overview
Work History
Education
Accomplishments
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Federal Policy Development and Implementation
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Sabrina Kim

Ottawa,ON

Summary

• Bilingual communications professional with nearly seven years of experience in the field serving Canadian federal cabinet Ministers and the Prime Minister of Canada.
• Extensive experience developing and executing communications plans on environmental, energy, national defence and procurement-related policies, and over three years of leadership experience building and overseeing teams of communications professionals.
I am eager to bring my experience and skills in both communicating and managing high-profile domestic policy files for the federal government to XXX and its clients.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

Director of Communications

Canada's Ministry Of Energy And Natural Resources
04.2023 - Current
  • Oversaw and led all aspects of public communications for Ministry and Minister; including policy announcements, media appearances, keynote speeches and social media presence
  • Managed a team of ~10 staff to implement communications for Minister, while leading strategic direction for a 400 person communications team with a ~$5B budget
  • Develop and execute multi-million-dollar advertisement campaigns on government policies.
  • Led national media announcements for Minister and Prime Minister for key climate policies, including OHPA, 2B trees program, carbon tax, and Oil Emissions Cap policies
  • Developed strong relationships with key media personalities to improve positive messages for Ministry (kind of shit)
  • Managed critical communications for the national response to natural disasters, including forest fires and floods
  • Draft/edit speeches, editorials, press releases, media statements, social media content and communications plans to align with strategic priorities.
  • Oversee the Minister’s Press Secretary and all media inquiries relevant to the portfolio and Minister.
  • Manage a team of communications professionals and direct departmental communications.

Director of Communications

Ministry Of National Defence
12.2021 - 04.2023
  • Oversaw and led all aspects of ~100 person communications department with XXX budget, including media appearances, policy announcements and
  • Managed daily national press conferences for Minister and Prime Minister to provide updates for Canada's response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine
  • Led multimillion-dollar procurement announcements for armoured vehicles and war supplies for Canada's support of Ukraine
  • Led interdepartmental discussions and negotiations between Ministry of National Defence and the Canadian Armed forces to address sexual misconduct in Military
  • Organized international trips to NATO, the UN and (somewhere else impressive) for Minister to heighten Canada's exposure on global scale
  • Draft/edit speeches, editorials, press releases, media statements, social media content and communications plans to align with strategic priorities.

Director of Communications

Federal Environment And Climate Change Ministry
11.2020 - 12.2021
  • Oversaw all aspects of Ministry and Minister's communications, including national climate policy announcements, Minister’s media appearances, , keynote speeches and social media presence.
  • Draft/edit speeches, editorials, press releases, media statements, social media content and communications plans to align with strategic priorities.
  • Lead author of Canada's current climate plan and responsible for organizing negotiation meetings between federal and provincial governments to execute said plan
  • Add in another impressive policy that was created and implemented during this time

Issues Management Advisor

Liberal Party Of Canada National Headquarters
08.2018 - 09.2021
  • Lead advisor responsible for developing and communicating the Liberal Party of Canada’s 2021 climate platform.
  • Briefed the Prime Minister and senior campaign staff on issues relevant to the election.
  • Conducted and utilized offensive and defensive research on candidates to be used during campaign speeches and national debates.

Issues Management Advisor for Prime Minister

Office Of The Prime Minister
02.2020 - 11.2020
  • Monitored and managed emerging and active issues within portfolios under my purview (environment, natural resources, infrastructure, national defence, procurement, heritage, agriculture, diversity, youth).
  • Prepared the Prime Minister for Question Period, committee appearances and press conferences.
  • Executed the whole-of-government’s COVID-19 response, including organizing vaccine and PPE procurement and the dispersion of equipment to hospitals and clinics around Canada
  • Led the procurement activities of multibillion-dollar projects, including the purchase of airplanes and renovations to Prime Minister's house
  • Something about the critical communications response needed for WE charity disaster

Press Secretary

Federal Ministry Of Environment And Climate Change
12.2018 - 02.2020
  • Served as the Minister’s principal spokeswoman and main point of contact for Ministerial media inquiries.
  • Pitched, coordinated and prepared the Minister for media interviews and press conferences.
  • Drafted/edited media statements on behalf of the Minister and the Minister’s office.

Issues Manager

Federal Ministry Of Environment And Climate Change
08.2018 - 11.2018
  • Monitored and managed emerging and active issues relevant to the portfolio and Minister.
  • Reviewed and developed responses to Access to Information requests and other sensitive materials.

Regional Advisor for Ontario

Federal Ministry Of Environment And Climate Change
01.2018 - 04.2018
  • Served as the lead advisor to the Minister on all federal climate-related matters in Ontario.
  • Attended to issues and inquiries relevant to the region and portfolio from over 80 Ontario Members of Parliament, the Ontario government and other, Ontario-based stakeholders.

Parliamentary Assistant

Ottawa Centre Member Of Parliament
04.2017 - 03.2018
  • Managed the day-to-day operations in the Member’s Parliamentary Office.
  • Attended to dozens of written local policy inquiries directed at the Member on a daily basis.
  • Trained and assigned tasks to interns and volunteers.

Media Monitor

Liberal Party Of Canada National Campaign Headquar
09.2013 - 04.2017
  • Monitored and briefed the leader and senior campaign staff on issues relevant to the election.
  • Helped develop and communicate the Liberal Party of Canada’s 2019 climate platform.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Political Science, Philosophy And History

McGill University
Montreal, QC
04.2017

Accomplishments

  • Led the procurement of multibillion-dollar procurement projects, including Canada's vaccine and PPE shortage during the pandemic, a $1B airplane, and some other stuff
  • Developed the Clean Electricity Standard and ensured a seamless roll out to all Canadian Territories and Provinces
  • Led Canada's national media response to the War in Ukraine
  • Lead on sexual misconduct in the military
  • Rolled out Carbon Tax to reduce national emissions
  • Implemented policy on a Emissions Cap for Oil and Gas Producers in Canada
  • Caught the We Charity Scandal before the government did
  • Climate Advisor in Canada's War Room during the 2021 election, where environmental policy was a key mandate for Liberal party mandate
  • Responsible for the successful implementation of over 100 national press releases

Languages

English
Native or Bilingual
French
Full Professional

Federal Policy Development and Implementation

  • Lead author of Canada’s Climate Actions for A Healthy Environment and A Healthy Economy.
  • Lead author of Canada’s Strengthened Climate Plan: A Healthy Environment and A Healthy Economy.
  • Lead author of The Minister of National Defence’s Report to Parliament on Culture Change Reforms in response to former Supreme Court Justice Arbour’s recommendations.
  • Lead and sole author of Biden will find in Canada a determined, resilient ally in the climate crisis fight.

Timeline

Director of Communications

Canada's Ministry Of Energy And Natural Resources
04.2023 - Current

Director of Communications

Ministry Of National Defence
12.2021 - 04.2023

Director of Communications

Federal Environment And Climate Change Ministry
11.2020 - 12.2021

Issues Management Advisor for Prime Minister

Office Of The Prime Minister
02.2020 - 11.2020

Press Secretary

Federal Ministry Of Environment And Climate Change
12.2018 - 02.2020

Issues Management Advisor

Liberal Party Of Canada National Headquarters
08.2018 - 09.2021

Issues Manager

Federal Ministry Of Environment And Climate Change
08.2018 - 11.2018

Regional Advisor for Ontario

Federal Ministry Of Environment And Climate Change
01.2018 - 04.2018

Parliamentary Assistant

Ottawa Centre Member Of Parliament
04.2017 - 03.2018

Media Monitor

Liberal Party Of Canada National Campaign Headquar
09.2013 - 04.2017

Bachelor of Arts - Political Science, Philosophy And History

McGill University
Sabrina Kim