Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Affiliations
Timeline
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Tamaya Henry

Canada
Tamaya Henry

Summary

Diligent Communications Specialist with 10 years of progressive career across internal and external communications. Offering excellent management and organizational skills to coordinate multiple, concurrent projects. Articulate writer with a talent for creating engaging content.

Overview

9
years of professional experience

Work History

Shannex, Maplestone Enhanced Care

Receptionist
12.2021 - 11.2022

Job overview

  • Answered multi-line phone system, routing calls, delivering messages to staff and greeting visitors.
  • Executed record filing system to improve document organization and management.
  • Sorted and distributed office mail and recorded incoming shipments for corporate records.
  • Interacted with vendors, contractors and professional services personnel to receive orders, direct activities and communicate instructions.
  • Handled client correspondence and tracked records to foster office efficiency.
  • Coached new employees on administrative procedures, company policies and performance standards.

RJR Communications Group

Television Producer, Script writer, Creative Director, Production Assistant
01.2014 - 08.2021

Job overview

  • Managed digital assets and resources for business, promotional and routine filming
  • Crafted and pitched stories to regional and national media outlets to garner mainstream attention.
  • Prepared, organized and managed broadcast weekly project schedules to produce deliverables and meet deadlines.
  • Cultivated productive relationships with major businesses, securing profitable partnerships.
  • Reviewed staff-written materials and edited them for content and brevity.
  • Attended Several department-sponsored activities and events to observe and interview participants, write stories and distribute created content.

Education

Mount Saint Vincent University

B.Sc. from Communication, Communication Technology
2023

University Overview

  • In-Course Merit Scholarship, 2022 from Mount Saint Vincent University
  • Scholarship, 2022 from Canadian Association of Black Journalists
  • Senior Seminar Project Management: 2023

Northern Caribbean University
Jamaica

Diploma from Mass Communications, Marketing Communication
2014

University Overview

Skills

  • Management, Communication and Leadership
  • Computer Proficiency
  • Event Coordination
  • Professional Networking
  • Project Facilitation
  • Creative Messaging
  • Brand Management
  • Online Copywriting
  • Administering Social Media Accounts
  • Critical Thinking
  • Microsoft Office
  • Content Coordination
  • Video Content Production
  • Project Creation

Accomplishments

Accomplishments
  • Assisted management with the training of 2 new staff members
  • Awarded "Shannex Great People" for delivering outstanding, creative administrative support
  • Designed a more efficient Excel template to track and manage office personnel calendars and daily meetings
  • Miss Jamaica World Finalist 2018 -Beauty with a purpose Winner for creation of mental health non-profit 2018
  • Earned "BCU's Clare Forester Award for Best Health Journalism JNN's Paging Doc" in 2014
  • Interviewed Jamaica's first female Prime Minister, the Hon. Portia Simpson Miller

Affiliations

Affiliations

Communications Support - MSVU Black Student Support Office

Donor Relations Volunteer - Parker Street Food and Furniture Bank

Timeline

Receptionist
Shannex, Maplestone Enhanced Care
12.2021 - 11.2022
Television Producer, Script writer, Creative Director, Production Assistant
RJR Communications Group
01.2014 - 08.2021
Mount Saint Vincent University
B.Sc. from Communication, Communication Technology
Northern Caribbean University
Diploma from Mass Communications, Marketing Communication
Tamaya Henry