Joshua Zarobiak

Ministry of Culture and Status of Women (Sept. 2021 - May 2022) Ministry of Advanced Education (May - Dec. 2022) Ministry of Skilled Trades and Professions (Oct. - Dec. 2022)

Provincial Bargaining Coordination Office

Ministry of Jobs, Economy and Innovation (March 2020-February 2021) Ministry of Environment and Parks (September 2019-March 2020)

Ministry of Environment and Parks (November 2018-September 2019) • Communications advisor for the areas of climate change, energy efficiency, waste and recycling, and land use. • Create strategic communications plans for complex policy decisions and pieces of legislation, so that government’s decisions are communicated clearly and effectively to Albertans. • Identify issues relating to my program areas, and draft key messages for Minister’s use or for use as media responses. • Create all materials for public announcements (news releases, fact sheets, briefing notes, social media posts, event plans, Q&A documents, speeches and media notices). • Manage the flow of communications materials in a complex environment, ensuring that all appropriate parties have signed off on materials before they are made public. • Edit public-facing documents to ensure they meet Canadian Press style. Ministry of Advanced Education (November 2017-November 2018) • Communications lead for 13 different program areas in Advanced Learning and Community Partnerships and Strategic and Corporate Services. • Created strategic communications plans for complex legislation. • Developed and maintained briefing notes and session notes for all aspects of the post-secondary system in Alberta, including funding, tuition, capital planning and mental health policies. • Drafted all materials for public announcements, • Responded to media requests as needed. Ministry of Community and Social Services (November 2016-November 2017) • Handled communications for a number of files in the area of disability services and ministerial business planning. • Communications lead for ministry’s social media accounts. • Project managed and edited annual reports for the Ministries of Community and Social Services and Children’s Services, working under tight timelines and liaising with multiple stakeholder groups.

• Maintained day-to-day client communication for clients in various industries and sectors • Developed and maintained all documents associated with client management, including estimates, budgets, invoices, schedules and creative briefs • Public relations executions, including media releases, press conferences and media relations • Created and edited proposals, and liaised with creative partners on joint ventures and joint proposals • Supervised creative and digital teams to ensure projects were executed to plan, on time and on budget • Developed and executed content strategies for traditional and online applications • Created, executed and managed social media campaigns • Event planning, management and execution • Media planning and buying • Assisted creative team with copywriting and art production when needed • Responsible for all vendor management

• Maintained day-to-day client communication • Developed project estimates, critical paths, scope documents and creative briefing documents for a portfolio of local and regional clients • Liaised with members of RED's creative and digital teams to ensure projects were executed to plan and aligned with the client's brand • Maintained account and vendor invoicing and revenue scheduling • Developed and executed content strategies • Created content for both traditional and social media executions • Public relations consulting • Event planning/management, and execution of experiential marketing campaigns • Managed accounts in various industries and sectors, including government, construction, home building/land developing and consumer packaged goods

• Day-to-day client communication • Developed and edited media materials, including news releases, pitches, fact sheets and white papers • Social media content creation, curation and community management • Mass media, blogger and influencer relations • Media monitoring, including the creation of all client reports • Program management, including budgets and critical paths • Event planning, logistics and management • Brainstorming and research sessions • Accounts included: TD Bank Group, Indigo Books & Music Inc., Tim Hortons/Cold Stone Creamery, Egg Farmers of Canada, P&G (Febreze/Swiffer/Mr. Clean/Cascade/Dawn, Oral-B/Crest/Scope, Bounty/Charmin/Puffs), Randstad Canada, RONA, Bayer Canada, TD Friends of the Environment Foundation

• Developed and edited content for the Durham College website • Assisted Durham College's Communications Officers with any day-to-day communications needs • Assisted with the planning and execution of various internal college initiatives, including the opening of the Whitby Campus, and the development of the school's alumni magazine

• Winner of Frank Cowan Company Limited scholarship for highest average • Winner of CPRS Toronto’s Doris Whiteside Award • Editor of Reflections, Durham College’s alumni magazine