Melissa Myskiw

• Positive engagement and development with prospective students, current students, and alumni. • Conducted meetings to assess personal, and educational needs of students to determine appropriate or suitable post-secondary programing for students. • Extensive, detailed and engaging presentation workshop experience. I have delivered presentations to a variety of groups of students to assist them in gaining skills on interview, resume, cover letter. Additionally, I have developed recordings to enable students accessibility to resources at any time. • Directly assist students with formatting, organizing, bolstering and improving communication skills in career development by guiding them in building resumes, cover letters and interview skills. • Collaborate with internal and external areas to develop a rapport, establish and inform students of new policies, procedures and opportunities. • Strong understanding and knowledge of the student funnel. • MBTI® Certified and | Strong Interest Inventory® Certified Practitioner • My overarching goal is to engage and work with individuals, to explore and assess their interests, educational and career paths and extend life long learning beyond their current program. Direct them to external resources available to them and encourage and respect each individual and influencers autonomy.

My experience at NAIT as Information and Special Initiatives Coordinator incorporated: • Knowledge of student life cycle, experience in student engagement, project management, and strategic communication planning. • I have thorough knowledge and experience in verbal and written communication skills. My communication skills comprise of presentation skills including PowerPoint and Powtoon development, professional and mass email delivery to student populations and detailed, analytical report development. • I was responsible to develop and publish multifaceted communications for a variety of audiences and stakeholders. This work is fast - paced, and attention to detail is vital for student and stakeholder success. , • In addition, I worked collaboratively with a variety of areas within NAIT to ensure students have a clear and concise direction for their student life cycle such as, transitioning from applicant to student to graduate. • I implemented and maintained strategies to connect students and staff within the Registrar's Office to engage with tools offered by NAIT to ensure student success, such as guides and large-scale email marketing campaigns. • Focus on sustaining a strong partnership with NAIT communities to create valuable, creative and educational experiences which included tours, workshops, and presentations that were well attended, appreciated, and evaluated. • Additionally I effectively developed and translated written and visual identity guidelines to develop, and execute communications to students within the student life cycle. •Coordinated and updated internal and external messaging on NAIT websites, and supporting management with ongoing projects related to the Registrars Office including student guides, info-graphs, emails, using analytics, email campaign reports and research to fulfill communication strategies.

• Managed communications, outreach products and activities for MacEwan programs. • Concurrently and effectively managed multiple projects, for example: provincial and national recruitment, event planning for both Educational Liaison Association Alberta and MacEwan, development of marketing pieces and student advising. • Conducted meetings to assess personal, and educational needs of students to determine appropriate or suitable post-secondary programing for students. • Performed on-site school visits to assist in Student Advising using planned and prepared presentations and workshops, to students, teachers and government employees regarding eligibility for student loans, post-secondary programming, application process and Scholarships. • I consistently and conscientiously interpreted provincial, federal and MacEwan's registrar policies and procedures and worked with a variety of students with unique needs such as; students with disabilities, English Language Learners, International Students and mature students. •Experience with Peoplesoft, Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint

• Experience in developing student engagement strategies with Advanced Education. • Created communication plans and strategies. • Developed and presented training sessions to high school counsellors, teachers and students. • Managed the development and implementation of an initiative to "Raise Awareness about Planning for Post-Secondary Education". This involved creating an original acronym, maintaining communication updates to stakeholders about four separate promotional tools, managing production and distribution, and assisting in the graphic design. The project won the bronze Premier's Award of Excellence in 2008. Managed communications and outreach products for award-winning Student Loan Repayment initiative. • Facilitated stakeholder consultations and training for students and teachers.