Careers in Writing Speaker Panel
Oct 3, 2017 05:00 PM
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07:00 PM
CC-101, Career Centre, 192 King St. N., Waterloo
Registration Deadline: Oct 3, 2017 05:00 PM
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Join us as we welcome Laurier alumni who will share their career experiences and advice. Attending this event is a great way to learn about potential career options and expand your professional network.
Confirmed panelists and information will be added as they are confirmed, check back often for updates.
- Kaitlin Tremblay, Writer/Narrative Designer, Freelance/Contract
- Kaitlin Tremblay is a freelance writer and narrative designer working in video games. She is the author of the upcoming book on storytelling in video games, Ain't No Place for a Hero (ECW Press, 2017), and is the lead writer of A Mortician's Tale (Laundry Bear, 2017). Kaitlin works with various video game studios, creating the narrative design backbone for their games, as well as providing written content to be included in the games. She works in traditional video games, VR, and mobile. She is the co-founder of the inaugural video game industry conference Damage Camp in Toronto, and runs narrative design and interactive writing workshops with the organization Dames Making Games.
- Kaitlin Tremblay is a freelance writer and narrative designer working in video games. She is the author of the upcoming book on storytelling in video games, Ain't No Place for a Hero (ECW Press, 2017), and is the lead writer of A Mortician's Tale (Laundry Bear, 2017). Kaitlin works with various video game studios, creating the narrative design backbone for their games, as well as providing written content to be included in the games. She works in traditional video games, VR, and mobile. She is the co-founder of the inaugural video game industry conference Damage Camp in Toronto, and runs narrative design and interactive writing workshops with the organization Dames Making Games.
- Susan Fish, Principal Writer and Editor, Storywell
- Susan Fish is a writer and editor, and principal of Storywell (storywell.ca), helping individuals and organizations tell their story well. After graduating from the University of Toronto with a BA in English, Susan tried several jobs before recognizing that writing was her favourite part of her work. She became the National Director of Communications for Habitat for Humanity Canada and finished her MA at WLU. After her children were born, Susan began a freelance writing career. This eventually became Storywell, working primarily in the nonprofit sector and with fiction writers. She has two published novels, several hundred published articles, and several writing awards.
- Susan Fish is a writer and editor, and principal of Storywell (storywell.ca), helping individuals and organizations tell their story well. After graduating from the University of Toronto with a BA in English, Susan tried several jobs before recognizing that writing was her favourite part of her work. She became the National Director of Communications for Habitat for Humanity Canada and finished her MA at WLU. After her children were born, Susan began a freelance writing career. This eventually became Storywell, working primarily in the nonprofit sector and with fiction writers. She has two published novels, several hundred published articles, and several writing awards.
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Rick Andrade, Content Marketing Specialist, Magnet Forensics
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After graduating from the prestigious and venerated Wilfrid Laurier University, Rick has been in Marketing and Communications for over 10 years trying to replace a $10 word when a $5 word will do (first sentence in this bio excluded.) In addition to Marketing positions at Maplesoft and Igloo Software, Rick spent 5 years in the wild ride that was BlackBerry focusing on Internal Communications — specifically acting as Editor-in-Chief of the company's intranet. Rick's current role is as a Content Marketing Specialist with Magnet Forensics, providing content to a targeted audience of digital forensics investigators that have seen it all. Rick doesn't usually use his name this much in his writing and is currently a little weirded out but he's happy to do it for you, the reader.
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- Laura Hood, Supervisor, SYNC Owner's Information and Software Translation, Ford Motor Company of Canada
- Laura's story starts as a Honours BA English and History student, with the co-op option. For her second work-term, she was hired as a Junior Technical Writer at BlackBerry. Laura quickly turned that into a full-time role as a Technical Writer with BlackBerry, working in a very innovative and mature tech pubs organization. She wrote help content for BlackBerry smartphone users, focusing on the needs of the customer. From there Laura realized she enjoys people leadership and began to shift the focus of her career. Laura was a manager of a technical writing team and then became a manager of a software translation group. Now, Laura does both functions at Ford of Canada, for SYNC. From release notes, to safety information, training materials, web copy, help content and UI strings – she's written them all!
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Each year, the Career Centre hosts a number of speaker panels covering various themes. Attend panels to gain information and advice about a range of careers you may not have previously considered!
Careers in Writing - Tuesday, October 3, 2017
Careers in Marketing - Wednesday, October 18, 2017
Careers in Sales - Tuesday, November 14, 2017
Careers in Government and Public Service - Monday, January 29, 2018
Plus more to come in 2018.