Michela Comparey

Driven, organized, and creative professional with demonstrated experience in writing content, event planning, and online communications. Diverse experience in a variety of fields fostered excellent skills in communication, multitasking, budgeting, research, and collaboration.

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Work Experience:

 

The Arts Advocate Report: 2013-2016

Social Media Manager and Researcher

• Grew followers by over 35% in a year by developing and implementing a social media strategy

• Managed and wrote content, tracked analytics of views and shares to increase engagement

• Planned and executed all the logistics of a symposium attended by 90 people

• Coordinated live-stream of the symposium viewed by over 600 people

• Managed a paid subscriber database and distribution program (Mailchimp and Microsoft Excel)

• Responsible for timely updates of website content (using Wordpress)

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Micheline McKay+ Associates: 2013-2016

Associate Consultant

• Researched statistics and facts and contributed to client reports, improved accuracy of information

• Coordinated focus groups and administered a SurveyMonkey survey as part of an external program review

 

Freelance Musician, Tuba, Trombone, and Euphonium: 2012-current

• Writing and communications: corresponded with venue management and artistic directors for bookings and programming; created an electronic press kit, website (using wix.com), and social media assets for the Euba Quartet and independent freelance work

• Grant writing: Successfully applied for a Toronto Arts Council grant worth $4500 on behalf of the Euba Quartet

• Management and organization: coordinated rehearsals and personnel, sought and booked performances, maintained constantly changing schedule of freelance work and deadlines

• Financial responsibility and budgeting: set up a business accounting system using Microsoft Excel and ExpressInvoice, projected and updated budgets and financial records

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MusicalToronto.org: 2015-2016

Columnist

• Authored a column for Canada’s biggest classical music blog, Full articles available here: http://www.musicaltoronto.org/author/michela-comparey/

• First post received over 5000 hits in the first week

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Canadian Armed Forces: 2009-current

Tuba Player/Head Librarian

• Interacted with hundreds of people as part of public outreach after concerts and events such as the military display at the Canadian National Exhibition

• Duties as a librarian included distributing and tracking music, creating a system for intake and re-filing of music, and maintaining organization of the music library resulting in smoother day-to-day operations

• Initiated and oversaw a project to create an electronic catalogue of over 20 000 holdings

 

Canadian Forces Logistics and Training Centre, Music Division: 2014-2016

Tuba Instructor

• Supervised courses of up to 40 students at a time.

• Organized and ran team sports for all students on a regular basis to improve morale

• Created new teaching tools such as practice logs to better prepare students for evaluations, leading to an 100% student success rate

• Trained for and assumed Course Director duties

• Wrote and delivered the ‘How to Practice’ lecture and supporting handouts

• Contributed to a program revision and subsequent restructuring including developing new methods and forms for evaluation, leading to more efficient training

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Memorial University of Newfoundland: 2011-2013

Per-Course Instructor

• Designed the syllabus and delivered content of undergraduate level courses

• Created method for evaluating students and reported grades

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Core Competencies:​

• Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook)

• Website administration: Wordpress, Wix

• Marketing/Social Media Platforms: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Hootsuite, MailChimp, SurveyMonkey, EventBrite, Google Analytics

• Database management: Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets

• Cloud-based information storage: Dropbox and Google Drive

 

Education:

2016-2017 Master of Science: Occupational Therapy, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON

Voluntarily withdrew in good standing, May 2017

 

2011-2013 Master of Music, Tuba Performance and Pedagogy, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL

Graduated as a Fellow of the School of Graduate Studies

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2007-2011 Bachelor of Music, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB

Awarded the Mount Allison Graduate Award for Contribution to the Music Program

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