Katie McLaughlin

Senior Communications Advisor @Alberta Health Services

Edmonton, AB, CA
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WORK HISTORY

Mar 2023 — Present

Senior Communications Advisor @Alberta Health Services

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Edmonton, AB, CA

In this role, I’m working as a Senior Communications Advisor with the AHS Communications team. Specifically, I support Medical Affairs, which includes physician communication.I also provide strategic communications support and issues management to the Virtual Health, Virtual Home Hospital, Engagement & Patient Experience, Physician Experience, Physician Recruitment, and Medical Leadership & Development portfolios. I collaborate with clients on a variety of communication deliverables to support projects and initiatives that support patients and clients of AHS. Our team also works closely with our Chief Medical Officer and supports communication to physicians.I also provide coverage for my communications director when she’s away, managing issues and media related to the portfolio, which also includes all things surgery.In this role I’m also part of the AHS communications on call rotation.

EDUCATION

2002 — 2004

MacEwan University

Management Studies - with Distinction

2010 — 2010

Wedding Planners Institute of Canada

Wedding Planning

2004 — 2005

MacEwan University

Public Relations

2009 — 2009

Camosun College

Event Planning Levels 1 and 2

2014 — 2014

Queen's University

Certificate (continuing ed), Organizational Design

SKILLS

Creative WritingSpeech WritingThinking Outside the BoxWedding PlanningEvent ManagementCrisis CommunicationsEmployee EngagementStrategic HRStrategic PlanningManagementMentoringSocial NetworkingCreativityPublic RelationsInternal CommunicationsCorporate CommunicationsMedia RelationsSocial MediaTime ManagementLeadershipHiringPublic AffairsIssues ManagmentHuman Resource PlanningEvent PlanningBuilding RelationshipsGovernmentStakeholder EngagementHuman ResourcesStrategic CommunicationsPress ReleasesWritingCommunications PlanningPublic EngagementSpokespersonMulti Tasking

ABOUT KATIE MCLAUGHLIN

I\'ve been in the communications field since 2005 and have been lucky to work with, and learn from, so many wonderful communicators and other professionals. I\'ve also been fortunate to work with a diverse set of employers, but my passion has always been focusing on social issues.the issues that touch my heart the most, like education and healthcare.I have significant experience in internal and external communications, issues and crisis management, strategic communication, storytelling, stakeholder relations and media relations. While sometimes exhausting, issues management and crisis communications are my strengths; I love digging deep into complex scenarios.I also love storytelling through video, words and powerful photos or graphics. I also enjoy mentoring others and helping them navigate the world of communications.I love connecting with like-minded people and learning new, effective strategies related to communications, engagement and building engaging teams.

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