Karen Lopez
Marketing Consultant | Creative Strategist | Digital Media Specialist | WordPress Instructor
About Karen
Career Profile
Creative Strategist known for a strong emphasis on empathy and digital storytelling to enhance marketing, communication, and awareness initiatives. WordPress Instructor focused on strategic entrepreneurship, user experience, and branding. Digital Media Professional who assists companies (B2B/B2C) to grow their business with through technology, planning, and creativity.
Highlights
Marketing Strategy
Social Media Management
Content Marketing
Keyword Planning
Digital Photography
Adobe Creative Suite
Skills
- Marketing Strategy
- Brand Development
- WordPress AND Blogging
Professional Experience
Freelance
MARKETING CONSULTANT | Creative Strategist
- Gather business goals and collaborate with internal teams, management to provide creative solutions and pitches
- Execute a creative marketing or brand strategy for existing and new digital experiences, including a focus on empathy and storytelling
- Manage projects to ensure they are delivered on time, within budget and meets business objectives; flag challenges and report on successes
- Build engaging marketing and promotional content; write content for websites, landing pages and blogs with search engine optimization (SEO)
- Responsible the development of user experience (UX) – create user journeys, user personas, wireframes; balancing technology and design
- Analytical skills with an insight to diversity and culture; data analysis to improve performance and results
- Develop, organize, and maintain digital assets in library, folder or cloud, including video, graphics, audio, and photography
2002 – 2024
George Brown College
WordPress & BLOGGING Instructor
- Passionate educator with user-focused lesson plans and curriculum that yielded over 100+ successful WordPress web designers and bloggers
- Prepare coursework, presentations, and teaching strategies to engage students in an interactive learning process
- Deliver lectures and web design techniques, best practices, and content creation for college students
- Provide in-class and remote digital coaching and mentorship; establishing a positive learning environment and responding effectively to the technical and personal needs of each student
- Extensive research in understanding updates in new content management systems
2016 – 2019
Centre for Education & Training
INFORMATION COUNSELLOR, Social Media Manager & Graphic Designer
- Responsible for social media strategy to foster an inclusive solutions for the community and ensure the brand message is clear and delivered to the appropriate audience; across various social media channels
- Maintain and host website; organize, curate, and prepare online content for Facebook and Twitter using brand-style guidelines
- Design and improve site graphics, navigation elements and keywords for search engine optimization and marketing
- Track progress, user feedback, content performance, create and analyze reports
- Click Here –> Portfolio
2010 – 2019
City of Mississauga – Economic Development Office – MBEC
Project and Promotions Coordinator
- Provided direction and design for advertising and print materials to promote the City of Mississauga; prepare content, write and deliver bi-monthly print and online newsletter
- Maintained, create content and update events on the Economic Development website to encourage entrepreneurship and investment
- Prepared delegations for China, Taiwan and India by creating promotional materials for the Mayor and Assistant Director; researched cultural, historical and political affairs for development
- Participated in winning strategies for global marketing awards; and the Economic Strategy and Action plans – researching emerging marketing and social media trends for recommendation
- Created presentations, took photos for international delegations; worked independently and with team members for municipal events with city council and Mayor
- Guide participants between the ages of 15 and 30 years, through comprehensive business plan and launch of their company while in the program; assist individuals in the process of a viable business idea
- Coordinate interactive business and marketing workshops led by an experienced self-employment facilitator/coach; planned philanthropic field trips
- Business coaching and mentoring are provided during the critical start-up phase; distribute weekly stipends to participants
Featured and Worked with:
User Experience Methods
Heuristic evaluation, website design, card sorting, questionnaires, workflow, clickable prototyping, user persona development, ethnic entrepreneurship, wireframing, brainstorming, A/B testing, accessibility, remote user testing, AODA compliance, Google Docs, WordPress, HTML/CSS (working knowledge)
Create and brainstorm ideas and marketing campaigns by developing user personas, target demographics, monitor key milestones, and tracking trends while meeting project objectives.
Education, Training & Awards
Algoma University
Bachelor of Business Administration
Specialty: Marketing
2018 – 2023
Google Analytics
2021
Peel Regional Police
Cyber Academy Training
2016
Canadian Awards
Best Blogger/Journalist
2015
Advanced Power Searching Certificate
2012
George Brown College
Human Services Counsellor
10+