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Lester Canave's Portfolio Site

Social Media Marketing Experience

02/2025 - Current

Freelancing

05/2024 - 11/2024

DateNight Digital - Social Media Coordinator

  • Assist in consistently delivering detailed and timely client communications, showcasing strong project management skills and dedication to exceeding client expectations.

  • Wrote weekly blog posts using keywords and a minimum word count of 500, hyperlinking for optimal organic clicks. Updating blog site through Wix

  • Successfully coordinated multiple social media accounts and conducted CRM replies within 24 hours through Sprout Social.

  • Initiated a social contesting campaign resulting in a 3,000 increase in followers in 2 weeks

  • Maintained a consistent schedule of posting 4x a day for @datenightyyc 

  • Facilitate any sponsored posts/giveaways that averaged over 4 partnerships a month, generating over 200 followers a month.

  • Designing specialized B2B email marketing campaigns with MailChimp

09/2023 - 05/2024

Samurai Media - Account Manager

  • Identified and prospected new products, brands, and companies to explore partnership opportunities, contributing to business growth and expansion

  • Utilized Hubspot for relationship-building, market research, and outreach

  • Represented and managed @KeithPears, @chefdwightsmith,and @cheerstohappyhour for future brand deals, and content quality

  • Oversaw about four brand partnerships monthly 

  • Generated campaign reports on Google Sheets containing content summaries and post analytics one week after posting.

01/2020 - 01/2023

Gotstyle Clothing - Digital Marketer

  • Using Later for content planning on social channels.Utilizing Canva and CapCut for creating and editing creative assets to drive brand engagement.

  • Assist in planning in-store events from a private 25-person dinner to a 200-person party.

  • Used Klaviyo to manage women's and men's weekly newsletters with 20k subscribers, curating valuable content and driving audience engagement

  • Created a social media graphic on IG that resulted in a 50% increase in sales

  • Coordinate logistics for photoshoots with models and vendors, managing timelines and expectations to ensure all deliverables met marketing campaign deadlines while enhancing visual brand representation.

  • Update the Shopify website with accurate SKU photos and product information for over 200 products.

Education

2017

York University Sheridan College | Bachelor's Degree in Design with Honours

2019

BrainStation | Digital Marketing Certification 

Skills & Expertise

  • Adobe Suite, Canva, CapCut, Sprout, Slack, Microsoft Office, Google Analytics, Video Editing, Content Strategy, Email Marketing, Social Media Marketing, Community Management, Project Management, Photography, Overall Great Person 
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