Abigail Panes

I am a SAIT Journalism alumni with two years experience in Communications/Digital Marketing. I am currently a freelance Content Creator working closely with beauty brands and looking for a Communications position in a Non-profit organization or Media/Entertainment industry. I am known to be persistent, conscientious, and have a natural creative eye in all the work that I do, most especially Graphic Design, Content Creation, and Journalistic/Copy writing.

First Alliance Church, Calgary, AB

Communications Intern

January 2024 - March 2024

• Curated PowerPoint slides for weekend services
• Produced weekend photography coverage of our congregation and worship teams
• Created, scheduled, and published digital content for Deerfoot Campus TV Wall
• Created table top-ads for atriums
• Assisted with the creation of promotional materials, including printing for "Woven" theatre production
• Created content for FAC's social media accounts
• Designed graphics for Youth and Young Adults Teaching Series
• Helped write blurbs for upcoming teaching series

Oct 2023 - Nov 2023

Youth Skills Connection Participant

• 8 Week Workshop, 8- Week Work Placement
• Helps new post secondary graduates find jobs/work placements through networking, micro certificate training

Special Events Coordinator / Social Media Coordinator

June 2023 - Sept 2023

• Worked directly with End of the Rainbow Foundation as a Special Events Coordinator and in Social Media
• Responsible for all social media and website graphics, posts, and promotions
• Successfully gained clients and sponsors through street and face-to-face promotions; put up posters and banners; hand out brochures to businesses
• Coordinated for End of the Rainbow's summer event to raise funds for LGBTQ+ refugees

UGC (User generated content) Creator / Affiliate Marketing

• Freelance, Commission based

January 2021 - Present

• Gained 1000 TikTok followers in under a month
• Collaborated with brands and businesses like YesStyle, Codetrophic, Stylevana, USANA, Atomy, and more.

Frever AB (Remote position), Stockholm, Sweden

Content Creator

November 2022 - June 2023

• Worked as a content creator, using their beta world (game) app and features to create videos and promote on social media
• Promoted as a Community Builder, which focused on keeping app users active in the game

Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT), Calgary, AB

Sept 2020 - June 2023

Major in Print and Online Journalism

• Diploma in Journalism

Learned Adobe Creative Suite softwares like InDesign, Photoshop, Premiere Pro, Adobe Express, and Illustrator.

• Learned journalistic photography (news and feature), as well as other photography softwares like Photo Mechanic
• Interviewed well-known names in the Calgary Filipino community like: Consul General Zaldy Patron, Influencer "yayallysa", TFCC Founder Jerry Caingcoy, Fuji Ramen and Sushi owner Maria Hunter, and more
• Acquired the knowledge of creating and designing a website (Squarespace, Wordpress, Pixieset)
• Stories were published by SAlT's online publication and was praised by instructors on writing style.