About
Mariellen Ward: copywriter, editor, social media and content specialist
Mariellen Ward
With a B.A. in Journalism from Ryerson University and more than 20 years of professional communications experience, Mariellen has the qualifications and experience to fully appreciate your communications objectives and deliver on-target content.
Since contributing to the launch of Sympatico in 1998, Mariellen has made web writing and interactive content a specialty. She creates compelling and effective content that suits the medium and can be easily understood; and employs social media to promote connection, communication and interaction.
Mariellen has worked full-time as a public relations manager, managing editor and copywriter; and freelance as a writer, copyeditor, proofreader, blog editor and blogger. She takes pride in professionalism and writes clear, concise copy to budget and deadline.
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Areas of interest and expertise include
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- Ariad Custom Communications
- Aviva Insurance
- Bank of Montreal / BMO Harris Private Banking
- Famous Players Theatres
- Flare Magazine
- Ontario Ministry of Health
- Totem Brand Stories (formerly Redwood Custom Communications)
- TD Canada Trust
- WIND Mobile
Magazine feature writer
Mariellen is also a freelance feature writer who publishes articles in Advisor’s Edge, Homemakers, Zoomer Magazine, Dreamscapes, This Magazine and the Toronto Star, and on numerous online travel sites. She writes a travel blog, Breathedreamgo, and uses social media to promote it.
Memberships
Profile on Linkedin. Member of the Professional Writers Association of Canada (PWAC) and the Travel Media Association of Canada (TMAC).