Executive Qualifications & Career Highlights
Teresa Lien Senior Communications & Public Engagement Specialist
Based in Kelowna, British Columbia. Over 15 years of regional communications, IAP2 public participation training, high-volume digital CMS management, publication editorial leadership, and foundational local government operational experience in British Columbia.
Career Highlights & Leadership
A progression of leadership roles across regional industry associations, national media corporations, civic cultural institutions, and regional district government.
Strategic Communications Specialist & Public Relations Lead
Directed comprehensive organizational communications, provincial advocacy, public relations campaigns, and Board communications for the Southern Interior Construction Association, representing hundreds of regional trade contractors, consultants, and infrastructure professionals.
- Publication Editorial & Layout: Directed the editorial content development, member feature profiles, and InDesign layout for biannual construction magazines and official annual reports, delivering accessible technical, commercial, and civic publications.
- Objective Infrastructure & Member Updates: Produced clear-language member and public updates on regional infrastructure priorities, prompt payment legislation, procurement best practices, and construction workforce trends across the Southern Interior.
- Board Submission Research (2025 Kelowna Chamber Win): Spearheaded the comprehensive organizational research, narrative strategy, and submission dossier that secured the prestigious 2025 Business Excellence Award for SICA and its Board of Directors.
- Regional Event Logistics & Operations: Managed event communications, corporate partnerships (The Home Depot), and operational logistics for the Contractors, Consultants and Owners (CCO) Conference and regional golf tournament series scaling to 288 players across the Southern Interior.
Digital Content Marketing Specialist / Producer
Managed digital content marketing, station web CMS operations, and multi-channel promotional campaigns across Bell Media's high-volume British Columbia broadcast network, focusing on rigorous tactical execution under strict daily publishing deadlines.
- High-Volume Web CMS Management Under Strict Daily Deadlines: Published and administered time-sensitive digital news, music, contest, and civic content across 8 BC news and radio station web platforms under rigid daily broadcast cycles.
- Visual & Brand Consistency: Maintained visual, tonal, and brand standard integrity across 8 distinct radio and television brands throughout Northern and Southern British Columbia.
- Regional Digital Rollouts: Orchestrated the regional digital rollout schedules for the national rebrands of Sun FM to Virgin Radio and EZ Rock to Move 101.5, synchronizing web assets, app portals, and on-air messaging.
- Community Outreach Campaigns: Produced and distributed digital deliverables for high-profile community initiatives, including broadcast features supporting JoeAnna's House (Kelowna General Hospital Foundation) and regional agricultural innovation.
Marketing & Interpretive Exhibition Designer
Collaborated closely with curatorial staff and museum educators to celebrate Kelowna Museums' landmark 100-Year Centennial milestone through clear visual storytelling and accessible civic engagement.
- Clear Visual Storytelling: Translated historical narratives, archival records, and curatorial research into engaging, clear-language interpretive panels and exhibition collateral.
- Civic Educational Displays: Designed historical interpretive signage and educational print materials celebrating Kelowna Museums' 100-year centennial for thousands of Central Okanagan residents, students, and tourists.
- Public Heritage Engagement: Coordinated promotional print materials, museum rack cards, and event collateral to invite broad community participation across civic exhibition venues.
Parks & Recreation Director
Foundational public sector and local government experience directing regional community centre operations, recreation programming, parkland capital acquisition, and resident communications for the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen (RDOS) serving Okanagan Falls.
- Capital Funding & Keogan Sports Park Acquisition: Successfully secured $150,000 in capital funding and community donations dedicated to parkland acquisition and development of Keogan Sports Park, establishing a premier 10-acre regional multi-sport facility in Okanagan Falls.
- Board Reporting & Public Sector Governance: Prepared and delivered formal administrative briefings, project progress presentations, and strategic recommendations to the RDOS Board of Directors and regional Parks & Recreation Commission.
- Municipal Public Notices & Community Outreach: Led municipal communications, public notices, resident surveys, and community relations across Electoral Area "D", maintaining transparent dialogue with local taxpayers.
- Public Facility Operations: Managed daily community centre operations, recreation programming, public hall maintenance schedules, and community sports tournament coordination.
- Budgetary & Personnel Oversight: Administered municipal department operational budgets, capital development funds, and supervised local facility staff and contracted maintenance services.
Certifications & Professional Development
Continuous specialized training in public participation, Indigenous relations, PR crisis mitigation, and modern digital workflows.
Fundamentals of Public Participation (P2 Fundamentals)
Foundational principles and ethical standards of public participation. Applying the IAP2 Spectrum of Public Participation to design effective stakeholder consultation and community dialogue.
Indigenous Canada
Comprehensive exploration of Indigenous histories, contemporary perspectives, national and regional treaty relations, governance, and reconciliation principles.
Microsoft PR & Crisis Management
Issues mitigation, crisis communication response protocols, multi-platform media outreach, and non-profit governance essentials.
Google AI Specialization & Practical Workflows
Applied generative AI workflows, prompt architecture, digital automation, and practical productivity pipelines for organizational communications.
Formal Education
Bachelor of Media Arts (BMA), Digital Communication & Media
Integrated curriculum combining visual communications, digital media, accessible publication design, and data visualization with public sector communications and stakeholder engagement principles.
Diploma in Communications & Media Technology | Digital Animation
Rigorous technical training in 2D illustration, 3D digital media, visual storytelling, digital production pipelines, camera operations, and professional lighting for digital media.
Core Strategic Capabilities
Citizen participation sessions, stakeholder consultation surveys, community outreach, and transparent public feedback synthesis.
Biannual magazines, official annual reports, accessible community guides, pre-flight CMYK print, and technical publication systems.
High-volume WordPress CMS management under daily deadlines, digital public notices, WCAG accessibility, and multi-channel distribution.
Media advisories, rapid-response public notices, broadcast media discipline, and proactive issues mitigation.
Board and council reporting, administrative briefings, municipal parkland capital funding, and regulatory compliance.
Translating complex municipal data, capital plans, and regional metrics into intuitive infographics, accessible annual reports, and transparent public reporting across InDesign and Illustrator.
Translating complex municipal policies, bylaws, and technical infrastructure topics into accessible, plain-language public communications.
Google Antigravity, prompt architecture, and practical AI workflow automation to streamline organizational communication delivery.
Technical Software & Digital Production Stack
Hands-on technical platforms, accessible design suites, web architecture, and modern AI developer tools.
Seeking an Experienced Communications Specialist?
Based in Kelowna, BC. Available for immediate leadership appointments, municipal advisory contracts, or executive interviews across the Okanagan.