Amélie Gagné

Over the past 15 years, I have worked on a wide range of projects, tackling communications, project and account management, partnership, design, copywriting, and online marketing. In 2014, I sold everything and moved to Asia to bootstrap my successful travel blog, Mostly Amélie. Now into its ninth year of existence, Mostly Amélie has allowed me to develop and test creative digital strategies through storytelling, imagery, passive income, SEO, as well as partnerships, and everything that entails owning a small publishing business – which I am in turn extremely keen to share!

APX BY AXEL SPRINGER & PORSCHE
Community Builder, 2019-2022, Berlin
Responsible for nurturing, expanding, and connecting the network of professionals, experts, mentors, partners, and talents for Berlin’s early-stage VC APX.

THE VENUE BERLIN
Project & Communications Manager, 2018-2019, Berlin
Responsible for the smooth running of operations, from interviewing startups that will move on to be incubated for APX, organizing events, collaborating with other Axel Springer publications, finding sponsors, and overseeing all communications.

OPENERS (NEW MOBILITY WORLD LAB CHALLENGE)
Project Manager & PR, 2016-2017, Berlin
Responsible for the New Mobility World Lab at the IAA in Frankfurt, an international pitch challenge supporting mobility startups. In charge of the whole organization, from recruiting jury members and qualified startups, finding sponsors, prize donors, and media partners, to written communication on the blog and on social media, as well as on-site management of all key players. 

TECHBERLIN
Communications Manager & Editor, 2016-2017, Berlin
Responsible for developing a multi-platform social strategy, managing creative and media partners, writing a weekly newsletter (5K+ subscribers), and posting content on appropriate channels for the 
25K+ community members of Tech Berlin.

TECH OPEN AIR (TOA)
Community Manager, 2016-2017,  Berlin
Key responsibilities included developing and executing the social media plan, working with the editorial team to develop social media policy, and researching and writing marketing copy for various uses from collateral, email to social postings, reporting, and more.

EXPOSURE NINJA
Content Marketing Manager, 2016-2019, remote
As a Content Marketing Manager, I administered our clients' marketing and advertising campaigns. This included planning, goal setting, development of brand awareness and online reputation, content management, ghostwriting, generation of inbound traffic, influencer outreach, and marketing.

mostlyamelie.com
Founder, 2014-present, everywhere
Founder, Blogger, and Influencer at Mostly Amélie, a travel and lifestyle blog and online community. I have built a social media following of 30+K, grown traffic to 30K unique visitors per month, and established partnerships with iTravel Jerusalem, Visit Leipzig, Visit Reykjavik, TripCreator, Allianz, GoEuro, Google, Leesa, Trover,  and dozens more.

Reitmans Canada
Graphic Designer & Photo Retoucher, 2013-2014, Montreal
Graphic Designer for the marketing department of Canadian Fashion Brand Reitmans in Montreal, Canada. Tasks involved content creation for print and social media, catalog layout, tabletop photography, photo retouching, and prepress.

CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY
Graphic Design Lab Assistant, 2012-2013, Montreal
Facilitator of various workshops on graphic design, photography, bookbinding and die-cutting to the design students at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. Tasks also included assisting the design students with their work related to visual communication and graphic design. 

LA PRESSE
Sales Support & Account Manager, 2008-2012, Montreal
Executive Assistant to two advertising directors. Responsible for the smooth running of operations in the production of special sections at North America’s largest French-language newspaper. Tasks included maintaining the responsibility for all projects from their inception all the way through proofing and printing.

 

CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY
Montreal, Canada,  2010-2013 
Fine Arts, Major in Sustainable Design, Graduated with Distinctions

DAWSON COLLEGE
Montreal, Canada,  2007-2009 
Commercial Photography

CEGEP DE SAINTE-FOY
Quebec City, Canada,  1999-2002
French Literature