As a disabled, neurodivergent professional, I approach my freelance services and clients with an inclusive, anti-racist, feminist, decolonizing, and anti-ableist lens. I am continuously working to improve my allyship and have the expectation that my clients are on a similar path.
To reference past diversity, inclusion, accessibility, equity, and Reconciliation trainings I have done, please reference my LinkedIn profile.
SWG Author Readings Program
I am available for author readings through the Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild Author Readings Program.
The SWG’s Author Readings Program (ARP) makes it possible for people of all ages to meet and listen to their favourite Saskatchewan authors and storytellers who share the distinctiveness of their own stories when they visit online or in-person.
The ARP is a program subsidized by the SWG that helps host organizations afford author readings in their community. Host organizations (schools, libraries, community groups) pay a small portion of the author reading expenses ($70) to the SWG after their reading and the SWG will pay authors $300 per reading + mileage at SWG rates (.44/km) within Saskatchewan.
Visit the SWG ARP webpage for more information.
Creative Award and Grant Adjudication
Under my belt I have two years experience working for Saskatchewan Book Awards, several years of provincial creative economic grant program development and administration experience in five creative sectors, and experience vetting writing for a number of publications.
Creative sectors of experience include:
Book publishing and writing
Craft, visual arts, and commercial art galleries
Live performing arts (primarily theatre)
Music
Video games
Copy Writing
For many small business owners, drafting branding copy, product descriptions, and social media content is the last thing they’d like to spend their time on. I get it! Let me take on framing your products and services with quality copy, while you focus on the goods and services that first inspired you to become an entrepreneur.
Resume Writing
Whether you’re searching for your first “real world” job or re-entering the workforce after a parental leave, drafting a resume from a blank page can be intimidating. Book a resume working session with me to design a general resume, update an existing resume for a particular job posting, or convey your skill set in a professional cover letter.
Sentimental & Family History Writing
We often get a little tongue-tied when it comes to those who matter most. I’d be honoured to work with you to create wedding vows, bespoke poems, and eulogies to honour your loved ones, or to flesh out the stories within your family tree. Book a working session to create these special moments in collaboration with an outsider’s creative eye, or leave all of the creative work to me!
Events, Webinars & Other Event Programming or Coordination Support
With over fifteen years of virtual and in-person event and webinar coordinating experience, I’m your gal! Whether you need an extra set of hands on deck to bring your award ceremony to fruition or need to someone to source and host the right professional for your organization’s webinar, I am particularly enthusiastic about this area of work and excited to make a game plan with you.
Andrea Martineau 