Avneet Takhar
Avtak18@gmail.com
Location: Toronto, ON, Canada
I specialize in written materials and communications. For over a decade I’ve written for online magazines, small-medium businesses and creative outlets. My writing style includes: blogs, reports, news reporting, interviews and short-long form articles. I have a Canon to shoot professional photos, so the clients get everything they need :).
My focus is: food, film, culture, tech, and social impact.
Throughout my range of work, you’ll see an underlying thread of attention to social justice issues, and thought leadership to provide knowledgeable advice and information. Depending on the project, I also research widely and provide relevant statistics.
I’m quite fun and cheeky, so depending on the outlet’s guidelines I do also like to add my personality!
Roles
BIPOC Foods Vancouver, Co-Founder & Marketing Manager
July 2020- December 2021
Organized and worked with over 150 BIPOC vendors in food, art and wellness.
Applied for and received bursary for certification of CAMSC- Canadian Aboriginal & Minority Supplier Council.
Within 3-week timeline gained 800 followers, now at 2.3K +.
Through marketing efforts, press consisted of articles in: Daily Hive, Scout, The Globe & Mail and a feature on CBC Radio which resulted in a sales spike.
Created community ties with Coho Commissary, which allowed for their Coho Coffee space for the pop-up to be located.
Freelance Journalism Contribution
Education
London Metropolitan University
Upper Class Joint Honours BA in Fashion Marketing & Journalism
Digital Marketing, Social Media Marketing, SEO/SEM
Social Media Marketing
Certified: CSS, HTML, Javascript and VS Codes Editor
Ads: Measurement, Display, Search, Shopping, Video
Tools
Hubspot, Wordpress, Squarespace, Canva, Piktochart, Mailchimp, Slack, Veed.io, CutStory, Latergram, Miro, Trello, Airtable, Sprout, Asana, Social Ads, Slid.O, Survey Monkey, Eventbrite, CSS, HTML, Whova
SEO/SEM
Google Ads, GMB, Analytics, Keyword Planner, General Coding, Link Building, A/B Testing