Mark Shainblum

Professional Experience

Website Editing and Administration

Jewish General Hospital - Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Montreal

Digital Media Manager and Webmaster: Launched and administered new CMS-based institutional website

McGill University, Montreal

Web Editor: Administered websites for Admissions, Faculty of Science, Media Relations and H1N1 Planning

Airborne Entertainment, Montreal

Head Writer: Administered and edited CMS-based website and also managed multiple content streams for mobile entertainment platform.

Musica Camerata Montreal

Web developer: Launched and administered the first website of this renowned chamber music ensemble.

Public Affairs, Media Relations and Marketing

Jewish General Hospital - Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Montreal

Research Communications Officer: Wrote press releases on research topics, pitched stories to media outlets, coordinated with researchers and the media, gave researchers media training, wrote articles for internal media outlets (see "Journalism and Periodical Writing" below). Specialized in making complex scientific topics comprehensible to lay readers.

McGill University, Montreal

Media Relations Officer (Research): Coordinated all media relations on research topics across the university, wrote press releases on research topics, pitched stories to media outlets, coordinated with researchers and the media, gave researchers media training, wrote articles for internal media outlets (see "Journalism and Periodical Writing" below). Specialized in making complex scientific topics comprehensible to lay readers.

Just for Laughs Comedy Festival, Montreal

Copywriter: Wrote event programs, star bios, marketing materials and comedy voicemail scripts for this world-famous annual comedy festival.

Editing, Publishing and Print Production

McGill University, Montreal

Interim Manager of Communications, Admissions Office: Administered production and publication of multiple high volume publications, including university viewbook, student guides, faculty course calendars and recruitment collateral.

Faculty Communications Officer: Edited and produced Faculty of Science magazine.

Les Editions Ma Carriere (now Jobboom), Montreal

Editor of English Publications: Edited and produced technology career guides.

Matrix Comics and Matrix Books, Montreal

Owner, Editor and Publisher: Created this independent, critically acclaimed line of comic books and trade paperbacks, including Northguard (see "Fiction and Comic Books" below), Mackenzie Queen and The Jam by Bernie Mireault, Dragon's Star by Mary-Ann Bramstrup and Ian Carr and Canuck Comics: A Guide to Comics Published in Canada by John Bell.

Journalism and Periodical Writing

JGH News, Montreal

Columnist and Feature Writer: Wrote regular research column and numerous feature articles for this mass-circulation magazine published by the Jewish General Hospital.

McGill Reporter, Montreal

Columnist and Feature Writer: Wrote two bi-weekly columns and numerous feature articles for this in-house, public relations newspaper.

McGill Headway Magazine, Montreal

Feature Writer: Wrote regular features about McGill University researchers and scientific discoveries for this glossy, high-circulation magazine designed to highlight McGill research.

Quill & Quire, Toronto

Technology Correspondent and Feature Writer: Wrote numerous articles about computer technology and the internet, plus features and book reviews on other subjects, for this national book trade magazine.

Hour Magazine, Montreal

Columnist and Feature Writer: Wrote weekly "In Print" literary column and various feature articles and interviews for this mass-circulation arts and culture weekly.

Other Outlets

Freelance Journalist: Wrote feature articles, interviews, book reviews and technology articles for numerous outlets, including The Montreal Gazette, Report on Business Magazine, Onset Magazine, Internet Digest, Sympatico Netlife, Comics Interview and University Affairs Magazine, among others.

Fiction, Comics and Entertainment

Northguard

Writer and co-creator of this critically acclaimed, independent comic book series illustrated by Gabriel Morrissette. Publised by Matrix Comics of Montreal and Caliber Press of Detroit.

Angloman

Writer and co-creator of this bestselling parody comic strip series, illustrated by Gabriel Morrissette. Initially published in two paperback books from Nuage Editions of Montreal (now Signature Editions of Winnpeg), both of which spent several months on the Montreal Gazette bestseller list. Later became a weekly comic strip, first in the Montreal Mirror and later in the mass-circulation daily Montreal Gazette.

Arrowdreams: An Anthology of Alternate Canadas

Co-editor (with John Dupuis) of this collection of original science fiction short stories, published by Nuage Editions. Winner of two Aurora Awards for Canadian science fiction.

Chickadee Magazine, Toronto

Writer: Revamped and re-launched the long-running "Daisy Dreamer" comic strip published in this mass-circulation magazine for children, and wrote the bi-monthly series for several years.

CBC Radio One, Toronto

Scriptwriter: Commissioned to write a series bible and episodes of a radio comedy series entitled "Cancon Force", proposed as a segment of the Sounds Like Canada morning show.

Corum

Writer: Wrote multi-issue comic book adaptation of the Corum fantasy novel series by acclaimed British author Michael Moorcock, published by First Comics of Chicago.

Captain Canuck

Wrote the syndicated, daily newspaper strip version of this classic Canadian superhero series, originally created by Richard Comely.

Other Outlets

Comics: Series and short stories published by Broadway Comics, Renegade Press, Tru Studios and Act-i-Vate, among others.

Science Fiction and Fantasy: Short stories and novellas published in On Spec Magazine, Would That it Were Magazine, Island Dreams: Montreal Writers of the Fantastic and Thousand Faces Magazine, among others.