Sydney has a 20-year career in journalism doing… just about everything. She is a multiplatform content strategist who has led creative teams at some of Canada’s most renowned media brands. She has also: written and edited for the country’s top magazines and newspapers; launched lucrative and engaging branded content campaigns; edited several lifestyle books; storyboarded videos; helped build dynamic new digital media brands; worked as an editorial consultant and writing coach; helped create a podcast; dabbled in social-first storytelling; taught journalism and been interviewed on panels, podcasts, newscasts and morning shows.
Over the years, Sydney has been nominated for 17 National Magazine and Digital Publishing Awards (and won six). Her work has appeared in The Walrus, Maclean’s, the Globe and Mail, Elle, Broadview, Chatela
Sydney was previously content director at enRoute, where she led her team in an award-winning print and digital redesign and, prior to her time at enRoute, was health editor, then features director, at Chatelaine. More recently, she was editorial lead at Plan International Canada, an international humanitarian organization dedicated to advancing children’s rights and equality for girls, and then editorial director of Range, overseeing an award-winning redesign of the travel and lifestyle brand. She has taught journalism and personal branding to students at Centennial College and the University of Toronto for more than 15 years and is currently VP of Content & Programming at ROOM Women’s Network, an organization dedicated to advancing gender equity in senior leadership roles across industry sectors.
Sydney lives in Oakville, ON with her husband, two children and a flat-coated retriever named Poppy.