Dooley Communications offers senior level corporate communications and public relations services. Based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Dooley Communications is led by Adam Dooley, a professional communicator with more than 18 years of experience in newsrooms and at the executive table.

Our expertise bridges traditional and cutting edge tactics, combining old-style media with social marketing, blogs and online news feeds. We help our clients accomplish their business and organizational goals by building (or improving) websites, creating newsletters, white papers and writing and editing various other kinds of promotional materials. We help clients speak directly to their target audiences in person at meetings and community forums, and through media relations by working with reporters and editors to get the right messages out to the right audiences.

We act as corporate communications counsel for organizations, building highly effective, modern public relations and marketing communications campaigns. We also offer media training and manage one-off events and projects, providing excellence in communications services in Winnipeg and across the country. And if crisis hits (or looms), we’re used to acting quickly with advice and tactics honed through years of experience to help our clients through rough patches.

We believe in fostering strong, memorable brands through open, credible communications strategies.

Biographies

Adam Dooley, President

Adam Dooley is the President of Dooley Communications, a Winnipeg-based public relations and advertising firm providing senior level corporate communications, media training, branding and marketing strategies to a variety of corporate clients and government agencies.

With more than 18 years as a communications professional, Adam has developed and executed communications programs for regional, national and North American organizations. As an expert at integrating public relations with advertising and marketing tactics, Adam’s strategies build strong brands and polished corporate images. Beginning his career as a reporter and editor in Southwestern Ontario and Winnipeg, Adam has since held progressively more senior corporate positions, including Vice-President of Marketing and Communications for Cambrian Credit Union. Adam’s efforts helped Cambrian nearly double in size in four years.

Adam has conducted major communications and brand audits to help organizations focus their marketing communications efforts into winning strategies. He builds communications and public relations campaigns from the ground up using a combination of solid research, proven business processes and intuition grounded in experience.

Adam is currently Past President of the Manitoba Chapter of the Canadian Public Relations Society. With Adam at its lead, the chapter’s membership grew by more than 50 per cent. In 2007, the chapter was honoured with the Lectern Award for innovation. While chapter president, he led the creation of CPRS Manitoba’s Communicator of the Year Award, which recognizes excellence in communications.

In 2008, Adam signed on as an instructor at the University of Winnipeg Department of Continuing Education. He teaches Advertising Fundamentals and Public Relations Fundamentals for the Public Relations Diploma program.

Adam holds an honours BA in History from the University of Saskatchewan and a Master’s Degree in Journalism from the University of Western Ontario.

Carl Radimer APR, Associate

Carl Radimer APR provides communications strategies, writing and editorial services and a variety of media relations and communications training programs. His media training programs combine 15 years of experience as a journalist focusing on farm, environmental and business issues, 20 years of senior corporate public relations responsibilities in resources development, wildlife conservation and communications and post-secondary teaching positions at Calgary’s Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) and the University of Winnipeg’s Department of Continuing Education.

Carl’s approach to helping people use the power of public media effectively puts equal emphasis on pre-interview preparation and on-camera performance. Working on a one-to-one basis or in small groups, he helps interviewees develop short, succinct summaries of their positions on current issues facing their organizations. Then, using simulated video, radio or print interviews, he coaches them to maintain control of their messages and communicate confidence during their interviews.Current and recent clients include Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), The Canadian Coast Guard, Agriculture Canada, Manitoba Agriculture and Food, The Manitoba Pork Council and the Manitoba Medical Association.He is a graduate of the Journalism Program at Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) in Calgary and an Accredited Member of the Canadian Public Relations Society.Carl also teaches public relations and communications courses for the Continuing Education Division of the University of Winnipeg where he combines more than 40 years of experience in both news reporting and corporate communications in delivering courses that emphasize the practice as well as the theory of effective public communications.

Karen Ilchena, Associate

With more than 19 years experience, Karen Ilchena is a public relations consultant specializing in special event planning, media relations, publicity, marketing and writing. Karen has worked for public relations agencies, not-for-profit organizations and private businesses throughout her career. For more than six years, Karen was Account Manager at Smith Radimer Communications where she coordinated and managed all special event projects for a variety of clients; assisted in media training; was responsible for all media relations activities for local and national clients; and researched, developed and wrote proposals, summary reports, news releases, newsletters and other collateral material.In addition, Karen has worked as Marketing Director, Kildonan Place Shopping Centre; Public Relations Officer, Health Sciences Centre Foundation; Account Manager, Wordsnorth Communication Services and in the Promotions Department at Winnipeg Videon. Karen is a graduate of the Creative Communications program from Red River College in 1988.

She has developed comprehensive communication plans; managed and executed events and meetings; produced and written an assortment of publications and websites; and has managed effective media relations campaigns and media training sessions.