I’m on the move again to a new full-time job. In July I’ll start as the brand-new Web Producer for St. Joseph’s Health Care, London.

It’s been a far shorter gig at United Way than I anticipated, and my time there has been a tremendous career boost in my confidence and skills, so it was a hard hard decision to leave. But this opportunity at St. Joseph’s is something I’m very excited about.

**But Andrew, you didn’t go to school for web/computers/i.t./etc?

This is why I’m so excited about this job: online communication has caught up such that really good online communication isn’t just about designing a website. In fact, I won’t really even be doing that for St. Joseph’s… the job isn’t a web designer or developer. A web producer is more like a newspaper editor or tv producer who brings the right ideas together, gets the stories and content and puts things together in a way that tells information and generates interest. Trust wikipedia for a good definition.

I’ve always been interested in the bridge between communication strategy and technology/design/web… right from when I got my first desktop publishing software in grade four. I’m glad to be moving my career towards online communication.

All the more so for an organization I admire; and I find healthcare particularly exciting to tell stories about. United Way is a great, meaningful organization that’s really important in our community - and so are the hospitals.

St. Joseph's Health Care, London - enhanced online communication coming soon