Chris Wong

Experience

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  Freestyle Canada

  Jan 2001 - Jan 2010

  Canadian National Team Athlete

  Full-time athlete representing Canada on the World Stage. - 2006 Olympian- Top 10 World Cup Athlete

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  RBC

  Jan 2007 - Jan 2010

  RBC Olympian

  The RBC Olympians program hires both Canadian Olympic and Paralympic athletes as community ambassadors who bring Olympic messages of excellence and leadership to Canadian communities.Athletes get the opportunity to gain valuable skills that will help them prepare for life after sport, while also receiving much-needed funding to help them realize their Olympic and Paralympic dreams.- A major part of this job was speaking to schools and communities about my Olympic experience and connecting the importance of a healthy and active lifestyle. - The other part of this job was engaging with RBC's high-value clients and sharing my Olympic experience. Show less

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  Freestyle Alberta

  Jul 2010 - Jul 2013

  Assistant Coach

  To develop, promote and coordinate the sport of Freestyle Skiing for people of all ages throughout the province of Alberta by providing programs and services that encourage participation at all levels.

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  Vancouver Freestyle Ski Club

  Jan 2011 - Jan 2013

  Coach

  Ran a high-performance club team of athletes between the ages of 12-16. This included dryland training, ski training, and competitions.

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  Canadian Freestyle Ski Association

  May 2013 - Sept 2014

  Canadian Team Assistant Coach

  Assistant Coach for the Canadian National Mogul Team. - Trained Canada's Olympic medal hopefuls for the sport of mogul skiing inpreparations for the 2014 Sochi Olympics.- A typical day included technical planning, coaching, statistics tracking, athletemonitoring, and management.- Highlights included athletes winning both gold medals at the Sochi Olympics andbeing the most successful National Team for 2014.

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  Appnovation Technologies

  Apr 2016 - Apr 2016

  Junior Front-End Web Developer

  Worked as a junior front-end developer. Daily tasks included styling and responsive design. Daily skills included HTML, CSS/SASS, Git, Gulp, Drush, JQuery and Drupal. Work was done within a team environment for a large corporate web project.

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  RED Academy

  Oct 2016 - Dec 2016

  Teacher Assistant

  Assisted students for the Part-time Web Development program. HTML, CSS, SASS, Javascript, Web Design

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  Freestyle Canada

  Nov 2016 - Aug 2017

  Web & Digital Manager

  - Help launch new brand and website- Site migration: content, redirects, hosting, onboarding- Provide SEM and SEO strategies to maximum digital visibility- Advise on best practises for email marketing.- Provide support for graphic design, email template design, email campaigns, andanalytics support.Freestyle Canada is the governing body in Canada for the sport of Freestyle Skiing. With the support of its valued corporate sponsors along with the Government of Canada, Canadian Olympic Committee and Own the Podium, Freestyle Canada develops Olympic and world champions in all disciplines of the sport. Show less

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  Honeycomb Creative Solutions

  Dec 2016 - Dec 2016

  Freelance Web Developer

  Wordpress Development- Collaborated with a graphic designer on a single web project Website.- Built out the approved front-end designs and backend features for a single website.- Project included custom post types, custom taxonomies and custom widget plugins.

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  Freestyle Canada

  Dec 2017 - Nov 2018

  Sr. Manager, Brand & Digital Marketing

  Responsible for creating and managing content for Freestyle Canada’s digitalmarketing platforms, as well as the analysis of the content’s success in the fulfillment ofthe department’s marketing objectives. This includes generating unique, digital contentto grow the profile and awareness of Freestyle Canada’s athletes and sport, managingall content across the FC website and social media channels pertaining to FC brandcampaigns, World Cup events, domestic competition series, sponsorship activationsand community partnerships, as well as defining, implementing and collectingengagement metrics on all platforms.Freestyle Canada is the governing body in Canada for the sport of Freestyle Skiing. With the support of its valued corporate sponsors along with the Government of Canada, Canadian Olympic Committee and Own the Podium, Freestyle Canada develops Olympic and world champions in all disciplines of the sport. Show less

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  Shopify Plus

  Nov 2018 - Feb 2024

  Help high-growth, high-volume merchants be successful by providing them with recommendations on how to build and implement the right tactics to move their business forward. - Coaching merchants to grow their business by partnering with them on goal development, and providing tailored and structured recommendations to achieve those goals- Identifying areas for improvement, including opportunities for product adoption and implementing new Shopify features; recommending ways to best utilize Shopify’s solutions- Connecting merchants with top Shopify Partners for custom design and development projects- Demonstrating an in-depth understanding of industry trends- Etc Show less

  • Launch Engineer

    Oct 2021 - Feb 2024

  • Senior Merchant Success Manager

    May 2021 - Oct 2021

  • Merchant Success Manager

    Nov 2018 - May 2021
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  Shopify

  Feb 2024 - now

  Sr Product Consultant

  Collaborating closely with Merchant Success Managers, I assist Shopify Plus merchants in overcoming technical challenges by harnessing the native functionality available within Shopify's ecosystem. This involves providing guidance on product adoption or devising strategies for churn mitigation, all aimed at maximizing merchants' utilization of Shopify's capabilities.