About Almira

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Almira is one of North America’s leading experts in brand building and communications. She has spent the last two decades creating powerful narratives for both domestic and global brands like Flight Centre, Granville Island Brewing, Nike, Best Buy, Future Shop, Molson, and TELUS.

As an advocate for leadership in business, Almira is a recipient of Enterprising Woman magazine’s 2016 Enterprising Women of the Year Award, PROFIT and Canadian Business W100: Canada’s Top Female Entrepreneurs 2016, Business In Vancouver Forty Under 40 2016 Winner and finalist of the 2014 Vancouver YWCA Women of Distinction Awards. She is also a thought leader on issues affecting the PR industry, appearing as a commentator in the media, and is an actively-sought out speaker, on both PR and entrepreneurial topics.

With an enviable network of influencers and a storied career, her expertise lies in developing strategic PR, communications and social media plans focused on brand experiences, brand awareness and user engagement. Her results-driven, integrated strategies deliver massive results.

Almira co-founded and was Co-CEO of Jive PR & Digital, one of Canada’s top boutique PR and social media agencies, with offices in Toronto, Los Angeles, and Vancouver. Launching her career as a PR Consultant at one of Canada’s leading PR agencies, Wilcox PR, she spent many years working abroad as Head of Global PR at Cobra Beer, one of the UK’s fastest growing beer brands, and also practiced corporate public relations and communications in Australia and in South Africa.

Almira consults and mentors local and global organizations, including the Aga Khan Foundation, Brands for Better, SFU Beedie School of Business and Forum for Women Entrepreneurs (FWE). She is a past board member of Entrepreneurs Organization (EO) and currently sits on the Board of Directors of Habitat for Humanity Greater Vancouver.

Almira is driven by a passionate desire to see women rise up, both personally and professionally, and to eradicate inequality at all levels.