Michael P Chenier

Melbourne, Australia
Position: Owner / Publisher

The Australian Magazine Group consists of six identically branded online magazines covering the five major metropolitan centres including Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney and Tasmania and an aggregate magazine called Australian Lifestyles Magazine.

Canada, Australia, France
Position: Still the owner

After six years of operations and hundreds of websites developed, Arore Communications noticed a change in the online development industry.

Michael became acutely aware that although a website is essential for any business, it is only a communication medium, and proper marketing and communications must go beyond the pretty pictures.

As a company, Arore Communications pivoted from being a website development firm to offering objective-driven marketing and business strategy services, then following up with website development.

• Business Strategy
• Marketing and Communications Strategy
• Project Management
• Website Development

This evolution in our service offerings created an opportunity for Arore to contribute to our clients' substantial growth as we focus on higher-level, longer-term goals and business objectives.

Arore builds momentum.

Vancouver, British Columbia
Position: Publisher

Yaletown Magazine was a 40 page, full-colour, glossy publication delivered by Canada post to 17,000 Yaletown residents every month.

As publisher of the magazine, Michael's responsibilities included all aspects of publishing a monthly publication, from conception to distribution.

• Hiring, training and coordinating editorial and production team
• Hiring, training and motivating advertising sales team
• Negotiating printing and distribution contracts
  Coordinating production schedules and met print and distribution deadlines every month.
• Provided monthly reports to investors and stakeholders.

Biggest Takeaway: Don't give up quickly, and ironically, don't buy into media hype. You make your story, despite what's going on in the world.

Perpignan, France
Position: Owner

Fantasy Balloons was an event decorating company specializing in large-scale commercial and community decorating services for seasonal and special events. Our clients ranged from commercial shopping malls and municipal governments to large-scale professional sporting organizations.

Fun Fact: Fantasy Balloons was inducted into the Guinness Book of World Records in the spring of 1997 for the largest balloon wall ever built. It contained 18,860 balloons and was 30m high by 20m wide. It was constructed in St. Jeans Cathedral for the awards banquet for the USAP, Perpignans Professional Rugby Team.

Responsibilities:

• Recruiting full-time staff for day-to-day operations for two retail outlets.
• Recruiting, training and coordinating large numbers of part-time staff members for intermittent events, often simultaneously in multiple cities.
• Conceptualizing original plans and designs for private events such as marriages and corporate events.
• Conceptualizing, designing and producing large-scale seasonal decorations for Shopping malls, supermarket chains and municipalities.
• Conceptualizing, designing and producing decorations and effects for stadium-level sporting events.
• Sourcing and importing products and materials for events and retail sales.

Eden Leisure Group
Sliema, Malta
Position: Food and Beverage Manager

Responsibilities:
Managing Restaurant and Bar staff

Biggest Takeaway: Michael learned to keep ambitions in check, think all grand ideas through and above all, respect local culture and never bite the hand that feeds you.

Kelowna, British Columbia

Position: Stocking Shelves / Customer Service

Lakeview Market is one of the oldest independent grocery stores in Kelowna, British Columbia. They are known for their legendary customer service.

Biggest Takeaway: It's here that Michael learned the significant factor that personal customer service plays in the survival of independent businesses and how valuable it is to help people to the car with their groceries.