# Ben Sabic **Chartered Marketer** | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia [bensabic.ca](https://bensabic.ca) --- ## About Passionate, entrepreneurial leader with experience in sport administration, multidisciplinary marketing, and event production. Born and raised in Winnipeg, Canada, now based in Melbourne, Australia. Chartered Marketer - CM Certified Practising Marketer - CPM Professional Leader of Volunteers - PLV --- ## Speaking ### [Crisis on Campus: Youth Advocates Filling Institutional Gaps at National Campus Mental Health Conference](https://web.archive.org/web/20211026191151/https://campusmentalhealth.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/CICMH2018_BOLD-IDEAS_Nov21-22_Program_short_July9.pdf) **2018** | Toronto, Canada — ### [Celebrating Youth Taking Action on Local and Global Social Issues at WE Day Manitoba](https://web.archive.org/web/20200222042207/https://cdn.we.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/WE-Day-Manitoba-Lineup-Announcement-Wednesday-October-11-2017-at-7-a.m.-CT.pdf) **2017** | Winnipeg, Canada --- ## Writing ### [A startup branding strategy that actually works on 224 Industries blog (2025)](https://224industries.com.au/blog/startup-branding-strategy) --- ## Awards ### Michael "Pinball" Clemons Foundation - Sport and Event Marketing Award from Goerge Brown College (2022) ### Student Association Community Engagement Award from Goerge Brown College (2022) ### [Future Leader (Age 20-25 Category) from Future Leaders of Manitoba (2018)](https://futureleadersofmanitoba.com/recipients/past-events/2018-awards) ### Regional Volunteer of the Year from Kids Help Phone (2017) --- ## Affiliations ### [Certified Practising Marketer, Australian Marketing Institute (2025 - Now)](https://certificates.ami.org.au/892a63e9-d7aa-4625-89fb-dfc385104759#acc.juY5B9FZ) ### [Chartered Marketer, Canadian Marketing Association (2025 - Now)](https://factory.cancred.ca/v1/assertion/143c30ec5ca5e02fab449ebeb8fc33cc90495571) ### Professional Leader of Volunteers, Volunteering Victoria (2025 - Now) ### [Recreational Running Coach, Australian Athletics (2023 - Now)](https://www.revolutionise.com.au/aa/official-finder/Ben-Sabic) ### [Affiliated Member, Governance Institute of Australia (2024 - 2025)](https://www.credly.com/badges/6676ee22-2aeb-438a-97fe-7e2c9a0ab1e4/public_url) --- ## Features ### [Virtual Assignment Helps Students Gain Critical Skills on Humber College - Longo Faculty of Business (2021)](https://business.humber.ca/programs/recreation-leisure-services/virtual-assignment-helps-students-gain-critical-skills.html) ### [Manitoba's future leaders on Winnipeg Free Press (2018)](https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/life/2018/02/02/manitobas-future-leaders) ### [A new era in support for young people on Working Together Magazine by The Winnipeg Foundation (2018)](https://www.wpgfdn.org/children/a-new-era-in-support-for-young-people) ### [Help available for Canadians still struggling with Humboldt Broncos tragedy on Global News (2018)](https://globalnews.ca/news/4164039/mental-health-canadians-after-humboldt-broncos-tragedy) ### [Costly compassion on Winnipeg Free Press (2017)](https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2017/07/06/costly-compassion) --- ## Work Experience ### Creative Director at Crafted by Benny **2013 - Now** | Canada and Australia — ### [Founder and Chairperson at Ben Sabic Foundation](https://scholartree.ca/scholarship/sabic-leadership-scholarship/NTrJ3gm0rK) **2020 - Now** | Winnipeg, Canada — ### [Store Business Lead at lululemon](https://www.lululemon.com.au/en-au/home) **2023 - 2024** | Melbourne, Australia — ### Special Advisor, Executive Team at Play On! Canada **2021 - 2023** | Toronto, Canada --- ## Volunteering ### [Various Roles at parkrun Australia](https://www.parkrun.com.au) **2024 - Now** | Melbourne, Australia — ### [Area Leader (Course Crew) at Stadium Stomp](https://www.stadiumstomp.com/events/melbourne) **2024** | Melbourne, Australia — ### [Team Attaché, GLOBL JAM at Canada Basketball](https://www.globljam.ca) **2022 - 2022** | Toronto, Canada — ### [Chairperson, National Youth Council at Kids Help Phone](https://kidshelpphone.ca) **2017 - 2018** | Toronto, Canada --- ## Education ### [Master of Communication at Deakin University](https://www.deakin.edu.au/course/master-communication) **2025 - Now** | Melbourne, Australia — ### [Certificate IV and Diploma, Marketing and Communication at Melbourne Polytechnic](https://www.melbournepolytechnic.edu.au) **2024 - 2025** | Melbourne, Australia — ### [Graduate Certificate, Sport and Event Marketing at George Brown College](https://www.georgebrown.ca/programs/sport-and-event-marketing-program-postgraduate-b400) **2021 - 2022** | Toronto, Canada --- ## Certifications ### [Professional Certificate, Digital Marketing and E-Commerce from Google Career Certificates (2024)](https://www.credly.com/badges/dae08f09-84fd-4071-a1e6-79db26e360bb) ### [Certified Digital Marketing Associate from Digital Marketing Institute (2023)](https://certs.digitalmarketinginstitute.com/4242c03c-070c-4baf-9c5b-05dde539a67b#gs.490o73) --- ## Contact - **Dev Portfolio**: [bensabic.dev](https://bensabic.dev) - **LinkedIn**: [bensabic](https://linkedin.com/in/bensabic) - **GitHub**: [bensabic](https://github.com/bensabic) - **Pinterest**: [bensabic](https://pinterest.com/bensabic) - **X (Twitter)**: [bensabic](https://twitter.com/bensabic) - **Instagram**: [bensabic](https://instagram.com/bensabic)