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Bjorn Bols

Kingston

Summary

Flexible technical producer with an academic background in History and Anthropology. Experienced public speaker and award winning academic writer with a passion for history and communicating knowledge. Able and skilled with all forms of media production and editing (photos, videos,audio) and meeting deadlines. A personal passion for classical studies and archaic archaeology. Dig site experience as well as event hosting experience online and in person. Creative and quick thinker committed to being kind and open minded.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

Heritage Operations Assistant

City of Kingston
05.2024 - Current

-Catalogue Artifacts from various archaeological sites relevant to the city

-Attend Heritage meetings at city hall to discuss future changes to the city's cultural planning

-Host and assist with events at various museums in the city, mainly the PumpHouse and McLachlan Woodworking Museum

Kingston Penitentiary Tour Guide

St. Lawrence Parks
06.2022 - 10.2024

-Give 45, 90 and 180 minute walking tours around Kingston Penitentiary, guiding up to 30 guests while entertaining and explaining the history of the site.

-Accumulated many personalized 5 star reviews from customers that had me as their tour guide

-Greeted, helped and conversed with guests

-Switched between English and French to assist French Canadian guests

-Used a register to ring up purchases at the gift shop and ticket kiosk

-Did graphic design work creating updated menus for the gift shop

Teaching Assistant

Queen's University
09.2021 - 05.2023

Marked thirty papers per week and assisted students via zoom and email.


Hosted online study sessions for over a hundred students.

Graphic Designer

Inquire Publication
09.2021 - 05.2023

-Mainly worked in Canva and Photoshop to create original images and graphics for Inquire articles and Social Media

-Designed an original physical magazine

Sound Designer And Mixer

CinemaHack
12.2018 - Current

-Edit and produce raw audio for short films and miscellaneous video projects for CinemaHack's Youtube page.

-Plan out layouts of edits and additions on paper.

-Record additional audio pickups and corrections

-Mix and Master audio to a given video file.


ESL Content Creator

BlaBla
01.2020 - 06.2020

-5 month Contract

-Create video content for Chinese students to learn English.

-Acting, voice over work, and writing.

-Produce and edit videos

Store Operator And Chef

Little Caesar's Pizza
05.2014 - 08.2019
  • Work on all aspects of the job: cooking, cleaning, prepping, serving customers, opening the store, closing the store
  • During Opening shifts I manage the store on my own. Placing orders for products necessary for the store. Preparing dough and ingredients for later use, and counting and balancing registers
  • Cook pizzas and other products and handle the register taking and serving customer orders
  • Help customers and resolve complaints and issues

Archaeology Dig Crew Worker

Trent University
05.2017 - 06.2018
  • Assisted Dr.James Conolly and his crew excavate the Nassau Mills historical site on the campus of Trent University
  • Eight hour days five days a week for two months assisting with digging, cleaning and identifying artifacts
  • Mapping out the dig site
  • Posting relevant information and blog posts on the official dig website
  • Cleaned and sorted Artifacts

Example Written work:

https://nassaumills.ca/2017/06/08/student-blog-plato-plotinus-and-archaeology/

Musician and Producer

Dugongidae Records
06.2014 - Current
  • Write, perform, record and produce original music under my own name
  • My Music is available on major streaming and download services such as Spotify and Itunes
  • Have sold music across nearly every continent
  • Also produce and curate other underground artists
  • Upload and stream live content to listeners and viewers around the globe
  • Example Work:

https://bjornbols.bandcamp.com/

https://bjornbols.net/portfolio/composition/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4Sx5N0tdoU

On Air Personality and Board Operator

88.3 CJIQ FM
09.2014 - 05.2015
  • Hosted an evening show where I pre-recorded and hosted live radio time between songs
  • I also provided audio liners and short sound effects to be used as production on the station
  • During other hosts air time, I would man the mixing boards to help with transitions and other details during broadcasts

Education

Master of Arts - Classical Studies

Queen’s University
Kingston, ON
11.2023

Bachelor of Arts - Anthropology

University Of Waterloo
Waterloo, ON
2018

AWS Certified - Certified Cloud Practitioner

Amazon Web Services
07.2020

College Diploma - Broadcast Radio

Conestoga College
Kitchener, ON
2015

High School Diploma -

Bluevale Collegiate Institute
Waterloo, ON
2012

Timeline

Heritage Operations Assistant

City of Kingston
05.2024 - Current

Kingston Penitentiary Tour Guide

St. Lawrence Parks
06.2022 - 10.2024

Teaching Assistant

Queen's University
09.2021 - 05.2023

Graphic Designer

Inquire Publication
09.2021 - 05.2023

ESL Content Creator

BlaBla
01.2020 - 06.2020

Sound Designer And Mixer

CinemaHack
12.2018 - Current

Archaeology Dig Crew Worker

Trent University
05.2017 - 06.2018

On Air Personality and Board Operator

88.3 CJIQ FM
09.2014 - 05.2015

Musician and Producer

Dugongidae Records
06.2014 - Current

Store Operator And Chef

Little Caesar's Pizza
05.2014 - 08.2019

College Diploma - Broadcast Radio

Conestoga College

Master of Arts - Classical Studies

Queen’s University

Bachelor of Arts - Anthropology

University Of Waterloo

AWS Certified - Certified Cloud Practitioner

Amazon Web Services

High School Diploma -

Bluevale Collegiate Institute
Bjorn Bols