Jen Allison

• Course redevelopment and delivery for two existing courses at Humber College; Photography Fundamentals for PR, Digital Communications, Journalism and Creative and Professional writing students and Visual Literacy for Artists class as a dual credit class to high-school students at Humber College.

• Developed and kindled professional relationships with students to better communicate and enhance instruction.

• Prioritizing accessible media for students and providing multiple ways for students to engage with their assignments; video, audio or written.

• Redeveloped course content and activities to be more interactive, engaging and equitable for students.

• Improved evaluation methods for in-class work, presentations, projects, assignments and papers.

• Used technology in classrooms to integrate technology and multimedia tools into photography lessons to enhance student learning.

• Course redevelopment and delivery for 3 existing courses; Editorial and Corporate Portrait, Building a Sustainable Business and Storyworks courses at Centennial College for both first and second year Photography students.

• Redeveloped course content and activities to be more interactive, engaging and equitable for students.

• Established and maintained inclusive, collegial and collaborative culture within classroom.

• Improved evaluation methods for in-class work, presentations, projects, assignments and papers.

• Shifted between informal and formal methods of teaching to create multi-layered web of learning incorporating experiments, practical activities, discussions, and projects into lessons.

• Used variety of learning modalities and support materials to facilitate learning process and accentuate presentations.

• Encouraged class discussions by building discussions into lessons, actively soliciting input, asking open-ended questions and using techniques to track student participation.

• Executes seamless end-to-end photographic experience for various types of clients. Communicating expectations for project, contracts, payment schedules, providing an enjoyable experience, delivering image proofs and final deliverables.
• Developed and executes hands-on studio lighting workshops to other professional photographers to enhance their skills.
• Manage day-to-day operations of profitable photography business including client communication, marketing, accounting and operations.
• Digital photography – producing high-quality images for various print and digital projects, photo capture (Capture One) and photo editing and retouching (Photoshop, Capture One, Lightroom).
• Photo database management and organization with consistent naming conventions, archiving of client work on external hard drives and multiple servers.
• Professional consultations with client to discuss commission ideas, brand alignment, wardrobe, location and style preferences to create mutually agreeable project parameters.
• Digital camera experience with Canon and Nikon systems, tethered and to memory card.
• In-studio and on-location lighting experience in high-pressure environments for corporate and small business clients.

• Photographic Advisor, Educator and Creative Director for Threads of Truth; A storytelling and photography project, allowing students to document truths about our shared colonial history and its impact.
• Working directly with high-school students, teachers and local Indigenous community member to collaborate to give youth an opportunity to share their knowledge and their emotional and spiritual growth by actively creating images and telling stories through photography.
• Developed relationships with local Indigenous community members to act as advisors for the students.
• Creative direction to help students streamline their ideas into a succinct well-thought out plan to develop a powerful and moving image.
• Centering Indigenous Knowledge as a pillar in Threads of Truth; acknowledging the importance of respectful and reciprocal relationships throughout the various stages of learning, preparation and execution of the project.

• Manage and oversee day to day operations of Digital Practice within Starshot, including the profit and loss of the practice and management of internal staff and external resources.
• Represent practice in cross discipline/channel customer proposals and long term account sales planning.
• Align practice objectives and milestones with agency strategy as a member of the senior leadership team.
• Execution focus, improving operational efficiency and practice service profitability.
• Team building, individual career development and performance management.
• Collaborate with other business unit leads for resourcing and scheduling of all design projects.

• Manage digital design and web development for new and ongoing digital projects, as well as various events, communications and micro-sites.
• Collaborate with Program Leads to plan and schedule all design projects.
• Manage multiple ongoing projects with competing deadlines and deliverables.
• Manage roster of freelance resources including copywriters, web developers, designers and illustrators.
• End to end management of email automation campaigns.

• Collaborate with Account Managers and Creative Directors to plan and schedule all projects.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, associates and outside suppliers.
• Coordinate assets and implementation of web based projects.

• Managed daily operations of small photography studio.
• Assisted variety of photographers on location and in studio.
• Provided all clients with excellent customer service during photo shoots.
• Edited, toned, captioned and uploaded photographs for publication.
• Leveraged camera gear and equipment to express creative vision.
• Collaborated with photographer and art director to assist with daily tasks.

• Managed daily operations of studio including design process and administration.
• Prepared estimates for cross-functional projects, briefing and monitoring of project in studio.
• Acted as strong key point of contact for customer facing activities related to the design process.
• Maintained detailed records for invoicing completed projects.