Emma Ignaszewski Email & Phone Number

At GFI, I oversee the corporate engagement team’s industry intelligence and initiatives team. We catalyze market-side innovation to transform the food system and deliver alternative protein products that compete on the key drivers of consumer choice: taste, price, and convenience.

Princeton, New Jersey, United States

Princeton, NJ

• Creative content direction, writing & research. Directs research, development & production of multimedia messaging and written/visual content that tells compelling stories. Trusted in-firm advisor for leading.
• Market strategy. Identifies & supports market research, benchmarking, creative production & strategy for multiple simultaneous marketing campaigns across 12 market strategies at local, state & national levels..
• Firm/department planning. Acts as trusted advisor & sounding board for firm leadership across departments; firm disruptor for promoting business innovation. Co-facilitates leadership retreats & crafts portfolio of 50+.
• Proposals. Has managed/produced 75+ project proposals including original content; builds relationships with key individuals at major firms & institutions. Selected projects include:
• Researched & managed a multi-tier national campaign on the topic of building for well-being, including curating & producing a panel presentation for the DVGBC Sustainability Symposium, researching & writing an article.
• Collaborating with Emory & Georgia Tech, crafted a series of presentations on new library service models; researched & wrote The Future of Library Services in 3 Visualizations, an article read by more than 3000 in.

Cortland, NY

• www.tedxcortland.com
• Organized 4 events, curated 25 talks, managed a team of 10, produced 25 TEDx talks with more than 200,000 views.
• Built relationships with 25 leading researchers, academics, community activists, and ideators and helped hone their messaging and theses to produce TEDx talks.
• Developed and implemented a planning, outreach, and implementation strategy to fund, position, and publicize the event and the content locally and regionally.
• Created a program of community visioning sessions as part of a TEDx Salon series local to Cortland, identifying local issues & building a community network.

Cortland, NY

• Rebranded SVHC & strategically advanced digital presence & position through comprehensive redesign of suite of 4 websites and advanced digital media outlets.
• Planned, created systems for, and publicized the Car-Free Challenge, a 2-week event to explore the environmental impact, community engagement, and infrastructure capacity of a 7-county initiative to encourage citizens.
• Wrote monthly column Car-Free in Cortland for the Cortland Standard communicating research & detailing personal experiences living a car-free lifestyle.
• Redesigned, edited & contributed writing & data visualization for Cortland Counts, a 150+ page community health research assessment, which was leveraged for more than $5 million in research/community grants for.
• Brought on 3 clients, designed 3 client websites, development materials, and research communications, managed social media strategies. Crafted client holiday campaign, raised $25,000 ($10,000 increase on the year).

Ecology House

• Served as peer counselor, academic resource, conflict mediator, event administrator, program planner and advocate for residents of Ecology House, cultivating an inclusive, enriching community and using communications.
• Founded Ethics & Tea discussion series, co-founded Project Greenhouse, which established & hand-built a greenhouse on Eco House property.
• Designed annual identity from 2009-2012

Ithaca, NY

Graphic design, communications, cross-coordination with various organizations to promote social justice, peace, and sustainability. Construction of cohesive print and web materials.