Jessica Knapp Email & Phone Number

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Helping IT leaders by listening and aligning best practice research, templates, and tools to their needs. My experience in business development, consulting, and developing networks allows me to meet IT leaders where they are and support their business growth goals. If you work in IT and need additional support or you just don't want to start from scratch anymore, reach out to me.

Canada

Montreal, Canada Area

Consultancy specializing in public history, project management, network development, digital media, and public engagement. Services offered: If you don’t see what you need below, please contact me to discuss your project. Project & Process Assessment: Provide a specialized perspective on your project and provide recommendations on how to achieve your deliverables and meet field standards. Project Management: Develop a project plan, work breakdown structure, and… Show more Consultancy specializing in public history, project management, network development, digital media, and public engagement. Services offered: If you don’t see what you need below, please contact me to discuss your project. Project & Process Assessment: Provide a specialized perspective on your project and provide recommendations on how to achieve your deliverables and meet field standards. Project Management: Develop a project plan, work breakdown structure, and schedule in collaboration with you and your team. Team Development: Identify and facilitate introductions to appropriate professionals for your project. Digital Communications: Create a digital communications plan for your project. Research: Conduct primary and secondary source research. Jessica Knapp is a public history consultant who infuses passion and structure into the history and heritage sectors in Canada. Based in Montreal, she works with clients in person and remotely from all over the country.Jessica works with individuals and organizations that want to develop projects with the intention of sharing and exploring history and heritage with wider audiences. Her thoughtful and inspired approach allows the project to move forward in a way that resonates, fulfills, and exceeds the client’s goals.Each project and team is unique, which is why a vital part of her process is to ensure that she understands your project vision and goals from the beginning. Her level of involvement can range from leadership roles to an advisory capacity, depending on the needs and budget of the project. Jessica offers tailored services for each project and draws upon her robust network of professionals as required.Jessica is driven by her passion for history, public education, accessibility, and the many opportunities to demonstrate the relevance of history in today’s society and to inspire "ah-ha" moments with those around her. Show less

Montreal, Canada Area

• Managed development, launch, and iterations of an intensive business education program as well as additional programs and digital products like workshops, videos series, and e-learning courses.• Managed the production and dissemination of digital and print communications, internal and external.• Collaborated with and coordinated with internal and external stakeholders, community partners and members, contractors, volunteers.• Formed strong working relationships with community… Show more • Managed development, launch, and iterations of an intensive business education program as well as additional programs and digital products like workshops, videos series, and e-learning courses.• Managed the production and dissemination of digital and print communications, internal and external.• Collaborated with and coordinated with internal and external stakeholders, community partners and members, contractors, volunteers.• Formed strong working relationships with community partners through networking events and one-on-one meetings. • Managed a 5-person team, staff turnover, contract employees, and cross-team collaboration using different management methodologies (Scrum, Waterfall, Agile, Lean, OKR).• Analyzed and implemented new digital tools for department and team. Provided new tools implementation support and training for employees. • Managed $50,000 - $100,000 annual budgets, project scopes, timelines, invoices, and negotiated contracts.• Reported to senior management with activity reports, briefings, and presentations. Show less

Winnipeg, Manitoba

• Synthesized and presented complex concepts for different audiences.• Worked with cross-Canada multidisciplinary project teams and community partners to create multimedia content for a variety of audiences.• Coordinated national events, content strategy and development, and digital outreach and engagement. • Created and commissioned articles, webinars, podcasts, videos, education packages, lesson plans. • Conducted research and developed digital content and digital audience… Show more • Synthesized and presented complex concepts for different audiences.• Worked with cross-Canada multidisciplinary project teams and community partners to create multimedia content for a variety of audiences.• Coordinated national events, content strategy and development, and digital outreach and engagement. • Created and commissioned articles, webinars, podcasts, videos, education packages, lesson plans. • Conducted research and developed digital content and digital audience development strategies aspart of a working group.• Coordinated digital outreach and engagement, which included social media monitoring and trendanalysis.• Represented the organization by making presentations to varied audiences at events andconferences internationally.• Managed $25,000 - $50,000 project budgets using Microsoft Excel. • Coordinated with local elders, guest speakers, designers and audio-visual technicians. • Created, coordinated, hosted and reported on multiple webinar series. • Facilitated behind-the-scenes visits and tours at museums and archives for videos series. • Experience with InDesign, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, and Adobe Acrobat, iMovie, Audacity, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, and Content Management Systems, HTML, PC Windows and Mac environments. • Collaborated with internal stakeholders, such as the education, editorial, design and marketing departments using different project management methodologies depending on resources.• Developed and managed small and medium-sized projects and interdisciplinary teams.• Created work plans featuring schedules, timelines, budgets, and tasks.• Facilitated outreach to and collaborated with communities in Canada, including First Nations, LGBTQ+, women, and Francophones.• Prepared project and program reports and briefing materials for senior management. Show less

London, Ontario, Canada

Franz Boas Papers Project - Conducted primary and secondary source research related to Franz Boas.- Presented my findings in research reports and presentations.- Contributed to the inaugural volume of The Franz Boas Papers Documentary Edition series.

Windsor, Ontario

- Conducted primary and secondary source research at the city archives and hospital archives.- Conducted oral history interviews with community members and hospital staff. - Synthesized research, transcribed interviews, and effectively communicated my findings in research reports.- Contributed to the research, writing, and publishing of "People of Faith: The Story of Hotel-Dieu Grace Hospital" a book written by Marty Gervais, local historian for Windsor, Ontario.

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Public History

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba[H]), History And English Language & Literature