Josie Van Der Velden Email & Phone Number

Calgary, Ab, Ca

Calgary, Ab, Ca

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Agency Portfolio leadership + oversight: * Leading multiple client books and across global offices - LA, Chicago, NYC, London * Collaborating with finance, operations and BA teams on: * finance forecasting * resourcing + operations * Escalation * contracts + negotiations * Working with EVP, Head of Production to asses new opportunities + manage challenges * Intaking clients and building teams to service the account in the long term * Collaborating with c-suite on new business opportunities and hi vis productions and/or project components * Pitch response development and presentation * Leading company wide presentations on studio capabilities + work * Leadership, mentorship and escalation - producers on projects under my remit * Inter-agency/cross-agency productions * Client communication + management Creative: * Copy writing - inc interview questions, narrative action * Story Director - inc script development, running interviews * Director - inc directing talent on set, framing up shots with Photographer/DP, calling action * 1st AD - inc shooting schedule build * Keynote Design - inc PPB Global film production: * Extensive experience filming internationally - malawi, Senegal, India, China, Bangladesh, Guatemala , Mexico, Barbados, Dominica, Dominican Republic , UK, Europe, USA * Ranging from nimble to broadcast production * International crewing * visa and film permit research and acquisition * Travel manifest development + management * Refugee camp film access process * Experience filming in Rural and geographically obscure locations * Local policy research and on the ground negotiations * Insurance * HSE planning + oversight - inc vaccines, risk evaluations, ongoing tension tracking * Select Clients: Infiniti global, QuickBooks, Apple, BMW, EMC, CLF

Agency production: * Brief development * Account + creative team collaboration and oversight * complex in-house and third party Procurement and cost consultant negotiations inc triple bid and documentation * Vendor sourcing and management - inc director, DP, Photographer, production partner, service production company, paymaster, signatory * Influencer collaboration * Client contract drafting, execution and management Inc SOWs and CRs * Running + documenting project Post mortems Non-profit production: * multiple international trips across several non profit clients * Ranging from mid to high risk locations * Coordinating logistics across local partners on the ground * Leveraging real locations + talent * Developing team HSE protocol * Local Dignitary filming - inc protocol + security * Research + Integration of local custom into shooting plan * Select Clients: Clara Lionel foundation, every mother counts Celebrity production: * Celebrity talent * Celebrity founded client partnerships * Celebrity stakeholders * Clients: QuickBooks, Clara Lionel foundation, every mother counts Project Management: * Ownership of schedule * Client comms - pre production, on set and across post * Deliverable list development + management * Coordinating stakeholder meetings * Managing feedback * Media delivery - paid and organic

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Line production: * Development of Directors treatment * Budget development + management * Business affairs collaboration inc vendor + talent contracts, PO (client and internal), OOP invoice and payment schedule management * Crewing - inc focus on DE&I * Spec development * Locations sourcing * Casting - union + non * Support + collaboration across units - camera, Wardrobe, art dept, HMU, locations * Production schedule build + oversight * Catering * Insurance declaring + certs * Drone - inc permit research + insurance * Shooting schedule build + management * Shot list development * Running PPM * HSE - inc COVID protocol development + execution * sustainability on set - composting, recycling and reduction of waste, water stationsSocial-first production: * Nimble and agile approach - inc defining when this is the right fit * Scaling crew, EQ, locations * Crewing leads for versatility of skillset to wear multiple hats and access further efficiencies * Shooting for IG, TikTok, FB, Pinterest * Select Clients: BMW, QuickBooks, ASICS, Nissan Post production * Managing artists directly or working with third party vendors * Workflows: * Editorial - custom and stock/existing, inc colour grade + VFX * Motion graphics * Animation * Illustration. inc cel animation * Music + sound oversight inc. custom score workflows * Rights managed assets: * Music, still and video assets * sourcing * licensing * Development + management of post production schedule * Legal - inc reviews + disclaimer management * Production design supervision + integration * QA - Inc Uploading of assets to client DCH * Localization + transcreation - inc. subtitles * Accessibility

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

I joined this local brand with a legacy of great coffee and modern cafes to add connected community and engaging events to their repertoire. In a little over a year and with the full support of co-founders and owners Phil + Seb, we brought to life a colourful and varied series of offsite and in-cafe events alongside paid and community cafe pop-ups that leveraged and gave back to the powerful partnerships of this strong brand - and introduced some new one's I brought into the mix. The result was a weekly calendar spanning 5+ venues and covering off crib, comedy, pop up kitchens, live music, art shows and speaker series plus a roving mobile cafe that popped up at places like the Alberta Children's Hospital and The Calgary Drop-in Centre offering free lattes to people who could use a pick-me-up. From initial creative concepting and partnership engagement through budgets, execution and traditional and social media promotions, I owned it from end to end. On the flip side, I amped up the paid catering + events side of the biz with a strategy refresh and an evolution of the offering to include private cafe rentals and a mobile cafe service packaged up in a thoughtful promotional campaign. As the sole contact for these direct to client lines of business, I promoted to my network and beyond, fielded inquiries, built customer budgets, resourced staff, brewed coffee (so much coffee) and setup and ran events.#thankyoucaffeine

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

When I moved into the role of Event Producer, that's when the BANG of the Whiz-bang really came into play. The growth came with oversight of and collaboration with an Event Coordinator. Together we built out event budgets against creative we sold through to clients, engaged and liaised with a multitude of vendors across all elements of the event plan, mitigated risk by making plan A, B, C (and most often D) and brought the whole thing to life onsite time and time again. In between events, I attended creative event conferences across North America, joined local and international event organizations to learn and grow in my craft, and represented my productions to accept awards that celebrated the spark. My favourite event as a Producer was for the National Music Centre, their signature fundraiser dubbed "Out Loud", held at an old antiques warehouse.The logistics were a puzzle I lived to solve and in the end we had a red carpet backed by a towering step-and-repeat wall built out of custom speakers, old instruments turned art installations with colourful paint splattering the walls and thousands of people coming together to support a new home for music in Canada. Whiz, bang.

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

e=mc2 events is where I first learned the term "Whiz Bang" - def; lively or sensational; fast-paced. That pretty much sums up my experience at this internationally acclaimed event production agency.My first 18months were spent as an Event Coordinator, soaking up all I could under my Event Producers and leading elements such as R&D to support creative, staff + volunteer management, contracts + fulfilment, registration + onsite coordination. The highlight reel of my time in this role would have to include Coordinating "The Night That Never Ends" for the Toronto International Film Festival, a James Bond themed event to commemorate the first ever Bond film that included an after party on a barge on Lake Ontario complete with a helicopter and sea-doo action scene in the heart of downtown Toronto.

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

My first "real" job out of University introduced me to the wild and wonderful world of the Arts, joining the development team at the CPO to help fundraise through a non-stop annual special event portfolio that gave my creative x logistics brain the opportunity to flourish. And I loved every minute of it. The development team was small but our fundraising goals were audacious and with our audience representing the upper crust of the Calgary philanthropic community, that translated into a lot of pressure on the special events to engage with the community on their level in order to hit our targets. The doors of every top tier venue in the city swung open to show their support for the CPO, so I got to work pairing them up with inventive themes playing off the concert season and innovative partnerships to bring my visions to life. Building and submitting portfolio budgets to the board while aligning on fundraising targets lay the foundation for a season of 20+ events. From 200 person afterparties to 2 week long wine and art festivals and everything in between, I oversaw all elements, leveraging my team and partners to steer the ship across the vast sea of parties so that the glorious CPO may stay afloat year after year.The result was a powerful and lasting educations in event based fundraising, classical music and fine wine. To this day, the sound of the orchestra tuning their instruments as a hush comes over the audience makes me check for my clipboard.