Katy Littlejohn Email & Phone Number

Ottawa, On, Ca

Ottawa, On, Ca

- Leading the design, execution of hybrid annual national conference (contracts, committee leadership, programming, logistics, etc.)- Fostering meaningful relationships with culture leaders across Canada to offer network members valuable resources and support thoughtful cultural programming and policy by municipal governments- Managing, developing, executing member and public communications (newsletters, social media)- Designing membership database maintenance and strategy, analyzing data for trends, opportunities- Overseeing annual Awards program from nominations call through jury deliberation, ceremony, and communications- Administering the Culture Statistics Strategy municipal partner program through delivery of relevant research in sector data to municipalities- Committee support: Public Art Network Council; Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Access Committee; Canadian Municipal Events Alliance; Membership Committee; Culture Statistics Strategy; Summit Planning Committee; Cultural Resilience Project Steering CommitteeStrategic pivoting during the pandemic:- Implemented a new interactive website and Members Portal - Designed the National Call for Members program, which continues regularly as an adopted program- Created and managed critical communications and event planning support for Canadian Heritage-funded research project: "Cultural Resilience: Using Technology to Stabilize in Times of Crisis" https://www.creativecity.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/CCNC-CRP-Phase-One-Report-Feb-1-2022-EN.pdf- Managing relationships with stakeholders for upcoming conferences including contract protection (five conference years set at time of shutdowns)- Returned to planning national conference for sector professionals in a new hybrid format including the redrafting of budget and contract templates to consider risks and opportunities of a post-pandemic worldConference Management (Creative City Summit):- Saskatoon, SK (2019)- Waterloo, ON (2022)- St. John's NL (2023)

Kingston, Ontario

Notable Projects:Marketing strategy and outreach: inaugural Ka'tarohkwi Festival of Indigenous Arts, curated by Dr. Dylan RobinsonDesign, promotion, and coordination: inaugural YGK Emerging Musician Competition Copy coordination and art direction: seasonal and special house programsGeneral:Community outreach and audience developmentProject managementStrategic planningEvent coordinationCommunication strategiesStudent relationsYouth programmingPaid advertising coordination

Gananoque

Social mediaDesignVideo productionCommunity outreachAudience engagement

Niagara-On-The-Lake

While working toward the completion of my Master's, I worked in the Resource Development Department of the Shaw Festival. I was fortunate enough to work alongside several key people in the months leading up to the 2018 season. A select list of my work in this position includes:-Working with Tessitura software to pull lists and generate donor stewardship letters and appeal letters on a weekly basis-Assisting the editor of SHAW Magazine in preparing articles for the Spring 2018 issue-Data input and analysis of new members for the purposes of solidifying future strategy in Membership Services practices-Preparing prototype designs and copy of new member mailing packages for proposal-Preparing prototype designs and copy of Membership Services desk interactive touch screen for proposal-Donor stewardship and special events

Post-graduate diploma in Arts Management:- Strategic Planning- Governance- Finance and Accounting- Arts Marketing- Arts Philanthropy Master in Arts Leadership:- Cultural Policy- Contracts and Negotiations- Creative Entrepreneurship

Kingston, Ontario

Managed Social Media Assistant in their role, as well as designing, writing, and tracking geo-targeted online advertising.Multitasking within a high-pressure environment, requiring keen attention to detail, flexibility, quick decision-making, initiative, and creativity. Working closely with presenting companies to ensure individual promotional needs were met in a timely and professional manner. Developed relationships with local businesses and individuals in order to foster potential future partnership opportunities.Managed festival branding, print promotions, and website redesign launch.Designed print and digital promotions, festival program, and other festival deliverables as needed.

Toronto, Canada Area

Dancer, choreographer, and teacher in a growing company of dancers who have pursued careers off of the stage Choreographer and performer, Toronto Fringe Festival (2014)Teacher Coordinator (2014-15)Graphic Designer (2015)Costume Coordinator (2015-16)

Toronto

Starting as The Attic Arts Hub in Leslieville, the company has merged with The Box Theatre Toronto to become Brick and Mortar.- Strategic planning- Brand creation - Content creation- Print and digital promotion design- Special event planning and promotion- Social media accounts: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram- Copywriting

Toronto, Canada Area

Oxford University Press Canada- Copywriting- Project management- Print promotion: freelancer management and design- HTML email campaigns: copy- and code writing- Strategy and outreach

Toronto, Canada Area

Toronto Fringe Festival 2016 and SummerWorks- Content creation, print and digital promotion design- Online advertising- Project management

Toronto, Canada Area

Neighbourhood Business Stories project- Interviewing small business owners and writing short profiles for online editorial content- Cold calling, scheduling, interviewing, writing, photographing, fact checking, editing

Toronto, On

Junior Developmental Editor in Higher Education division- Writing and editing content for textbooks- Content creation: writing, editing, and/or formatting ancillary material to accompany texts including test banks, PowerPoint presentations, and instructor guides- Proofreading, copy editing, substantive editing- Coordinating and executing reviews of current and future titles/editions; managing reviewers and customizing questionnaires- Liaising with authors and coordinating authors with Editorial and Production departments for scheduling and manuscript needs- Editorial research and administrative duties- Market research- Regularly using Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Filemaker- Coordinating company-wide social media meeting: outlining social media outlets and potential marketing strategiesPermissions Editor- Copyright work: requesting permissions for anthologies, textbook images, cover arts

On The Danforth Online

Wrote and edited A&E articles for the Danforth and Toronto areaOnline content posted on a weekly basis for a community publicationWorked with an author team and co-editor to coordinate stories and design a posting scheduleBalanced Arts and Entertainment content with community-specific content, running features that applied to bothWrote creative pieces for content, as well as journalistic piecesPromoted the publication in the community and online

Centennial College

Designed layouts for print spreads using Creative Suite InDesign and PhotoshopWorked under Art Director with a team of designers to determine the look and style of the publicationTypeset and designed several spreads and pages within the book, including advertisementsDesigned mock-up options for cover design

Kingston, Ontario

Combined skills acquired over years of camp counselling, dance teaching, and directingDesigned syllabi for four different full-week arts programs for campers aged 4-10Designed hour-long classroom workshops to be conducted at elementary schools in Kingston and surrounding areas, as well as in Moosonee and Moose Factory, OntarioWorked eight weeks of full-time day camps as an instructor/group counsellor for campers ages 4-10 in both arts- and science-themed camps

Studied costume design and supervised the wardrobe department Organized the hundreds of costume pieces, from glasses to ball gowns, to ensure they were properly stored and accessibleMaintained the collection of pieces, which ranged from the newly built to the very old and fragile; some mending, washing, and alteringAdministered wardrobe pieces to students and outside organizations from Queen's University's multiple costume warehouses

Convocation Hall, Queen'S University

Led cast and crew in the design, casting, rehearsal and execution of a reimagined telling of Georges Bizet's Carmen, set in 1970s America

Master'S Degree, Arts Leadership

Arts Management Diploma, Arts Management And Leadership

inaugural post-graduate program year, intensive summer program

Book & Magazine Publishing, Publishing

Activities and Societies: On the Danforth Magazine onthedanforth.ca

Bachelor Of Arts (Hons), Drama (Major), English Literature And Language (Minor)

Activities and Societies: Queen's Student Opera Company - Director - Dancer Queen's Dance Club - Dancer (four seasons) Queen's Journal.

Centre For Cultural Value, Evaluation For Arts, Culture, And Heritage: Principles And Practice