My name is Jessica Merizan, like “marzipan” but spelled completely different. I’m a rogue archaeologist*, professional bard, master-of-ceremonies, polymath, curious magpie. My personal philosophy: persist in the pursuit of understanding, acceptance, and delight. This manifests as a love for solving mysteries and building elegant systems. Working with me means you'll get an even blend of strategy and creativity, through the lens of educating and entertaining, all wrapped up in a fascination with human behavior.---Featured as a community, experiential, & new media thought-leader by Xbox Magazine, SyFy Channel, Forbes, Twitter, EA Games, and other major digital outlets/trade publications. Known for creative campaigns that increase engagement to fuel evangelism while maintaining positive and inclusive online destinations, including tentpole franchises for film, television, and video games, as well as for emerging technology such as HoloLens, MR/XR/AR/VR, AI + IoT ubiquitous computing. Deep affinity for collaborating and innovating the impossible. Unique abilities include:+ Anthropological methodologies such as ethnography, qualitative surveys, archival research, material/artifact studies, and database creation & analysis. + Background in digital marketing, advertising segmentation & targeted analytics, social media campaigning, influencer/celebrity public relations, business development partnerships, and content creation.+ Passion for community outreach, hands-on education, experiential direction, event/convention/museum exhibition & production, and transmedia storytelling to produce entertaining/educational content that deepens brand affinity.+ Specialization in leading production/creative direction, agile development for software, UX & web design, product ownership, customer engagement, and metric tracking based on product usage.+ Skilled in people management, internal & external communications, building high performing teams from scratch, conflict-resolution, systems design to optimize processes, anticipating leadership needs, and shepherding groups through periods of re-organization. Self-starter with natural entrepreneurial instincts.---*Ask me about excavating a famous suffragette's backyard, 1950's trash dump, prohibition frat house, Colonial Williamsburg plantation, & Patrick Henry's cellar.The end! Let's collaborate, go on a journey, be the protagonists in a curious story. I'd love to hear from you!