Hi, I’m Jess.

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Currently based out of Malmö (Sweden), I specialize in Communications and “the human side” of science, technology, and innovation.

More specifically, this entails:

Supporting Knowledge Sharing & Dialogue
Nurturing Stakeholder Relations & Engagement
Building Innovation Ecosystems & Networks

Certified Project Management Professional (PMP®)
MSc. in Business Administration
BA in Communications

ABOUT ME

My Philosophy

I believe that great work – the kind that gets your heart and soul going – can only happen when you truly believe in what you are working on, and where personal values align with the vision, purpose and/or impact of the project.

Those things that excite me?

Innovation, Education, Science, Technology, Health, Social Justice & the Environment.

IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Selected Projects

The Health and Technology District

Building an Innovation Ecosystem

The Health and Technology District is a rapidly expanding innovation ecosystem in British Columbia, Canada – bringing together researchers, entrepreneurs, startups, multinationals, educators and health professionals to translate science and technology into global innovations. Upon completion, the Health and Technology District will consist of over 1 million square feet of dedicated space across eight high-rise buildings – creating over 15,000 jobs, and contributing over $1.1 billion annually into British Columbia’s economy.

Involvement: Stakeholder Relations • Community Growth & Fulfilment • Partnerships • Brand Management • Corporate Social Responsibility • Website Development • Written Copy • Event Photography • Print Material • Digital Design • Digital Media Strategy • Events & Tradeshows • Tours • Daily Operations • Recruitment • On-Boarding & Training • Creative Management

Learn more: Health and Technology District

Brain Power Score™

Making Neuroscience Accessible

Bringing neuroscience to your fingertips, the Brain Power Score™ app (for iOS) allows users to track their brain performance by connecting a non-invasive brain sensing headband to measure and translate brain waves into a fast, objective, and trackable output number.

Involvement: Website Development • Written Copy • Print Material • Product Photography • Video Script • Collateral • Logo & App Icon Design • Digital Media Content • Stakeholder Relations • Demos • Events & Tradeshows

Learn more: Brain Power Score

Tech@NIGHT

Facilitating Connections in Tech

Tech@NIGHT is an after-hours networking experience, hosted as part of Western Canada’s largest annual innovation event: #BCTECHSummit. With its expansion into Metro Vancouver’s Fraser Valley and Lower Mainland, the Tech@NIGHT mixed-reality evening reception serves to gather edge-thinking individuals from across British Columbia to advance the emerging technology industry in Canada.

Involvement: Event Management • Stakeholder Relations • Event Marketing • Digital Media Strategy

Learn more: Tech@NIGHT

Vancouver Startup Week

Curating the Digital Experience

Vancouver Startup Week is a 7-day, city-wide initiative that connects entrepreneurs, investors, community leaders, and partners to build momentum and opportunity around Greater Vancouver’s unique entrepreneurial identity.

Involvement: Event Marketing • Digital Media Strategy • Content Curation • Photography • Live Social Media Feeds

Learn more: Vancouver Startup Week

City Centre 2: Grand Opening

Celebrating Growth

City Centre 2 is a 185,000 square-foot, 12-storey LEED Gold certified office building dedicated to housing innovative advancements in health and technology. The Grand Opening represented the official unveiling of a multi-million dollar, multi-year, large-scale development project, and saw a number of dignitaries, key community members and involved parties celebrate in a mixed-reality experience.

Involvement: Event Management • Stakeholder Relations • Event Marketing • Event Collateral

Learn more: Grand Opening of City Centre 2

Project Lokomat

Fundraising for Robot-Assisted Walking Technology

Under the mandate of helping individuals with brain and neurological disorders, stroke or spinal cord injury walk again, Project Lokomat was initiated by Neuromotion Physiotherapy + Rehabilitation to raise $500,000 for bringing state-of-the-art Lokomat® robot-assisted physiological gait rehabilitation therapy to Fraser Valley in Canada.

Involvement: Campaign Development • Managing Online Fundraiser • Digital Strategy • Website Development • Content Curation

Learn more: Project Lokomat

Match4Elsa

Campaigning for Donor Diversity

On a urgent quest to find a bone marrow donor for Elsa – a young Canadian-Ethiopian mother of two diagnosed with leukemia – we set out to increase the number of people registered in the International Bone Marrow Registry through social media campaigns, partnerships, events and targeted PR.

Involvement: Research • Stakeholder Analysis • Social Media Strategy & Execution

Learn more: Match4Elsa

Brain Awareness Week

Creating a Forum for Community Engagement

Brain Awareness Week is the global campaign to increase public awareness of the progress and benefits of brain research. It unites the efforts of partner organizations from around the world in a week-long celebration of the brain every year in mid-March.

Involvement: Event Management • Stakeholder Relations • Digital Media Strategy • Event Photography

Learn more: Brain Awareness Week

Better Students

Better Students (formerly knows as Student Media) is an educational publishing house committed to creating equal learning opportunities for students. Combining scientific research on learning (including step-based knowledge sharing, adapted granularity and worked examples) with various modes of multimedia, students are provided specialized and interactive learning tools and easily accessible, supplementary instructional materials.

Involvement: Research • Content Creation • Writing, Editing & Proofing • Search Engine Optimization (SEO) • Quality Assurance • On-Boarding & Training

Learn more: Better Students

HealthTech Connex Inc.

HealthTech Connex Inc. is a leading neuro-tech and neuro-services company focusing on cutting-edge research and development, clinical trials and rehabilitation programs for rapid impact on monitoring and improving brain performance. By pioneering technology using Brain Vital Signs and leading treatment using portable neurostimulation, HealthTech Connex is bringing brain research and neuroplasticity out of the labs and into the hands of real people.

Involvement: Online/Offline Assets • Web Development • Digital Design • Photography • Print Material • Events • Exhibitions • Tours • Social Media Management • Corporate Communications • Pitch Decks • Award Applications

Learn more: HealthTech Connex Inc.