Alanna Smith
Media & Communications Manager Production Coordinator, Special Projects
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolAlanna Smith is a seasoned media and communications manager with a decade of experience shaping the public presence of high-profile art and documentary projects, currently managing global communications, marketing and production coordination for photographer Edward Burtynsky. She blends strategic brand-building with hands-on execution—designing and maintaining websites, managing social channels and press outreach, handling image licensing, and producing sponsorship and grant materials. Comfortable in both creative and technical spaces, she brings junior UX and front-end skills plus early AI/NLP experience as a former AI trainer, which informs her data-aware approach to storytelling and engagement. A practiced copywriter, editor and ghostwriter, she also lectures on professional practices and continually pursues creative writing, bringing a filmmaker’s and poet’s sensibility to projects that intersect art, tech and social impact.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Postgraduate Certificate, Creative Writing, Postgraduate Certificate, Creative Writing at Humber CollegeBachelor's Degree, Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, Bachelor's Degree, Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts at Queen's University
Github Skills (11)
custom-domain10
gulp8
static-assets8
domain-name7
jekyll6
codebase5
frontend4
static-site-generator2
react1
redux1
react-redux1
Github contributions (5)
alannajoanne/alannajoanne.github.io
Jan 2016 - Mar 2024
alannajoanne.com
Contributions:34 PRs, 421 pushes, 7 branches in 8 years 3 months
shootsofficial/shootsofficial.github.io
Jan 2016 - Apr 2016
Contributions:195 commits, 75 PRs, 79 pushes in 2 months
gulpluckcodebaseproductioncustom-domain
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