FRANK FAGANMarketing/Communications/

Non-Profit ManagementBIOCONTACT

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Entrepeneurial + Freelance

31 Exmouth StreetSt. John’s, NLA1B 2E1

Tel: 709.699.4938Email: ffagan2013@gmail.com

Marketing/Communications professional with 17+ years of experience, covering a range of fields/industries from non-profit management, to arts and cultural enterprises, to Government policy/strategy development and beyond. My work has incorporated both freelance and entrepeneurialefforts, as well as multi-year direct hires, with job duties running the gamut from basic design contracts to the development of Province-wide industry-expansion programs.expansion programs.

~ Market Planning & Positioning~ Large-scale organization/project management~ Communications/PR~ Fundraising~ Policy and strategy development~ Business plan creation

JUNK2013 - present

F2 Marketing: Freelance Marketing and Communications1998- present (mix of parttime and fulltime, depending upon larger direct-hires)

St. John’s, NL

St. John’s, NL

Position/Title: OWNER (+ Marketing and Design)

Position/Title: Marketing and Design)

Professional Duties:

JUNK is a store founded by myself (with 2 business partners) in 2012, specializing in upper-end, import menswear and uniquehousewares. Store has been mentioned as “One of the Ten Places to Shop in St. John’s” by the Globe and Mail (Fall 2013).

From 1998-2011 parttime, and more fulltime since 2011, I have worked as a freelance marketing specialist, providing dedicatedmarketing, communications, PR and design services for a wide variety of clients. Covering a broad spectrum of industries, my

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~ All development and start-up work (financial, research, branding, organizational etc) required to found business.~ Overseeing staff and day-to-day operations of the business.~ Product research and development, including liasing with suppliers and arranging for exlcusive contracts.~ Design work for award-winning series of “Travel NL” posters: mentioned in/by CBC, The Globe and Mail, Spacing Magazine, Home and Cabin Magazine, The Scope, The Telegram etc.~ Developed all marketing and PR materials for JUNK (posters, online magazine.catalogues, cards etc), as well as executing overall marketing campaigns (both local , nationally and internationally; the latter for mail-order). overall marketing campaigns (both local , nationally and internationally; the latter for mail-order).

~ Non-profit adminstration~ Branding and orgnization development~ Artist management~ Creative/copy writing~ Event planning~ Graphic design

FRANK FAGAN

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Entrepeneurial + Freelance

Fulltime Positions

Film Producers Association of NL2005 - 2011

Government of NL - Dept of Tourism, Culture and Recreation2008 (Temporary/Contract Position during leave of absence from Film Producers Assoc)

St. John’s, NL

St. John’s, NL

Position/Title: Executive Director/Director of Marketing

Position/Title: Program Officer: Export and Cultural Industries

Notable Clients/Projects:

Professional Duties:

Professional Duties:

~ Overall responsibility to encourage the national and international growth of the NL film and television industry - arranging financing, distribution and broadcast deals for complete productions and others in development.~ Creation and administration of the Association’s major marketing programs (ACOA and Govt NL)~ Creation of the guiding strategic plan for the Association, as well as developing its export goals and projects.~ Organizing large-scale events at, and forays to major annual, global film festivals/markets: Cannes, Berlinale, Sundance, Toronto, Los Angles etc. ~ Working with a Board of Directors, running the day-to-day operations of the Association, and providing direct marketing~ Working with a Board of Directors, running the day-to-day operations of the Association, and providing direct marketing and communications assisatnce to individual members/projects - marketing plans, design, PR campaigns etc.

~ Creating cultural export policies, as well as initiating cultural export projects for NL’s film, publishing and music sectors.~ Re-envisioning and administering basic marketing/funding support programs for NL’s cultural industries.

Incorporated in 1989, the NL Film Producers Association represents all the major film, television and new media producers in NL,working to foster the growth of the industry, and increase its national and international reach/audiences.

Short term contract to work within the Arts portfolio of the Dept of Tourism, Culture and Recreation, developing their exportsupport program/projects, as well as administering portions of their Cultural Economic Development Program.

services were often focused on the development of new markets, larger communications campaigns, and re-envisioning organizations/projects/clients in terms of their operational capabilities and focus. Work ran the full range from smaller graphicdesign and branding specific projects, to the orchestration of large international marketing campaigns.

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~ MUSIC: MusicNL, ECMA, Pamela Morgan, Figgy Duff, Anita Best, Janet Cull, NL Symphony Youth Choir and so forth. Notable projects included the securing of international distribution deals for a variety of artists/clients via annual attendence at the worlds largest music market, MIDEM (Cannes. France).~ FILM: Materials and campaign development (outside the scope of my larger work for the NL Film Producers Assoc, see further on), for over 50 film projects; those in development and/or production. Colony of Unrequited Dreams (2015), Renegades (2015), Relative Happiness (2014) etc.~ OTHER: Festival of New Dance, Boulder Publications, ADDA Press, Sheilagh O’Leary (chief of PR for her first successful ~ OTHER: Festival of New Dance, Boulder Publications, ADDA Press, Sheilagh O’Leary (chief of PR for her first successful municipal campaign), etc.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

FRANK FAGAN

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CONSULTATIVE WORK

Fulltime Positions

Association of Cultural Industries of NL2001 - 2005

Music Record Labels - variousCandleView Records (1999-2001, St. John’s)Amber Music (1998-2001, St. John’s)Nettwerk/EMI (1996-1998, Vancouver BC)

St. John’s, NL

Position/Title: Executive Director

Position/Title: Marketing Director

Professional Duties:

Professional Duties:

~ Lead representative of the province’s arts-umbrella group, representing the $400 million/year cultural industries: film, music, theatre, dance, and the visual and written arts~ Responsible for operation and administration of ACI’s various projects~ Arts sector representative on the Govt of NL’s “Cultural Policy Working Group” which drafted NL’s first ever binding cultural arts policy - the strategic guide for the entirety of the government’s support and investment in the arts.~ Leading various large cultural industries studies, including the $120K “Economic Impacts of the Arts in NL” study (2004).~ Overseeing ACI’s Human Resources initiatives, including the formation of the Cultural Human Resources Board (a joint~ Overseeing ACI’s Human Resources initiatives, including the formation of the Cultural Human Resources Board (a joint endeavour with the province’s Heritage community).

~ Member of the Provincial Cultural Policy Committee~ Member of the City of St. John’s Arts Advisory Committee (2001-2011)~ Member of the pan-Atlantic Fed/Prov Funding Commitee~ Repeat jury member for MusicNL’s Recording and Marketing Programs (2006-2011)~ Member of the City of St. John’s Special Events Committee - Liasion with Arts Advisory Committee~ Member of the pan-Atlantic Fed/Prov (ACOA + 4 Atlantic governments) Cultural Toruism Committee~ etc.~ etc.

~ Manager of all label activities and sub-contracts; developing and managing domestic and international distribution deals, album creation, artist management etc (Candleview and Amber Music).~ Responsible for the creation of the labels’ overall marketing campaigns: retail, print, touring, etc (Candleview and Amber).~ Responsible for all retail marketing and tracking of Nettwerk/EMI product, including specific projects in support of various artists and tours : Sarah McLachlan, Lilith Fair tour etc. (Nettwerk/EMI).

Established in 1998, ACI has served as a unified voice for the artists and cultural workers of NL, fostering the growth and development of NL’s cultural industries.

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~ Creating market-specific projects/events for cultural export products as a part of Govt of NL’s “Letters of Understanding” with both Ireland and Iceland.

FRANK FAGAN

EDUCATION

REFERENCES

Dunville, NL

Windsor, ON

GRAPHIC DESIGN PORTFOLIO AVAILABLE UPON REQUESTProficient on most major graphic design programs

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University of Windsor Bachelor of Communications (Honours)1989-1993

Ed MartinProducer, Best Boy Productions & Former Chair of Film Producers Association of NL

236 Park AvenueMount Pearl, NL

Tel: 709-722-0140Email: edmartin@nf.sympatico.ca

Eleanor DawsonDirector of the Arts, Government of NL

West Block, 2nd floorDepartment of Tourism, Culture and RecreationSt. John’s, NL

Tel: 709-729-7397Email: eleanordawson@gov.nl.caEmail: eleanordawson@gov.nl.ca

Lynne WilsonProducer, Wreckhouse Productions & Former Chair of Film Producers Association of NL

42 O’leary AvenueSt. John’s, NL

Tel: 709-691-5520Email: lw@revolutionpictures.com.au

St. Anne’s AcademyHighschool Diploma (Honours)