JESSICA JORDAN-WRENCH, CREATIVE PRODUCER

My work crosses disciplines and contexts, held together by a common thread: my ability to bring ambitious ideas to fruition, with resourcefulness and tenacity. I have produced 100s of events - as lead producer at the Tom Thumb Theatre, as an artist (solo and with Dot Dash) and as a freelancer. I have been employed by galleries, theatres, festivals, brands and venues to produce a wide-ranging variety of events, from conception to completion, on time and within budget. Cross-discipline collaboration has always been integral to my work and I have a strong network of people I work with regularly. I am experienced in working to strict deadlines, with complex budgets and approach my work with a can-do attitude. Some favourites:

PASSING PHASE

I collaborated with a sound and lighting designer to conceive and produce Passing Phase, a sound, light, and text interaction with Dreamland’s big wheel. Within the piece individual lights in each carriage were controlled wirelessly via dmx in sync with an original score. Passing Phase could be seen from miles around, transforming Margate’s skyline. My role included identifying and sourcing specialist equipment to realise the project; liaising with stakeholders; leading on press and marketing for the piece; writing and recording the text. Passing Phase really captured the imagination of our audience. All the tickets sold out within a few hours. However, we were also delighted by the unofficial audience - people watched from the beach, people watched from the block of flats behind Dreamland, kids watched from the car park (skateboards momentarily abandoned, noses pressed against the fence).

FUTURE SIGNALS

I conceived and produced Future Signals, a morse code conversation between the University of Kent and the city of Canterbury, led by Canterbury Cathedral, using dazzling beams of light from signal lamps that could be seen from 7km away. In celebration of the University’s 50th Anniversary, Future Signals looked to the next 50 years, with individuals transmitting a 5-word hope, wish or aspiration for the next half century: their projections for the future, encoded into a pulse of light. People within the City were then invited to respond to the messages by turning their lights on and off manually three times to signal “R” (or, received as transmitted): children flashing their bedside lamps, individuals with torches pointing out of their windows, friends with phones pointed skywards. Key responsibilities included sourcing the lights and employing multiple technicians to control them; liaising with Canterbury Cathedral and the University of Kent on permissions, risk assessments etc; engaging six high profile individuals to write the messages (including Yoko Ono and Hilary Lister); producing a recording to broadcast the messages simultaneously on FM radio and liaising with a radio station to broadcast it.