James Hetmanek
producer of creative interactive; delighter of children and adults alike
Life is a mapless quest for expertise in a field yet to be defined. I love working on projects that point me in the right direction.
I am almost always developing something new at the convergence of education, entertainment, interactive, music, and project management. These days you can find me:
- Developing the groundbreaking Project Egg Drop: a teaching tool web platform for collaborative peer based learning that practices new media literacies.
- Producing trans- and cross-media content and marketing strategies in support of Ruby Skye PI, a groundbreaking and award-winning independent web-series for tweens.
- Facilitating Eco-gardens Workshops with Foodshare Toronto and TDSB's Beyond 3:30 after-school programs.
- Refereeing and developing the great sport of Floorball.
- Recording an epic 50 song album
I have a diverse tookit assembled by:
- Studying music, government, engineering physics, math, and the business, production, and management of children's entertainment.
- Writing and producing animated interactive educational multimedia and performing over 400 shows as Mister Giant Jim.
- An internship at marblemedia interactive and also in development with Doodlebops/Mudpit producer Jamie Waese.
- Managing machine operators, a 700 hundred seat theatre, tree planting crews, and a chandlery.
- Developing websites and serving as a communications advisor for the Government of Ontario.
- Sitting on the board of Floorball Ontario as the Director of Referees and officiating hundreds of spirited matches.
- Teaching kindergarten and volunteering with Foodshare Toronto by helping to deliver healthy eating seminars to school aged groups.
- Scoring 40+ hours of theatre, writing and producing 5 albums.
- Hand planting over 1 million trees.
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