collaboration / creativity / community
PURPOSE
I work with organizations that have a social or environmental mission, to share their stories of change, meaning, and purpose in creative ways.
Experience
Mountain Life - Rocky Mountains Magazine
Publisher, editor, photo editor: launched October 2021
Mountain Life is an award-winning Canadian mountain culture magazine publishing across the country since 2003 through their Coast Mountains, Blue Mountains and Vie en Montagne magazines. I joined the team to launch the semi-annual Mountain Life Rockies regional magazine and now lead local advertising sales, editorial vision, photography and illustration selections, and distribution of the magazine.
Highline Magazine
Founding publisher, creative director: October 2008 - March 2016
Highline is soul food for mountain people. I co-founded Highline Magazine in 2008 and was publisher and creative director from that time until it’s close in 2016, leading all aspects of the project including business strategy, sourcing and editing of content and photography, layout and design, website design, events promotion and operations, marketing, advertising sales, and printing and distribution.
Canmore Commons
Founding publisher, researcher, writer + web designer: January 2017 - Present
Canmore Commons is a web-based publication that provides journalistic context and resources that help the community to feel empowered with a broader understanding of the unique challenges related to urban development and the Bow Valley environment.
Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity
Marketing and development: August 2013 - March 2015
As editor of the Banff Centre Blog, I collaborated with writers and photographers from all departments helping them to capture stories about artists, performers, and events, and published these weekly on the blog. With the fundraising development team, I wrote and designed roughly a dozen custom fundraising packages used by development team to secure sponsorships from our major donors (like Husky Energy, RBC, and Rogers), resulting in over $2M in confirmed donations during my time).
Freelance creative work + consulting
January 2003 - Present
I specialize in print and online publishing, traditional and online advertising and marketing campaigns, website design, photo editing and layout, creative and promotional writing, logo design, promotional design and branding.
“Kristy Davison is simply one of the most creative and hardworking people in the Bow Valley. She has done half a dozen jobs for me over the years and I have always been impressed with what she comes up with.”
CLIENTS
Skills
Education
alberta college of art and design, calgary
BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS, PHOTOGRAPHY
mount royal university, calgary
DIPLOMA, WEB DESIGN
university of alberta
INDIGENOUS CANADA MOOC 2020
canadian marketing association
DIGITAL MARKETING STRATEGY AND INTEGRATED BRANDING
yesimadesigner.com
ADOBE INDESIGN MASTERCLASS CERTIFICATION
Awards
Best New Website (gallerieswest.ca), AMPA 2016
Calgary Herald Leadership Award
Ted Smith Award for Community Leadership
Town of Canmore Volunteer Award
Volunteer
Vice Chair for the Biosphere Institute of the Bow Valley, director since 2016
Jury member for the Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival, Book Awards since 2010
Evaluator at Beakerhead’s Banff Science Communications program in 2019
Exposure Photography Festival portfolio reviewer, 2017 festival
Volunteer hut custodian in The Alpine Club of Canada hut system since 2010
Contact
Email: kd@kristydavison.com
Text: 403.688.5103
Address: Canmore, AB