Stitch Media partner Evan Jones, is a two-time Emmy Award® winner whose innovative work on interactive content for primetime television, radio, web, mobile and games have established him as a pioneer in new genres of Alternate Reality Games, Locative Media and Interactive Documentary.

His work was recognized as one of the ‘Top 10 New Media Groundbreakers’ according to the Bell Broadcast & New Media Fund. Evan’s international clients include Microsoft, Disney, FOX, CBC, Bell, Discovery and The Movie Network.

He has taught ‘Rich Media Production’, ‘Transmedia Storytelling’ and ‘Extending TV Drama Experiences’ around the world at the Canadian Film Centre, the Australian Film, Television & Radio School and the University of Southern California with Dr. Henry Jenkins.

Stitch Media partner Victoria Ha has extensive production experience in media including coordinating international news events, editing and post production supervising; production management in documentaries; and large scale, alternate reality gaming projects.

Prior to joining Stitch, Victoria worked on award-winning productions at Rhombus Media, at Discovery Channel and ABC/Disney amongst others. In 2008, she helmed a new media presentation with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra for the New Creations Festival. The project consisted of a live, multi-camera shoot and multiple projections synced with the performance of the orchestra.

Victoria is also actively on the speaker circuit and has been a keynote, panelist and participant in WIFT-T’s Executive Management Program, NBC Universal & CFC’s Crossover Canada Convergence Program, and was a SXSW panelist speaking about the ‘Future of Visual Storytelling’

Stephan MacLeod is a Halifax-based writer, producer, musician and recording engineer.

He holds an English degree from the University of Prince Edward Island, and a Recording Arts degree from the Nova Scotia Community college.

For the past year, Stephan has worked on documentaries for Bravo, The History Channel and National Geographic.

He also fronts the rock group, Windom Earle, and has traveled across the continent performing karaoke in a super-hero outfit.

A recent graduate of McMaster University, Dana holds a combined honours degree in Multimedia and Cultural Studies & Critical Theory with a minor in Sociology. Previous to joining Stitch Media, she spent a year in Geneva, Switzerland working as a Webmaster and digital communications assistant for the Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance.

Her passion for multimedia has lead to frequent collaboration with a fine artist, under the moniker 203Zebras. Together they have designed websites and Flash applications, custom buttons and t-shirts. They also created High-top Chucks and Bubblegum, an interactive comic book for which Dana was the flash and web designer.

Anna Emmanouil is the newest member of the  Stitch family. She remembers the first time she was asked what she wanted to do for a living. Besides the obvious answers: “dancer on Solid Gold” or “the next Oprah”, she opted for “Producer”.

After graduating with honours from Ryerson’s Broadcast Journalism program, she kick-started her career in the business world honing her skills in corporate video production, marketing and communications, and live event producing. Within a few short years she moved into television as a post producer, live video producer, production manager, senior researcher, and development producer where she helped create new shows for Discovery Channel. Anna has landed at Stitch as the Associate Producer on a highly anticipated interactive project to include a 3-part documentary series.

Her credits include several high-budget HD series and documentary productions seen on an International scale. She’s graced the halls of Discovery Channel, InTheoryTv , Corus, and Triangle Studios over her 13 years in the business.

Travis Bartel was born and raised on the West coast. He spent 3 years in Calgary, Alberta, working for an executive compensation firm, called Towers Perrin, valuing and analyzing stock option plans and compensation structures.

One day he and his wife decided it would be fun to have an adventure, so they packed up their car and drove across Canada. They ran out of gas in Halifax and decided to stay there.

Travis manages the business administration at Stitch Media. He has a Bachelor of Business Administration with a major in Marketing and in April 2010 will graduate from Dalhousie University with his Master of Business Administration with a major in Finance.