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LongBiographyJacobBeatonPresident/Crea7veDirector
Agi;forbringingpeople,ideasandculturalwisdomtogetherdis7nguishesJacobBeaton,PresidentandfounderofCopperMoon.Inaddi7ontoprovidingtheoverallvisionanddirec7onforthecompany,JacobactsasCrea7veDirectoronkeyprojects,bringinghisuniquecombina7onofskills,experienceandknowledgetotheforetohelpclientsarriveatcrea7vesolu7onstotheircommunica7onsneeds.
Withmorethan10yearsofexperienceinthecombinedfieldsofmediaandtechnology,Jacob’sforteiscrea7veproblemsolvingusingawidevarietyofvehicles.Applyingauniqueandthoroughdiscoveryprocess,Jacobworkscloselywithclientstodevelopasolu7onthatmeetstheirunderlyinggoals.Forclientsinboththeaboriginalandmainstreamarenas,hehascreatedfilms,videos,websites,andprintcommunica7onsthatareatonceinspiringandfunc7onal.Inaddi7on,Jacob’sdiscoveryapproachtypicallyyieldsvalueaddedoutcomesthataddresscommunitygoals,suchasjobcrea7onandtraining.Jacobisanimpassionedandengagingworkshopleaderandguestspeaker,andconsultsregularlyoncommunica7onsstrategy.
Jacob’sownculturalheritageaddsadepthofunderstandingtoprojectsforaboriginalclients,par7cularlythoseseekingtobridgethegapbetweencultures.OfTsimshianandEuropeanancestry,JacobisthegrandsonofGraceVickersoftheEagle(LaxSgeek)clanofKitkatlaandArthurVickers,andthesonofRoderickBeatonandPatriciaJuneVickers.HewasraisedinGitskanterritoryandremainsconnectedtothisheritage.Jacob’sworkisdrivenbyapassionatedesiretofacilitateposi7vechangeintheaboriginalcommunity.
Recognisedasavisionaryearlyon,JacobwasthefirstwinneroftheBeaconHillCommunica7onGroup’smediascholarshipin2002.Thatsameyear,hewasoneoffouraboriginalCanadiansfeaturedinthefilm'OutoftheShadowsofSilence'andin2003,attheageof22,hewasFocusMagazine’s“manoftheYear.”In2005JacobwasoneofthreeCanadianaboriginalentrepreneursprofiledonCBCtelevisionforNa7onalAboriginalday.Mostrecently,JacobwononeoftheinaguralBCAboriginalBusinessAwardsas“YoungMaleEntrepreneuroftheYear.”
BeforeestablishingCopperMoonin2001,Jacobworkedasafreelancewebdesigner,taughtwebdesigntosecondaryschoolstudents,andgavecomputertrainingattheVictoriaNa7veFriendshipCentre.Healsomadeanumberofdocumentaryfilmsconfron7ngsuchcri7caltopicsassexualabuse,thesilencesurroundingAIDSandhealthissuesarounddiabetes.
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