Jennifer Stein
Jennifer Stein is an award-winning director and producer with executive-level experience in all aspects of event management including creative ideation, team building, production supervision, client servicing, and technical execution. She is equally at home in the commercial and non-profit environments. Jennifer has worked across Canada and internationally on large-scale ceremonies, major concert events, commissioned festival works and major corporate activations. She identifies, secures and directs top tier artists for numerous clients.
In the Sport and Entertainment sector, Jennifer was the Creative Producer for the 100th Memorial Cup Opening Ceremony in Mosaic Stadium. She has acted as the Director of Entertainment for many All-Star Game Festivals for both Major League Baseball and the National Hockey League. She served as the Creative Producer of the nightly Victory Celebrations during the TO2015 Pan Am and Parapan American Games.
Jennifer was the Festival Director of the 100th Grey Cup Festival, which welcomed over 400,000 attendees to Toronto. The festival presented more than 50 stand-alone events and used seven marquee venues.
In the corporate world, Jennifer has produced projects for Shopify, Amazon, Microsoft and TD.
For two years she served as Producer and lead curator of Union Summer, transforming the doorstep of Canada’s busiest transit hub into a true outdoor destination. Union Summer featured 10 weeks of daily multi-disciplinary programming and public engagement of all kinds. Over 600 artists performed each year.
For three years Jennifer was a Creative Producer for the Luminato Festival, an international celebration of art and creativity.
As a theatre-maker, Jennifer was the Associate Artistic Director of Young People’s Theatre. She received 2 Dora Mavor Moore Awards for her directing work. She began her career as a stage manager for theatre, opera and industrial events.
Jennifer recently earned a certificate in Entertainment Law from Osgoode Hall Law School.