Okiki Podcast 24: Jacqueline Conway- Leading in Fashion & Entrepreneurship while Empowering a Community
When I first met Jacqueline, it was at a marketing event called FUZE. I spotted her and Mandy, and I was a huge fan of their work with the Saskatoon Fashion and Design Festival, the only festival of its kind in our city. At the time, there wasn’t a spot to fill out for volunteers at the site, so I went up to them and volunteered myself. Not only did they add me to the team, I got to be a member of the board for two years following that first event.
When I launched Okiki Consulting, I was looking for some internship opportunities, and this was when Jacqueline barely knew me and worked with the SaskTel Saskatchewan Jazz Festival. Even then, she was willing to meet up with me for coffee on her lunch break and even give me some early career advice. It is so exciting for me to share this episode with you from someone I truly respect as a leader in fashion and entrepreneurship in my community.
Jacqueline Conway is an award-winning marketer and published fashion stylist with 10+ years experience based in Saskatoon, SK.
Her professional experience includes spearheading Canada's first fashion association with Mandy Pravda, launching Saskatchewan's first children's museum, Nutrien Wonderhub, driving 375,000+ people to Saskatchewan's largest music festival over 5 years as Marketing Director, and co-producing the largest outdoor fashion festival in Western Canada to date.
Her professional awards and nominations include the Marquee Event of the Year for the 2016 SaskTel Saskatchewan Jazz Festival, named an it Girl for Saskatoon in the nationally published magazine FASHION, and nominated for a Western Canadian Music Award for Impact in Music Marketing.
Her company, TrendBlazer Studio, provides marketing and branding services for professionals developing personal brands in the coaching and consulting space throughout North America. As well, she is the Vice President of the Saskatchewan Fashion Association working to establish fashion as the next creative sector recognized and supported by the provincial government.
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KEY TAKEAWAYS:
Jacqueline and Mandy started SFDF to bring a lens to the fashion industry in the City of Saskatoon and help designers grow their businesses.
It is important that whatever you build is working towards building a legacy.
Jacqueline’s mantra is that everything should be IMPACTFUL, MEANINGFUL and SOPHISTICATED.
Sometimes you need to simplify to amplify. Start where you are, lay down the building blocks and build that community.
Creation over competition is critical now more than ever in the fashion industry, especially in light of social media, anxiety, and mental health. We are all in this together.
Connect with Jacqueline:
Website: https://www.trendblazer.studio/
Email
jacqueline@trendblazer.studio
Instagram
@trendblazerstudio
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ABOUT FIYIN:
Fiyin Obayan is the founder of Okiki Consulting, where she helps business owners communicate their personal brand or company brand stories through video content, in order to communicate to their target audience.
She has been participating in video storytelling for 9 years starting with her previous Myspace Channel, and to her personal YouTube Channel. As an entrepreneur, She has learned to develop that skill for the social media and now specialized in using it for the LinkedIn platform. Through posting regular content from September 2019, She has gone from 1000 connections to 8000 connections on the platforms and gained clients and she wants to empower others to do the same.
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