Technical Production Skills:

Live audio production, patching stages, mic & speaker placement, eq, mixing FOH/monitors on analog or digital consoles, experience

using DigiDesign Venue software on SC48. Experience with Light Jockey. Skilled in team leadership, tour, event, stage & production

management, drums, backline, technical staging, setup & tear down of lighting, audio, video, props, sets, & all other event equipment.

Media Production Skills:

Mac (pref.) and PC literate, learning new applications quickly. Proficient in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, & InDesign CS4, Microsoft

Office Suite, all popular social networking tools. Skilled at creative copywriting, art direction, photography, in depth market research,

effective marketing solutions, powerful presentations with comfort speaking in groups large, small, internally or with clients.

Some Current Clients:

Freeman Audiovisual (telav), Coalition Music, IATSE Local 58, Adelaide Hall, Gladstone Hotel, Metalworks Production,  3L Sound, Cherry Cola's, Sonic Events, etc.

Production hand on various events large and small, everything from building stages, lighting rigs, video walls, back line, running props and more at venues such as Molson Amphitheater, Echo Beach, Roger's Centre, Downsview Park, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Trump Hotel, Ryerson University, Maple Leaf Gardens, Fairmont Royal York, Kool Haus / The Guvernment etc. Some notable events include: Rockstar Uproar, IFFA Awards, U2 360 Tour, UFC 129, Canada Day w/ The Tragically Hip, Vans Warped Tour, Roger Waters The Wall, OVO Festival and more.

Before entering the music and entertainment business, Vanessa Vai's main focus was in the soccer industry stemming from a career as a player and long time lover of the game turned club administrator, youth soccer trainer (ages 4-18), volunteer, competitive level referee, freestyler and coach. Vai also worked for a large soccer apparel and accessory company housing 6 brands covering every aspect of the sport. This is where Vai first utilized her education in creative advertising, harnessing skills in design for packaging, print advertising, POP, apparel design, screen printing while giving valuable insight on company marketing initiatives and reaching new heights in the soccer community.