Krisztina Kassay
Krisztina Kassay is an urbanist and cultural planner dedicated to engaging audiences through public space innovation and large scale events, bringing people together to celebrate new ideas and change in our cities.
Krisztina has over 10 years experience as a community and cultural planner at the City of Vancouver, specializing in community public spaces, capacity building and place-making, helping the City meet its greenest city, public space, social connection and active transportation goals.
Past Urban Projects
Devising, delivering and coordinating high profile events that celebrate urban life
- architectural open house tours
- design-build competitions
- temporary gallery exhibitions
- launch events
- media events
Strengths
Fantastic at event management
- committed to finding great project partners and letting them shine
- able to creatively leverage excitement around new ideas and community change
- conceptualizing and designing communications campaigns
- key message writing, speech writing, and media interview prep for project partners
Communications // Advocacy
Interested in expanding experience in advocacy and political communications
- Work closely with the door-to-door canvassers and the Communications Committee to ensure the key issues we talk to voters about are relevant and on-message.
- Member of Equal Voice, a national, bilingual, multi-partisan organizationdedicated to electing more women to all levels of political office in Canada.
Speech Writing
- Written speeches for local politicians and senior government managers on municipal public space policy and the launch of new public spaces
- Currently completing a continuing studies course on speech writing to expand and refine skills
- Currently accepting inquiries into speech writing services
Berlin Sabbatical
I'll be on a creative sabbatical in Berlin starting in Fall 2017 where I plan to immerse myself in classes on photography and drawing.
While abroad, I will be accepting inquiries into speech writing services.