Hello from your new Marketing and Communications Manager!
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| Photography by Studio Wellbrook. |
Hello everyone,
My name is
Tobe Ifeanyi and I am the new Marketing and Communications Manager here at JAN! I was born and raised
in Lagos, Nigeria. After completing my Advanced Level studies in London I moved
to Baltimore, MD, USA where I earned a Bachelor of the Arts in Global Studies
from Coppin State University. While attending Coppin my passion for art grew as
I developed an interest in Jazz and vinyl collecting. Under the mentorship of
my Photography instructor Professor Linda Day-Clark, my passion thrived. In
2005, homesick and equipped with my 35mm Pentax K1000, I went on to create my
first body of work based on Ghana during a semester abroad and start a small
business selling my photographs.
That year I also
started mentoring middle-school children at nearby school where I realized I loved
to teach. While exploring career options I explored art management and branding
while working at Sub-Basement Artist Studios, a 12,000 sqft gallery and artist
studios in Baltimore, MD. In 2013, I relocated to Lagos, Nigeria to fuse these
creative energies into a career in Art, Marketing, Education and Branding. My
position at JAN allows me to fuse all my passions and career interests. I became
affiliated with JAN last year when I developed the concept for their 15th
Anniversary Campaign Photography during my tenure at Studio Wellbrook, Lagos.
I never imagined I’d be here writing this the
following year, but when I heard about JAN I knew I wanted to be aligned with
an organization doing all this great work for free to
its participants. After my facilitating my first volunteer teaching session
during Ready, Set, Go (RSG) in February with my amazing colleague Mrs Rita
Odiom, and seeing how the information impacted those young minds firsthand, I AM
so grateful
for the opportunity to do what I love and still impact the lives of others.
I look forward to
serving JAN and its stakeholders.
Sincerely,
Tobe C. Ifeanyi.
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