RESUME

Matthew Miyagawa

Highlights

• Bachelor of Science - Simon Fraser University
• Over 15 years of experience in a science related field (agriculture, plant and food science).
• Co-author of various scientific journal publications.
• Experience in lead roles in animal health and food outbreaks.
• In depth knowledge of social media.  
• Presenter at Pecha Kucha 4 and various other events.
• Featured on Hypebeast: Essentials - Vancouver Design.
• Entrepreneurial Spirit - Co-founder of Finale Design, VancouverSlop.com, Breaking Bread Podcast, SlopPress.com, Sole Searching Sneaker Tour, The Promised Land Radio Show, The Urban Renewal Project Radio Show.
• Experience with working with companies such as Nike, adidas, EA Sports, New Balance, and more.

Press

• Panel speaker at Northern Voice 2011 (Blogging and Social Media Conference)
• Speaker at Rain City Chronicles
• Guest speaker at UBC Social Media Branding Panel (Style in the City)
• Speaker at Pecha Kucha 4

Published: By: Gyromite - 9:38 PM

SOLE SEARCHING

Sole Searching: A Tour Dedicated to the Sneaker was a special event celebrating sneaker collecting. Among its features, the tour showcased private sneaker collections, enthusiast art pieces, and display booths by major sponsors such as Nike, adidas and New Balance. As one of the first events of its kind, Sole Searching marked an important cultural shift, bringing early attention to an emerging group of influencers, sports and brand marketing techniques, and new consumer behaviours that now form the foundation of the multi-million dollar sneaker collecting sub-culture.

Published: By: Gyromite - 8:50 PM

BREAKING BREAD

Breaking Bread Sessions was a podcast series where hosts Matt and Vince had meals with individuals in the creative field. Influenced by Adrian Shaughnessy's graphicdesignontheradio.com, the conversations gave the listener an opportunity to be a fly on the wall to gain insight on their creative process and what made guests tick.

Published: By: Gyromite - 8:50 PM

FINALE DESIGN

Finale Design was a clothing label that took inspiration from music, pop culture, and movies. Endorsed by community figures such as The Clipse, DJ AM, and Strong Arm Steady, the label quickly became a favourite of many hip hop heads. With press coverage from a variety of sources including Hypebeast, Highsnobiety, Freshnessmag, SlamXHype, The Source and URB Magazine, Finale stockists spanned over thirty different stores around the world, including Reed Space (NYC), Grey One (Pasadena), Backdoor Bottega (Bologna), True (SF), and Black Rainbow (Paris). 

Published: By: Gyromite - 8:50 PM

URP / PROMISED LAND RADIO

The Promised Land / Urban Renewal Project were weekly radio shows covering and celebrating hip hop culture. Lasting over 12 years, the radio shows featured programming that brought attention to music not covered by the mainstream media, and highlighted the foundations and architects of the genre. With interviews with industry figures such as Russell Simmons, Masta Ace, Oddisee, J-Live etc, news on new and classic hip hop, special events, on-location broadcasts, community outreach, and in-studio performances by seminal and unsigned artists, support, listenership and reach grew every year, cementing The Promised Land and URP Radio as respected voices on the culture.

Listen to some old shows at the following url: http://urpradio.podomatic.com/

Published: By: Gyromite - 8:50 PM