Marina Cicionesi Jansson

• efficiently structuring data into our various cataloguing systems (in Microsoft Excel and Earthcape)

• producing high quality images and EarthCape transcriptions efficiently, always meeting taxonomy requirements and targets

• appreciated for my interpersonal skills and quickly connecting to new colleagues within our team of 60+ people as well as across departments, and for creating a positive and inclusive atmosphere
• easily working independently as well as in a team setting, taking initiatives while also consulting with curators and technicians

• coordinating short and long-term strategies and internal organisational work structures

• researching and writing grant applications

• regularly facilitating meetings and unlearning sessions

• creating illustrations for documents (proposals and strategies)

• illustrated a collection of drawings for website purposes and designed the logo for the collective. For content, please see https://www.cloudberrycollective.org

• regularly facilitates meetings in smaller and larger groups

• co-writing and editing policy papers, environmental research repots and giving feedback on news articles and blog posts

• engaged in organisational decision making, budget and salary planning as well as engaged in networking nationally and internationally

• part of the communication working group and produces original graphic design, photography, videography and written content

• creating illustrations for an upcoming book publication as part of Chute’s new album release (to be published September 2025), “translating” Chute’s music into drawings mediating the stories behind the songs

• photographing concerts and smaller gigs, with postproduction in Photoshop

• copywriter for Chute’s website and news letters

• researched the biofuel and biomass industry in Sweden, the deforestation, biodiversity loss, and land degradation caused by it, as well as the challenges experienced by local communities.

• collected, processed and presented data about emission rates, production capacities (electricity, pulp and paper mass), forest health and biodiversity loss, red listing, land violations, wood sources/origins and plantation rates

• critically engaged with climate change policies and

legislations on national, EU and international levels

• wrote a 70 pages report, including self-produced photographs and post-production in Photoshop

• worked together with a large team of scientist and campaigners in the editing process of the report

• the results have been used as part of various campaigns and as materials for ongoing investigative journalism by leading journalists (including Lisa Röstlund) from one of Sweden’s major newspapers, Dagens Nyheter

• independently planned and conducted a field trip to Sweden, visiting paper and pulp industrial sites, producing photography materials

• photographed 600 specimens per day, meeting targets and providing high quality results while handling fragile archival materials

• processed capture data in Microsoft Excel,Access and Themis, meeting administrative requirements according to schedule

• curated good relationships with colleagues within the Max team and with in-house teams across Kew’s departments; worked closely with curators and botanists

• designed a website for the Inuit dancer and artist Elisabeth Heilmann Blind. Collaborated closely with Heilmann Blind from idea to final product.

• showed great attention to details, from colour schemes, layout and copywriting materials. For content, please see https://www.elisabethheilmannblind.com

• developed the social media channels and digital marketing strategies for both short and long-term planning (1-3 years), centring decolonising and Sámi perspectives, land rights and the biodiversity crisis, deforestation and the forestry industry

• responsible for highlighting different Indigenous Sámi people's voices, their oppressions, resistance and reparations work

• content creator producing digital assets: original graphic design, copywriting, and photography

• helped grow the Instagram channel from zero to 5000 followers and the Facebook page from zero to 3 500 followers within a year

• secured fundraising opportunities through digital mobilisation and cultivated long-term relationship with donors

• networked and built partnership nationally and internationally with scientists, stakeholders, influencers, activists, politicians, NGOs and the public

• organised and facilitated meetings for the overarching organisation

• coordinated the communication working group, supported volunteers in their communication activities

• organised internal organisational development by starting a working group to prevent and foster a zero-tolerance policy on sexual exploitation and abuse, bridging our work with other grassroots groups and NGOs in Sweden and the UK

• fostering decoloniality, inclusivity and equality internally in the organisation by starting a book club focusing on Sámi history and Swedish colonialism

• organised a protest action in London targeting the Timber Trade Federation, supported by a coalition of grassroot groups

• for content please see @skogsupproret

• worked closely with the team to maximise the 2-5-year-olds outdoor experiences

• created literary, numerical and creative activities for the children through which they learnt about how to care for one another, the local wildlife, plants and water-landscapes and the living earth as a whole
• showed good communication and co-facilitation with parents and extended family members

•facilitated the Instagram page by reposting about actions, activities and events from Climate Justice and Women's Rights Groups, BLM, family, children and climate emergency groups - centralising marginalised voices and amplifying intersectional thinking from “glocal” perspectives

•produced original graphic design, photography, videography and written content

• created digital mobilisation for the intersectional initiative “movements of movements” in London

•community garden participant, bringing green areas back to central London; regularly organised meetings and workshops

•actively networked and organised across XR groups, other climate grassroots groups and NGOs in the UK and Sweden to prevent racism, xenophobia, gendered discriminations and oppressions as well as helping to solve already ongoing causes

• for content please see:https://www.instagram.com/xr_london?igsh=bm5peHMyMGFvdnFj

• researched, translated (in English and Swedish) and wrote applications for cultural grants

• showed strong abilities to liaise and work harmoniously with many internal and external stakeholders, institutions and artists

• networked nationally and internationally, building strong and long-lasting collaborations with stakeholders

• created and maintained strong and positive relationships between artists and their representatives

• identified target audiences and strategically acted to engage them

• carried through risk assessments and planned budgets weekly
• created schedules and email updates for the team to facilitate positive and constructive internal work processes, focusing on quality, inclusivity, creativity and growth

• confident in multitasking and collaboratively proficient in meeting deadlines

• helped our internal communication flourish by making our multilingualism (in French, Swedish, English and Spanish) our strength, facilitating inclusivity, equality and joy

• the collaboration was successful and resulted in a substantial grant given by The Swedish Art Council in 2019

• co-script writer and researcher for a production of Brecht’s Mother Courage, facilitating eco-feminist perspectives

• co-director together with textile designer Chiara Pellizzer for Expedition: Freedom, a performance project exploring climate justice, rewilding and freedom in post-industrial landscapes
• long-term experience of working with artists from many different fields
• responsible for developing the project, organising meetings, site-specific performances and financial applications
• showing great awareness of new key audiences and actively shaping the right means to target them
• thriving in independent responsibilities and initiatives in collaborative processes; showing constructive ways of handling problems and finding solutions,
• high level and standard of interpersonal skills, easily establishes new relations internally and externally and flourishing in maintaining long-term collaborative relations with artists, stakeholders and other co-workers
• excellent communication skills and the ability to create and maintain a positive, inspiring and equal work atmosphere.
• photographer for the project