INTRODUCING: BUILDING OTV (QUARTER 1 // 2021)

Welcome to Building OTV, an intentional space we are carving out for you to keep up with the OTV Leadership Team (Elijah McKinnon, Sarah Minnie and Chris Walker)! Join us here as we share quarterly updates about operations, development  exhibition and all things OTV. 

Get your teacups ready and prepare to explore in real-time what it’s like to build an independent media non-profit and platform through an intersectionality liberated lens. The OTV Leadership team comprises Head of Artist Development and Production (HOAD+P), Sarah Minnie; Head of Marketing and Exhibition (HOM+E); and the Co-Founder and Executive Director (ED), Elijah McKinnon). 


BUILDING OTV W/ THE OTV LEADERSHIP TEAM


Tune in as Elijah McKinnon, Co-Founder and Executive Director, takes on a journey through their plans over the next couple of months.

In addition to supporting Chris and Sarah with all things OTV, they will be overseeing OTV’s restorative justice roadmapping, outlining fundraising goals for FY23-FY25, defining OTV’s accessibility plan, programming #4theQulture and more. Listen closely as to how you can support them and why they are choosing to prioritize these goals over the next few months.

Connect with Elijah via admin@weareo.tv

Check out what Sarah Minnie, Head of Artist Development and Production is conjuring for the year as it relates to Artist’s individual development and Artist development related program structure.

Learn how Sarah is taking OTV’s previous organic approach for developing and mixing in a bit of finesse and strategy. Find ways to show up and show out for upcoming programs.

Connect with Sarah via development@weareo.tv

Come aboard as Head of Marketing and Exhibition, Chris Walker, taps into the spring wave of programming and releases. They discuss the current March social media activation which shares tips from femme-identified creators across social media platforms.

They also introduce new program, #OTVFeatures and what’s coming to #OTV Features in April. There’s a peek behind the curtain at #OTVTonight, #OTVLIVE and more. There’s also a brief nod to #4thequlture. If you’re reading this, you can get involved. Watch to find out how.

Connect with Chris via community@weareo.tv