Industry veteran coming to #HollywoodNorthBay

A big announcement for the film and TV industry locally.

Jordan Schinkel, a 20-year industry veteran is coming to North Bay to oversee post-production development in the north, supporting the multi-year partnership between The Stratagem Group and Canadore College.

He’s now Strategem Post-Production’s Director of Northern Operations.

“We continue to see the largest growth of film and television production outside of traditional markets, which makes it the perfect time to strengthen the foundation of Post-Production services in Northern Ontario,” says Schinkel. “At the foundation of this industry are the dedicated people who work hard to create quality content and tell their stories. We are excited to be able to provide infrastructure, resources and highly-skilled talent, so they can achieve their visions right here in the North.”

As part of The Stratagem Group’s multi-year partnership with Canadore College of Applied Arts and Technology, an innovative North Bay college offering advanced film, post production, television, digital media, and entrepreneurship learning; Schinkel will supervise the exclusive operations of the College’s state-of-the-art 5,000 sq.ft. post-production complex, including one of North America’s top Dolby ATMOS 4K Theatres.

He will continue to collaborate with Canadore College to enhance academic training, as well as play a key role in the design and development of other post-production facilities and services to broaden capacity for an industry that has grown exponentially in Northern Ontario over the past several years.

“We are excited to have Jordan join the Stratagem-Canadore Post-Production initiative. His experience and commitment will expand the capabilities of our post-production facility; and benefit the entire industry as we continue to add resources to support the television and movie industry in the North,” says George Burton, President of Canadore College.

Schinkel joins a highly skilled team of screen industry leaders and experts lead by The Stratagem Group’s founder and CEO Michael Cerenzie, who oversees a collective of creative companies that strategically advises, curates, services, and produces television and digital streaming projects through every phase of the production pipeline. Stratagem Post-Production is part of an integrated ecosystem that offers forward-thinking solutions in studio development and infrastructure (Stratagem Studios), operations and logistics (Stratagem Rx), labour and training (Stratagem Workforce), and financing solutions (Stratagem Financial) for the creative sector.

“We are excited to be able to offer post-production services to our clients as part of the Stratagem Rx’s suite of services, and to be an active partner with Canadore College in the expansion of Ontario’s Northern production hub,” says Alex Lalonde, COO of Stratagem Rx. “Jordan’s many years of experience in post-production will be a formidable asset to Stratagem Post-Production, Stratagem Rx, Canadore College, and most notably to the film and TV industry already flourishing in Ontario’s North.”

Schinkel brings 20 years of industry experience working at some of Canada’s premier production houses.

He began his career at CTV Southwestern Ontario working his way through every aspect of technical operations, before settling in Toronto as a freelance editor and post-production consultant.

Schinkel quickly gained industry recognition as a Post Supervisor and workflow specialist on shows for CBC, Discovery and Food Network Canada, and was Manager of Factual Post-Production, East Coast for eOne Entertainment.

Most recently, he was the Managing Post-Supervisor at Guru Animation Studio, overseeing content delivery to industry leaders including Netflix, Disney and CBC Kids.

Under Schinkel’s leadership, Stratagem Post-Production is primed to set the standard for post-production in the North to offer affordable, top-tier “sound and light” services that encompass a wide range of post-production needs, from DIT and dailies workflows to full-service audio and video finishing, with unmatched fibre optic bandwidth, an ADR recording room, and an industry-standard Colour Correction suite with a fully calibrated SONY BVM- X300 4K OLED grading monitor.

(Photo above by station staff, photo below submitted)