MAVN

MAVN (Marshall Audio-Visual Network, pronounced “maven”) is a business that provides project-based creative, technical, and media distribution support for businesses, start-ups, not-for-profit organizations and independent artists and production houses. Focused on hiring, contracting and crews made up of primarily gender spectrum, femme identifying and underrepresented technicians. With specialize

d training in video production, marketing and music management, combined with knowledge of independent public and private markets, MAVN helps sole owners and small organizations achieve the look and feel of their project or brand in order to drive it out to domestic markets and beyond. Whether it’s marketing channel/materials creation, scripted content, social media, documentary or music videos, MAVN can support new media projects from inception through market disseminate. Businesses that need promotional materials, artists who need media support and market documentation, galleries that need technical installation and event support; all can benefit from MAVN’s eclectic no-era visual expertise. MAVN’s breadth of experience over several media platforms provides organizations with media and event problem solving, strategic planning and production design on a project based price range. MAVN is directed by Lesley Marshall, an intermedia artist currently working as a producer and consultant for independent audio visual projects and promotional media through her company MAVNetwork for hire in Canada/USA. An award-winning filmmaker with films appearing in 40 festivals nationally and internationally, music videos by Lesley have been featured on Rolling Stone, American Songwriter, Vice, Exclaim!, Brooklyn Vegan, Aux, Rookie Mag, Stereogum, ClashMag and UPROXX. Lesley’s cinematography and editing of the 2019 Inside Out selected webseries “Village Legacy Project” can be seen on OutTV. Lesley’s first documentary web series “Dollar Bin DJ” was shortlisted for Telefilm Talent To Watch and WIFTV IDM Accelerator in 2018. In 2022, Lesley received full funding for her current documentary, the Illegal Midwives of Vancouver Island from the BC Arts Council and broadcast support from CBC for documentary short, The Colour Orange. Lesley is the founder of MAVNetwork, a production company focused on inclusive crews working with Netflix, Vox Media, TD Bank, MLB and many more. Projection art by Lesley has been performed at the National Art Centre, Montreal Jazz Fest, CentrePHI and in galleries in NYC, Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa and the Netherlands.