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Avery Jackson

@averyjackson

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Heritage-focused GIS specialist combining conservation, remote sensing, and community engagement.

Italy

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What I'm looking for

I seek roles combining GIS, remote sensing, and cultural heritage conservation that allow hands-on mapping, research, community engagement, and digital heritage management.

I am a heritage-focused GIS specialist with advanced training in cultural heritage conservation and geographic information systems. My academic work includes a master's thesis using remote sensing and GIS to map Roman infrastructure between Lambease and Mascula.

I have hands-on experience with ArcGIS Pro, PostgreSQL/PostGIS, remote sensing/LiDAR tools, and programming in Python, SQL, HTML, and CSS, applied across built-heritage projects and geophysical surveys.

Professionally, I have led community initiatives as a founder and charity president, created grant applications, developed websites, and served as a historical researcher and curatorial assistant for university and museum projects.

I communicate technical findings clearly to stakeholders, manage digital heritage inventories, and deliver projects under deadlines—seeking roles where I can merge GIS, conservation, and public-facing heritage work.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Charity President

Community of Clarence

Jan 2014 - Dec 2023 (9 years 11 months)

Founded and led a community charity from 2014–2023 to preserve built heritage and food security, securing grants and launching a digital footprint initiative including a community website.

Community Outreach Social Media Management Stakeholder Engagement Project Management

Historical Researcher

Acadia University

Jan 2021 - Dec 2022 (1 year 11 months)

Conducted independent research for the Built Heritage Project (2021–2022), managed cataloging and uploading of profiles to the university website, and coordinated field research trips across Atlantic Canada.

Data Cataloging Remote Work Content Management

Museum Summer Student

MacDonald Museum

Jun 2018 - Aug 2021 (3 years 2 months)

Supported genealogy research, created public exhibits, handled daily opening/closing and cash transactions during summer seasons (2018–2021).

Genealogy Research Customer Service Cash Handling Museum Operations Public Engagement

Curatorial Assistant

Annapolis Heritage Society

Jan 2021 - Mar 2021 (2 months)

Managed and streamlined museum collections database (Jan–Mar 2021), trained board members on CollectiveAccess, and handled artifacts and archival material with limited supervision, resolving over 1,000 database issues.

Collections Management CollectiveAccess Training Excel

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

University of Padua

Master of Applied Sciences, Cultural Heritage, Materials and Sites

2023 - 2025

Activities and societies: Thesis – “Mapping the Lost Road: Remote Sensing, GIS, and the Roman Infrastructure Between Lambease and Mascula”

Master of Applied Sciences in Cultural Heritage, Materials and Sites focused on conservation, restoration, and preservation with a thesis on remote sensing and GIS mapping of Roman infrastructure.

Centre of Geographic Sciences, Nova Scotia Community College

Graduate Certificate, Geographic Information Systems

2022 - 2023

Activities and societies: Independent project – An ArcGIS Pro project recording Nova Scotia’s built heritage.

Graduate certificate program in Geographic Information Systems focusing on ArcGIS Pro projects documenting built heritage in Nova Scotia.

Saint Mary's University

Bachelor of Arts (Honours), Anthropology

2016 - 2021

Activities and societies: Thesis: “Burying the Memory of the Dead: A case study of The Rev. Dr. Thomas Wood”.

Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Anthropology with minors in History and Religious Studies; thesis research on local burial memory and Reverend Thomas Wood.