Our Instructors
Jelly Academy is proud to have industry leaders in digital marketing and business teaching our students. All of our instructors are practitioners in their field of expertise, living and breathing the tools, strategies and concepts they teach everyday.
Digital Ads and Analytics
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Digital Ads Instructor
Emily is an experienced Marketing Strategist, Content Marketer and Business School Instructor. At her agency, Emily and her team helps growing brands scale faster and effectively. With over a decade of experience, Emily is passionate about sharing her knowledge with growing marketers.
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Google Analytics Instructor
Jyll is passionate about making marketing simple and effective for everyone. She loves to mentor, coach, and train aspiring and experienced marketers alike.
In addition to her Google Ads coaching practice, she runs Inside Google Ads, a membership program training hundreds of marketers and business owners how to grow their campaigns, their businesses, and their skills. Jyll has worked with some of the world's largest and most sophisticated advertisers, and enjoys bringing that "insider" expertise to the masses.
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Raymond is a digital marketing executive with over 12 years of digital marketing experience. His experience spans agency and corporate from start ups to enterprise. He also educates, consults and speaking engagements on topics such as digital marketing, marketplaces and Ecommerce.
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Scott is a marketing professional, engineer, and an entrepreneur. When not running his SEO agency, Authority Factors, he uses his digital marketing knowledge to build and grow a portfolio of 80+ websites and local service-based businesses.
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Analytics Instructor
Kareem is a digital marketing leader with over a decade of experience helping organizations grow through profitable, shareable, and high-value marketing strategies. His work focuses on turning complex challenges into simple, actionable solutions that drive real results. As a Speaker and Educator, Kareem is known for making big ideas practical. Whether he’s leading workshops or hosting conversations with industry experts, he creates learning experiences that are accessible, engaging, and grounded in real-world impact. Kareem’s work spans digital innovation, leadership, and mentorship, equipping professionals and emerging leaders with the tools to thrive in a rapidly evolving economy.
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Alex is a digital marketing Swiss army knife with a passion for SEO. Since 2003, working on both the agency and client side, he has helped over 100 clients drive the right people from search engines to websites. Alex has instructed at universities in Europe and North America, ran master classes, coached teams at startups, and mentored entrepreneurs. Clients and students alike appreciate his honest and straightforward approach, technical knowledge, and customized approach to every customer and class.
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Google Analytics Instructor
With 10 years of experience as a Digital Marketing Specialist, Leah brings expertise in Facebook Ads, Social Media Management, and Content Creation to drive growth and engagement across platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and more. She is a member of the Upper Mohawk: Six Nations band, with Mohawk, Lenape, and mixed European ancestry. Her experience includes work with Indigenous Tourism BC, Pow Wow Pitch, the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation, and numerous non-profits and small businesses across Turtle Island. Leah is committed to amplifying Indigenous voices and ensuring that diverse perspectives are centred and respected.
Dedicated to reducing the challenges small business owners face, Leah strives to make digital marketing simple and accessible. She combines data-driven strategies, market research, and brand development with tools such as Google Analytics, Meta Business Suite, and Meta Ads Manager to support sustainable growth and meaningful storytelling.
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Kasey LOVES all things marketing analytics and data. With over 15 years of experience leading marketing and growth teams, Kasey specializes in RevOps (Revenue Operations), and brings growth and metrics together to help her clients succeed. A tech and spreadsheet nerd at heart, she focuses on bringing marketing campaigns to life with the data to back it up. Passionate about mentorship and teaching, Kasey has led courses on Digital Marketing, Marketing Operations, and Analytics, and is excited to be a part of the Jelly team of Instructors for all things Marketing Analytics and Decision Making!
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Digital Ads and Analytics Instructor
Warren has 13+ years of experience in marketing. His expertise crosses many facets of brand and digital marketing, including brand strategy, web design, content strategy, copywriting, SEO, analytics, online paid ads, CRO, funnels, and more. In 2018, he co-founded Ollo Metrics and has helped dozens of clients achieve unprecedented success in digital marketing.
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Google Ads & Analytics Instructor
Haley is a performance-driven 360° paid media strategist with 7+ years of agency experience leading campaigns for major organizations, national brands, and fast-growing D2C companies. She’s executed everything from high-level strategy to hands-on optimization, driving measurable growth through smart, data-backed advertising. Passionate about media education, Haley brings her practical toolkit and real industry insights to Jelly Academy to empower the next wave of marketing professionals.
Search Engine Optimization
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SEO Instructor
Warren has 13+ years of experience in marketing. His expertise crosses many facets of brand and digital marketing, including brand strategy, web design, content strategy, copywriting, SEO, analytics, online paid ads, CRO, funnels, and more. In 2018, he co-founded Ollo Metrics and has helped dozens of clients achieve unprecedented success in digital marketing.
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SEO Instructor
April is an accomplished SEO expert currently leading technical SEO in-house. She has experience working on both content and technical SEO for small businesses and large enterprise sites while at a SEO agency. She is passionate about analyzing and reporting on organic traffic metrics to identify growth opportunities.
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SEO Instructor
Mhairi (pronounced “va-ri”) is passionate about using digital marketing in unique ways to help businesses scale and grow.
As the founder of Out-Smarts Marketing, she was an early adopter of digital marketing in Vancouver. After getting a formal education in commerce, business, and traditional marketing, she expanded her knowledge through hands-on experience and continually updates her skills on the latest platforms and strategies. Mhairi enjoys helping business owners understand digital marketing and seeing them succeed. Outside of work, she can be found biking in the rain, swimming, practising yoga, fermenting “weird” foods, and visiting ancient megaliths.
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Raymond is a digital marketing executive with over 12 years of digital marketing experience. His experience spans agency and corporate from start ups to enterprise. He also educates, consults and speaking engagements on topics such as digital marketing, marketplaces and Ecommerce.
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Scott is a marketing professional, engineer, and an entrepreneur. When not running his SEO agency, Authority Factors, he uses his digital marketing knowledge to build and grow a portfolio of 80+ websites and local service-based businesses.
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Alex is a digital marketing Swiss army knife with a passion for SEO. Since 2003, working on both the agency and client side, he has helped over 100 clients drive the right people from search engines to websites. Alex has instructed at universities in Europe and North America, ran master classes, coached teams at startups, and mentored entrepreneurs. Clients and students alike appreciate his honest and straightforward approach, technical knowledge, and customized approach to every customer and class.
Email Marketing & Automation
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Email Marketing Instructor
Kelly Rusk is a highly sought-after expert in her field. Formally trained in public relations, she brings nearly 20 years of progressive experience in digital marketing, communications strategy, training, and skills development. As the founder of a thriving digital practice and industry expert, she has participated in events across Canada and the US as a featured speaker. Kelly understands and directs modern marketing strategies that perform. This includes client training and skills development, allowing for direct collaboration that enables them to find the best marketing solutions for their business.
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Khalil Guliwala is an epidemiologist-turned-marketer. He specializes in using data, CRMs, and digital marketing to inspire customer loyalty. He is also a journalist and public speaker, and believes that life is too short to have it wasted by bad marketing. Get more from Khalil by following him on LinkedIn.
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Email Marketing Instructor
Naomi is an award-winning Email Marketer with 7 years of experience working in the B2B and SaaS space. She works with small and medium-sized businesses to implement best practices, personalize their email programs, and drive engagement. She frequently presents at conferences and on webinars about Email and Lifecycle Marketing topics.
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Raymond is a digital marketing executive with over 12 years of digital marketing experience. His experience spans agency and corporate from start ups to enterprise. He also educates, consults and speaking engagements on topics such as digital marketing, marketplaces and Ecommerce.
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Kasey LOVES all things marketing analytics and data. With over 15 years of experience leading marketing and growth teams, Kasey specializes in RevOps (Revenue Operations), and brings growth and metrics together to help her clients succeed. A tech and spreadsheet nerd at heart, she focuses on bringing marketing campaigns to life with the data to back it up. Passionate about mentorship and teaching, Kasey has led courses on Digital Marketing, Marketing Operations, and Analytics, and is excited to be a part of the Jelly team of Instructors for all things Marketing Analytics and Decision Making!
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Leanne Kenny is the esteemed founder of Curve Studio's Group of Companies, dedicated to empowering small and medium size business owners. With over 6 years of distinguished digital marketing experience, she has consistently demonstrated her expertise through innovative strategies that deliver outstanding results in Social Media, SEO, Creative Branding, PR, and more. Leanne excels in transforming brand visions into impactful digital campaigns. Additionally, she is a sought-after speaker, consultant, and mentor, sharing her extensive knowledge and insights with a broader audience. Her passion for teaching ignites enthusiasm in her students, as she adeptly simplifies advanced concepts to facilitate a clear and engaging learning experience.
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Emily Baillie believes that technology should work for humans, not the other way around. That's why she delivers human-first AI and marketing workshops, keynotes, and training programs for organizations across Canada. She is a featured AI expert on CBC News Network and a Professor at McMaster University. She has trained over 4,000 people across Canada.
Public Relations and Social Media
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Social Media Instructor
For over twelve years, Deanna has supported small business owners, entrepreneurs and Indigenous communities in her social media strategy consulting practice. She brings her animated personality and cellular passion for the world of digital and loves building meaningful connections to everything she does, especially as an instructor of Social Media with Jelly Academy.
As Social Media + Digital Strategy Manager for Indigenous Tourism BC, she leads the charge in digital storytelling about the province’s rich Indigenous past and present, creating a future of empowered Indigenous economies and informed tourists who feel more connected to the roots of the province as they experience it through travel.
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Public Relations Instructor
William has spent over a decade in marketing, public relations and media. As a strategist and writer, he led communications at a provincial crown agency, started and sold a media property, and had his work published in The Globe & Mail, Maclean’s, and Billboard, among many other publications. He’s inspired by the power of a compelling story and its ability to bring people together. He studied politics and elections at Carleton University and then public relations at the University of Toronto.
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Public Relations Instructor
With over 15 years of experience, Kylie is a communications and marketing expert who has worked both in agency and in-house for Fortune 500 brands. She is the co-author of Canadian PR for the Real World, a public relations textbook used in over 30 universities and colleges. She is currently completing a PhD at KTH Royal Institute in Stockholm, with a focus in Influencer Marketing.
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Public Relations Instructor
Ben is a communications professional on paper, but a relationship builder at heart. In another life he imagined himself on the conductor's podium of large orchestras or shooting movies in Hollywood. Somewhere on the way, he fell in love with storytelling – believing communications has the power to create inclusive, generous, and responsible communities. Ben is Canada’s first self-identified Indigenous certified Communication Management Professional (CMP). He has 10 years of work experience with a focus on strategic communication planning and management.
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Leanne Kenny is the esteemed founder of Curve Studio's Group of Companies, dedicated to empowering small and medium size business owners. With over 6 years of distinguished digital marketing experience, she has consistently demonstrated her expertise through innovative strategies that deliver outstanding results in Social Media, SEO, Creative Branding, PR, and more. Leanne excels in transforming brand visions into impactful digital campaigns. Additionally, she is a sought-after speaker, consultant, and mentor, sharing her extensive knowledge and insights with a broader audience. Her passion for teaching ignites enthusiasm in her students, as she adeptly simplifies advanced concepts to facilitate a clear and engaging learning experience.
LinkedIn
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For almost two decades, Lana Rogers has worked closely with a number of the country’s top unorthodox brands to achieve autonomy, self-reliance and significant brand recognition.
Known for redefining the marketing and communications model, Lana Rogers launched Gentle Lion Communications, a strategic marketing and communications company that bids farewell to formalities and best-kept industry secrets. As the founder, Lana leads a team that merges human-centred methodologies with outside-of-the box management and execution.
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Social Media Instructor
Emily is an experienced Marketing Strategist, Content Marketer and Business School Instructor. At her agency, Emily and her team helps growing brands scale faster and effectively. With over a decade of experience, Emily is passionate about sharing her knowledge with growing marketers.
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Brittany Miller is a Personal Brand Strategist, Fractional CMO, and LinkedIn expert who helps founders and service providers build clear, strategic personal brands online. Through her signature Personal Brand Core 4 and 5P’s Framework, she helps leaders become known for their expertise so they can attract premium clients, generate aligned opportunities, and convert LinkedIn visibility into real business results.
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Google Analytics Instructor
With 10 years of experience as a Digital Marketing Specialist, Leah brings expertise in Facebook Ads, Social Media Management, and Content Creation to drive growth and engagement across platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and more. She is a member of the Upper Mohawk: Six Nations band, with Mohawk, Lenape, and mixed European ancestry. Her experience includes work with Indigenous Tourism BC, Pow Wow Pitch, the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation, and numerous non-profits and small businesses across Turtle Island. Leah is committed to amplifying Indigenous voices and ensuring that diverse perspectives are centred and respected.
Dedicated to reducing the challenges small business owners face, Leah strives to make digital marketing simple and accessible. She combines data-driven strategies, market research, and brand development with tools such as Google Analytics, Meta Business Suite, and Meta Ads Manager to support sustainable growth and meaningful storytelling.
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Emily Baillie believes that technology should work for humans, not the other way around. That's why she delivers human-first AI and marketing workshops, keynotes, and training programs for organizations across Canada. She is a featured AI expert on CBC News Network and a Professor at McMaster University. She has trained over 4,000 people across Canada.
Growth Marketing
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Kasey LOVES all things marketing analytics and data. With over 15 years of experience leading marketing and growth teams, Kasey specializes in RevOps (Revenue Operations), and brings growth and metrics together to help her clients succeed. A tech and spreadsheet nerd at heart, she focuses on bringing marketing campaigns to life with the data to back it up. Passionate about mentorship and teaching, Kasey has led courses on Digital Marketing, Marketing Operations, and Analytics, and is excited to be a part of the Jelly team of Instructors for all things Marketing Analytics and Decision Making!
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Raymond is a digital marketing executive with over 12 years of digital marketing experience. His experience spans agency and corporate from start ups to enterprise. He also educates, consults and speaking engagements on topics such as digital marketing, marketplaces and Ecommerce.
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Growth Marketing Instructor
Haley is a performance-driven 360° paid media strategist with 7+ years of agency experience leading campaigns for major organizations, national brands, and fast-growing D2C companies. She’s executed everything from high-level strategy to hands-on optimization, driving measurable growth through smart, data-backed advertising. Passionate about media education, Haley brings her practical toolkit and real industry insights to Jelly Academy to empower the next wave of marketing professionals.
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Khalil Guliwala is an epidemiologist-turned-marketer. He specializes in using data, CRMs, and digital marketing to inspire customer loyalty. He is also a journalist and public speaker, and believes that life is too short to have it wasted by bad marketing. Get more from Khalil by following him on LinkedIn.
AI in Marketing
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Email Marketing Instructor
Naomi is an award-winning Email Marketer with 7 years of experience working in the B2B and SaaS space. She works with small and medium-sized businesses to implement best practices, personalize their email programs, and drive engagement. She frequently presents at conferences and on webinars about Email and Lifecycle Marketing topics.
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Raymond is a digital marketing executive with over 12 years of digital marketing experience. His experience spans agency and corporate from start ups to enterprise. He also educates, consults and speaking engagements on topics such as digital marketing, marketplaces and Ecommerce.
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Emily Baillie believes that technology should work for humans, not the other way around. That's why she delivers human-first AI and marketing workshops, keynotes, and training programs for organizations across Canada. She is a featured AI expert on CBC News Network and a Professor at McMaster University. She has trained over 4,000 people across Canada.
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Alex is a digital marketing Swiss army knife with a passion for SEO. Since 2003, working on both the agency and client side, he has helped over 100 clients drive the right people from search engines to websites. Alex has instructed at universities in Europe and North America, ran master classes, coached teams at startups, and mentored entrepreneurs. Clients and students alike appreciate his honest and straightforward approach, technical knowledge, and customized approach to every customer and class.
Digital Literacy
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Digital Literacy Instructor
Anthony Wingham is a digital literacy instructor who supports learners in building confidence with essential digital tools for work, school, and everyday life. He teaches practical skills using Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Zoom, email management, and ChatGPT, with a focus on clear, real-world application. Anthony also brings hands-on experience from his work as a co-founder of Nuez Acres® and founder of metisprint.ca, helping students understand how digital skills are used outside the classroom. His teaching style is patient, approachable, and focused on making technology feel accessible.
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Digital Literacy Instructor
Khalil Guliwala is an epidemiologist-turned-marketer. He specializes in using data, CRMs, and digital marketing to inspire customer loyalty. He is also a journalist and public speaker, and believes that life is too short to have it wasted by bad marketing. Get more from Khalil by following him on LinkedIn.
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Digital Literacy Instructor
Robyn (she/her) is Métis and Lithuanian. With appreciation, she acknowledges the Syilx Okanagan First Nations on whose ancestral lands she lives, works, and plays.
She holds a Master’s degree in Professional Communications and specializes in Indigenous adult education and communications. She is passionate about creating successful, decolonized, and collaborative learning experiences for adult learners. Her educational philosophy is grounded in traditional grassroots learning and guided by a strong belief in two-way learning, strength-based approaches, and meeting learners where they are on their learning journey.
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Digital Literacy Instructor
Dr. Andre De Freitas is an AI and Digital Literacy Professor, higher education executive, and founder of EdVisingU. With over 25 years of experience in education, leadership, and digital transformation, he helps students, professionals, and organizations leverage artificial intelligence and emerging technologies to enhance learning, productivity, and career success. Dr. De Freitas is a frequent speaker on AI, digital literacy, leadership, student success, and the future of education.