JELISSA MATTHEWS
PROJECT MANAGER
Jelissa Matthews, born and raised in Toronto, Jelissa started in music at a young age. She grew up singing in her local Church and assisted the Music Minister for many years. Her talents were also showcased singing with a contemporary worship band.
While singing for many years, the Toronto native picked up an ear for mixing live sound, where she then went on to study and graduate from Recording Arts Canada. In an unlikely turn of events, she embarked on a singing journey with a fellow artist whom she sang with for many years. This encouraged Matthews to continue in the music industry and created a bond with a popular local Toronto artist. As she continued in the music industry, Jelissa’s love for beauty, makeup and styling blossomed. She was hired as a Makeup Artist and Stylist for the artist she was singing for. With this experience Jelissa realized her love for everything “behind the scenes.”
While is school for audio engineering Jelissa had the opportunity to work alongside Executive Music Mogul Kiana Eastmond of Sandbox Studios, where she fell in love with branding. As she continued to continued to work in Artist Branding, Matthews has been hired as an Image and Brand consultant. She rounded out her skill set while doing backs, the multidisciplinary connected with Tanisha (Founder and CEO of NWYE) and for many years worked within NWYE with vocal production, day-to-day management, and artist development.
With over a decade of experience Jelissa has worked in film, commercials, music, and fashion. All of this made her the perfect person to fill the Artist Creative Director role with Nycesound Production (led by Founder and CEO, and Billboard Producer, T-Nyce.)