digiturgy noun
di·gi·tur·gy | \ ˈdi-jə-ˌtər-jē \
the art, technique, theory, and practice of composition for digital storytelling.
Alison Koch is a digital storyteller and technical product manager, with a decade of experience managing teams and projects for digital publishing companies, non-profit organizations, and cultural institutions.
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As the inaugural Digital Content Producer at Playwrights Horizons theater, she is responsible for managing a multi-year grant and first-of-its-kind initiative to implement innovative, new ways of using digital technology to enhance and complement the live theatrical experience. Marrying the artistic expertise of celebrated playwrights with emerging technologies and technologists to devise original experiences and narrative content is her theater-nerd-and-tech-geek dream come true.
She served as a media producer and product manager at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum from 2014-2017, managing projects that include AAM MUSE Award-winning exhibition interactives, mobile applications, livestreamed and real-time web experiences, audio tours, and immersive photo and video content capture.
Since 2007 has worked on both the client and producer side to maintain, create, and develop digital experiences and services for membership associations, children’s enrichment facilities, assistive technology services, and digital publishers. An enthusiastic collaborator and insatiably curious, Alison has a passion for the intersection of storytelling and technology; for creating and consuming experiences that elicit emotion and inspire action; and for creating opportunities to reach new audiences beyond institutional walls.
You can find her listening to shouty political podcasts, reading post-apocalyptic novels, practicing American Sign Language, and jamming her eyeglasses into VR and AR headsets everywhere.