Siobhán Ní Chiobháin is a multi award-winning Creative Content Producer, Director and Brand-Builder based in New York City working on projects with purpose and social impact.
Siobhán is originally from Ireland and has produced TV and Radio programming for BBC, UTV, RTÉ, TG4, Raidio na Gaeltachta, and Raidió na Life among others. She produced the international award winning short musical film, ‘Lost for Words’
Siobhán has also directed documentaries and digital content for BBC, TG4, The Irish Times and UTV.
She has produced thought leadership events, helping organizations and non for profits stay culturally and socially relevant.
She has worked with various C-suite clients to revolutionize meaning, message, and impact, leading the direction for complete brand transformations.
Over the course of her career, Siobhan has worked with various clients including Pepsi, Seaworld, Earth’s Call Fund, Geoversity, Our Planet Our Future, The CityKids Foundation, East Village Playhouse, among others.
Media:
Siobhán regularly receives media attention and has been featured on BBC Radio and Television, RTÉ Television, RTÉ Radio including Raidió na Gaeltachta. TG4, Irish Times, The Kerryman, Kerry’s Eye and Nós Magazine.
Awards:
Siobhán was selected as a ‘One to Watch’ by the prestigious, GEITF, Guardian Edinburgh International TV Festival in 2014.
In 2019, Siobhán was selected as one of The Irish Echo's Top 40 Under 40. She was recognized as an exceptional young leader from across the US.
Siobhán also won The Irish Echo's People's Choice Award, 2019. This award was based on public votes and Siobhán received the most votes and was awarded this prestigious prize.
Siobhan graduated from LEAP™, Leadership & Executive Acceleration Program, an Irish International Business Network initiative for Irish and Irish-American female professionals, funded by the Department of Foreign Affairs. She is a member of the LEAP™ Women's Council and is working with the 2020 program participants.
Irish Language
Siobhán is a native Irish Gaelic speaker from the Dingle Gaeltacht in County Kerry and she is passionate and dedicated to promoting the language and culture in the USA. She is a co-founder of Gaeil Nua-Eabhrac, an Irish language group that organizes Irish language events throughout the city - including the popular 'Pop-Up Gaeltacht' and various Irish language events in collaboration with the Irish Consulate, New York. Gaeil-Nua Eabhrac events and achievements were highlighted in a 2018 TED Talk. Siobhan has also taught and has lectured through the Irish Language for the Irish Arts Center, NYU, Glucksman House, Cumann na Gaeilge in Albany, and Cumann na Gaeilge in Fairfield, Connecticut.
Siobhán has a BA in Media Arts from the Dublin Institute of Technology, 2005 and a
Postgraduate in Digital Media Communications, University of Ulster, 2015.
Siobhán is currently working on her dissertation for a Masters in Digital Marketing Communications and Leadership.
Voluntary work
As well as her love for the Irish Language, Siobhán is passionate about social justice and equality and has worked and volunteered with various non-profits including Amnesty International and The Samaritans, a suicide helpline.
Siobhán is also on the board of the Cuala Foundation, a non for profit founded by Grammy Award winner Susan McKeown. Cuala Foundation works with vulnerable youth, women and communities in Ireland and the U.S. – those whose voices aren’t often heard – to transform lives by learning, creating and celebrating culture together.