Brief Summary
An experienced designer based in the Greater Toronto Area, specializing in: logo design, graphic design, website design and development to help reshape, redefine, and revive your designs.
Over the past decade, I've collaborated with design studios, marketing agencies, printing and packaging companies all of which gave me the opportunity to blend my passion for art, animation and technology into fabricating designs with an aesthetic feel, that are eye–catching and dramatic.
Clients
RCMP - Integrated National Security Enforcement Team
Fleming College
Royal Ontario Museum (ROM)
Environmental Visual Communication (EVC)
IBM Canada
Toronto Zoo
NEO - Neil Ever Osborne Photography
Frame of Mind
HC Behavioural Consulting
Faces of Chelonia
Blym Design
Conservation By Youth
Triskell Photography
GiG Productions
Kiss of Light
PM and Company
The Presswood Team
Professional Experience
OBJECTIVE:
Dedicated graphic designer and pre-press operator seeking to obtain full-time employment in a focused, creative environment.
SUMMARY:
With 10 years of diverse hands-on experience, I have been involved in a range of projects through all stages, from idea conception to final output. My expertise lies in graphic design, project management, client communications, and pre-press workflow. I am adaptable, organized, and detail-oriented, with a curiosity for new technology and evolving trends.
TECHNICAL PROFICIENCY:
Platforms: Mac and Windows
Primary
Applications: Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Office Suite, QuarkXPress and Corel Draw
PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE:
Internet Programming and Scripting
Web Design
Flash Animation
XHTML/HTML, XML, and CSS
Logo design
Actionscript 2.0/3.0
RIP OperatorPromotional Brochures
Colour theory and typography
Photography retouching
Posters
Annual Reports
Corporate branding
Grids and layout design
CURRENT EMPLOYMENT:
Biederman Graphics, Campbellville, ON, March 2010 – Present
Graphics Manager
- Graphic design
- Pre-press workflow including file management and output production
- Client communications
- Create client approval proofs using Epson Stylus 4880
- Manage plate production
- Oversee final product quality
- Develop and manage web site
- Use AGFA Digital Printer to produce film
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY:
Borne Graphics, Dundas, ON, August 2009 – Present
Freelance Designer
- Website development
- Create corporate identity packages
- Web tracking analysis
- Design trade show booth displays and banners
Putting Edge Entertainment Corporation, Oakville, ON, October 2003 – January 2010
Senior Graphic Designer and Marketing Assistant
- Develop and manage website
- Development and implementation of online social media content (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube)
- Market analysis
- Execution of all creative work traffic media partners: print and online
- Motion graphics creation using Adobe After Effects and Adobe Flash
- File sharing using FTP software (Fetch, FireFTP, FileZilla).
Insite Design, Burlington, ON, August 2002 – September 2003
Intermediate Graphic Designer
- Large format poster design & creation
- Layout and proof production using QuarkXPress
- Pre-press workflow including file management and output production
B.B.C Printing and Graphics Ltd., Burlington, ON, September 1999 – May 2002
Senior Graphic Designer
- Label creation
- Corporate identity packages
- Annual reports
- Client engagement to ensure product quality
- Quotes and invoicing
- Negative and positive film production using AGFA digital printer
- Pre-press workflow including plate production
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:
Graphic Design Production – Digital Media Diploma, June 2001
Mohawk College, Brantford, ON
- Program emphasis:
• techniques for design, print and web production
• skills associated with offset, screen and flexo printing
• emerging industry software applications
