Summary
- Creatively driven and aiming to be in a company that will progress my skill set to the next level
- 5+ years of experience as a designer
- Eager to contribute to building a positive agency culture. Building positive working relationships with all departments and clients alike.
- A team player with the ability to think independently, quickly while maintaining the agencies values at all times
- Graduated from Fanshawe Colleges’ Graphic Design program with an overall 3.9 GPA in 2007
- Comfortable with designing for both print and online in either a Mac or PC environment
Experience
Graphic Designer and Illustrator, Nyman Ink
Toronto, ON 2010 – 2011
Nyman Ink is a small communications and marketing firm that focuses on creating captivating content for not-for-profit organizations and local small businesses. In my time at Nyman Ink, I had produced monthly newsletters for both print and online, brochures, websites and professional blogs in both WordPress and Drupal, complete corporate identities, promotional web videos, annual reviews, and strategic white papers. Some of Nyman Inks clients at my time included University of Toronto, Family Service Toronto, Baycrest Foundation, Holy Blossom Temple, Reena, Bernard Betel Centre, Canadian Friends of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and York University.
Key Responsibilities:
- Attended and participated in daily group meetings
- Executed creative in multiple mediums by incorporating fresh and contemporary design elements with proven design and production techniques
- Ensured development of formats that achieve the strategic objectives outlined in the brief and maximize the use of the production budget
- Collaborated fully with editorial and was the production to develop solid conceptual ideas that implement strategy and direction from project briefs
- Maintained quality and budget control throughout all aspects of the art, file prep and production process
- Estimate and adhere to personal creative time
You can view Nyman Ink’s website here
Graphic Designer, Dewar Communications
Toronto, ON 2007 – 2009
Dewar Communications is a small business to business marketing communications agency that works with clients around the world. In my time at Dewar Communications, I had produced magazine advertisements, brochures, animated flash web advertisements, complete corporate identities, product case histories, flash and html websites, prepared artwork for trade show booths, and e-newsletters. Clients ranged from corporate giants like General Electric, to local lawyer firms and recruitment agencies, to international engineering companies.
Key Responsibilities:
- Regularly attended and participated in group meetingsCollaborated fully with a writer and was an integral part of production to develop solid conceptual ideas that implement strategy and direction from project briefs
- Ensured development of formats that achieve the strategic objectives outlined in the brief
- Meet with the Creative Director, to discuss concepts and creative strategy, ensuring to deliver the projects objectives
- Execute creative in multiple mediums by incorporating fresh and contemporary design elements with proven design and production techniques
- Present layouts of concepts to the group to be then brought to the client for discussion and approval
You can view Dewar Communication’s website here
education
Fanshawe College — Graphic Design, London, Ontario 2004 – 2007
computer skills
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe InDesign
Adobe Acrobat
Quark
Corel Draw
HTML
CSS
PHP
WordPress
Drupal
Flash
Word
Excel
PowerPoint
Keynote
