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• Proficient with industry applications:

• Adobe Photoshop CS2 (9.0)
• Adobe Illustrator CS2 (12.0)
• Adobe InDesign CS2 (4.0)

• Created single-page and double-page spread full-colour magazine layouts

• Designed various newspaper ads based on mechanical specifications provided by the client

• Produced mockups of out-of-home advertising, including billboards, transit shelter posters, and in-bus panels

Web/Digital

• Proficient with industry applications:

• Adobe GoLive CS2 (8.0)
• Macromedia Dreamweaver MX (6.0)
• Adobe Photoshop CS2 (9.0)
• Adobe ImageReady CS2 (9.0)
• Macromedia Flash MX (6.0)

• Created a personal website showcasing selected portfolio pieces using Adobe GoLive

• Designed a corporate website using Macromedia Dreamweaver MX

• Used Adobe ImageReady CS to optimize images for the correct balance of quality and size when viewed on the web

• Produced animated banner advertisements using Macromedia Dreamweaver MX and Adobe ImageReady CS

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Freelance Graphic Design 2004

• Developed a corporate identity, including a logo, business cards, business envelopes, and stationery, for a financial services company

• Created five web banners for a preschool using Macromedia Flash MX

Production Assistant 2004
OgilvyOne Worldwide, Toronto ON

• Trafficked proofs between account executives and production technicians

• Researched suppliers for materials to be included in a future direct mailing piece

Art Director 2003 - 2004
MCA - Mohawk College’s Student-Run Ad Agency, Hamilton ON

• Designed collateral pieces and 8x10” posters promoting upcoming industry guest speakers

• Created a corporate identity, including logos, business cards, and a website, for a corporate financial planner, based on input from the client through an account co-ordinator

• Produced 8x10” and 11x17” posters for a college event based on client specifications

• Designed a campaign, consisting of a 11x17” poster and design mockups for transit and newspaper advertising, for new programmes being offered by an educational institute, based on direct input from the client

• Redesigned three-fold informational brochures for a spa

Freelance Graphic Design 2003
EMJ Data Systems, Ltd., Guelph ON

• Recreated the company’s logo in vector format from a bitmap image file

• Designed three new computer “wallpapers” to be installed as the default desktop image on computer systems manufactured by the company

Freelance Graphic Design 2000 - 2004
Guelph Physiotherapy Centre, Guelph ON

• Created a corporate identity for the client

• Designed letterhead and other forms used in the day-to-day operation of the company

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Customer Service Representative 2004
Liquor Control Board of Ontario, Hamilton ON

• Operated point-of-sale terminal

• Assisted customers in product choices, product availability, and in locating products within the store
  

Manufacturing Technician 1999 - 2003
EMJ Data Systems, Ltd., Guelph ON

• Assembled, configured, tested, and packaged Windows-based personal computer systems according to ISO 9001:2000 and company guidelines

• Diagnosed and replaced problem computer parts

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Mohawk College of Applied Arts and Technology,
Hamilton ON
Diploma in Advertising and Communications Media, 2004

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• Agnes M. Anderson Award for Advertising, 2004

• Honours Graduate, 2004

• 1976 Award for Advertising, 2003

• Dean’s Honours, 2001 - 2004

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