SUMMARY
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
I work with agencies, studios, and business owners, integrating creative design concepts, art direction, and brand-building on various projects, such as websites, social/digital, large-format printing (retail, trade-show, and out-of-home), window graphics, ads, magazines, menus, posters, brochures, and direct mail, both independently and as part of various creative teams.
SENIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER + ART DIRECTOR | FREELANCE CONTRACTOR | 2002-Present
Working short and long-term freelance contracts for printers, magazines, agencies and studios on a wide variety of projects from print and digital to web. Mac-based and have expert InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator skills. Also well-versed in Figma, Microsoft and other office software.
ART DIRECTOR AND GRAPHIC DESIGNER | ALLEGRA MARKETING + PRINT | 2015-Present
Developed extensive print production skills while art directing and designing for a very wide variety of clients.
SENIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER | PUBLICIS | 2023-2024
Printed materials as well as Figma-based web and digital assets for Signet Jewelers.
SENIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER | HCA MINDBOX MARKETING | 2023-2024
Printed materials, displays and signage for Disaronno, Edrington, González Byass USA, Infinium Spirits, Thomas Ashbourne and Windsor Regional Hospital Foundation.
SENIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER | DOGS NATURALLY MAGAZINE | 2020-2024
Magazines, blogs and social media assets.
SENIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER | OFFICE OF THE AUDITOR GENERAL OF ONTARIO | 2023
2023 Annual Report Team.
SENIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER | CORUS ENTERTAINMENT | 2022
Print and digital assets for Global TV, STACK TV, HGTV, W Network and Showcase.
SENIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER | MARKS, PART OF SGS & CO. | 2020-2022
Print and digital assets for LEGO, Amazon, Nestle and Starbucks.
SENIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER | MARK IV | 2022
Print assets for Gatorade, Quaker, Doritos, Cheetos and Stacy’s Rise Project.
SENIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER | FORSMAN & BODENFORS | 2022
Print and digital assets for Seneca, LG, Church and Dwight and The Mobile Shop.
GRAPHIC DESIGNER | SKATE CANADA / ONTARIO | 2011-2018
GRAPHIC DESIGNER | THE MONTH AHEAD MAGAZINE | 2007-2015
GRAPHIC DESIGNER | LAKE SIMCOE LIVING MAGAZINE | 2005- 2007
GRAPHIC DESIGNER | DIRECT TARGET PROMOTIONS | 2003-2005
ART DIRECTOR AND GRAPHIC DESIGNER | FIRST LADY SALON PRODUCTS | 1994-2002
Managed and coordinated artwork for various divisions and designed logos, sales sheets, brochures and packaging artwork for Revlon, Raquel Welch, Jowell, Framesi and The Hair Club for Men brands using QuarkXPress, Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.
EDUCATION
ADVERTISING + GRAPHIC DESIGN DIPLOMA
HUMBER COLLEGE OF APPLIED ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY
Colour theory, conceptual process, typography, advertising, corporate design, marketing strategies, branding, printing technology, photography, drawing/ rendering, package design, digital design, Writing for Advertising, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, QuarkXPress and Digital Imaging.
TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES
- ADOBE CREATIVE CLOUD: InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, XD
- DIGITAL DESIGN: Figma, WordPress, Social Media and online graphics, Constant Contact email blasts
- OFFICE SOFTWARE: Microsoft Office: Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, OneDrive, Microsoft Teams, Team Viewer, Dropbox, WeTransfer, Scoro, File Management
VOLUNTEER BACKGROUND
PARENT VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR 2015
Newmarket Skating Club | newmarketsc.com
Skating clubs require parents to volunteer to help run day-to-day functions and special events, so I offered to support their design needs, which took up more of my time than expected (9 years) but was also very rewarding.
I designed a 30-page WordPress website because their original site was outdated and difficult to update without programming knowledge. I re-branded it using a combination of the club’s recently updated branding (also done by me) and Skate Canada’s existing branding (with permission).
- Website Development/Re-branding 30+ pages
- Printed Materials and Merchandise
- Board of Directors / Synchronized Skating Chair
