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Toronto, Ontario, Canada

- Foster and nurture psychological safety and growth across the US and Canada during times of acute crisis, insecurity and personal health and safety - Strategic portfolio includes the core Incident Response, Mobile App (iOS & Android) and AIOps- Build an accessible design system (WCAG 2.0 Level AA) from the bottom-up in a North Star framework and design.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

- Lead the Agile lab 2.0 business transformation and roadmap- Implement a user-centric agile rapid design methodology in a 1-week and 2-week sprint cycle- Define the experience strategy for B2B & B2C customers- Run design teams across two labs in Toronto and London, On

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

- Own the product roadmap & prioritize the backlog for a 3-week release train delivery cadence- Oversee the cross-functional teams throughout the entire product delivery lifecycle- Curate the user experience to drive the early adoption by the Innovator & Early Adopter marketsegments, while planning for a future Early Majority conquest- Conduct user.

Toronto, Canada Area

Clients include SickKids, SickKids Foundation, Hydro One, McDonalds, Public Mobile, BMW, TD, World Vision, Heart & Stroke, Science North, Honey Nut Cheerios, Habitat for Humanity, HYR App, Dundee Corporation, Dundee Global, Cossette, Community, Normative, Real Interactive, Jan Kelley, KPD-IProvide User Experience Strategy leading the Discovery and Design.

Toronto, Canada Area

Teaching creatives the art and science of User Experience Design (UXD): How to make informed design decisions based on human physiology (how the brain & eyes works), emotional design, cognitive bias, market & user research, accessibility, psychographic and ethnographic data, behaviours, needs and motivators.

Toronto, Canada Area

Toronto, Canada Area

Canada Post is challenged with an out-dated and cost-ineffective operating model, projecting to reach a $1B annual deficit in 2020. The Crown corporation needs to act quickly to re-invent itself, find new ways of being relevant with its consumers and reduce operational costs.- Develop a cross-company digital strategy and roadmap for the Virtual Post Office.

• CGI is a premier business and IT consulting and services firm with a solid reputation for high-quality services. CGI celebrated its 35th year of business with over 31,000 professionals in 125 offices worldwide who.
• Fulfilled the dual role of Program Manager and Project Manager for RSA, one of Canada’s largest Property & Casualty companies.
• Oversaw and managed the RSA program of 9 parallel projects including: Enterprise… Show more CGI is a premier business and IT consulting and services firm with a solid reputation for high-quality services. CGI.
• Oversaw and managed the RSA program of 9 parallel projects including: Enterprise Global Digital Platform, Native Mobile Application (BlackBerry, Android, iPhone), SharePoint Intranet and Conceptual Prototyping
• Other Clients include TELUS, Manulife Bank, Royal Bank of Canada Insurance Show less

• As the TTC.ca Account Lead, oversees dedicated team of project coordinators and developers, while managing concurrent projects and maintenance initiatives
• Current clients include City of Toronto, Women’s College Hospital, CAMH, Bravado Designs and TTC, managing over 1M in budgets.
• Strong focus on designing and building for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 compliance as required by the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA)
• Reporting to the VP of… Show more
• Reporting to the VP of Client Engagement, spearheaded end-to-end project process and methodology to standardize business practices including: Project Management, Development and Quality Assurance lifecycles and work.
• Mentor and support team Client Services of project managers on a day-to-day basis

• Infinite Media is a Toronto-based boutique digital media company creating integrated solutions for portal development, e-learning modules and state-of-the-art video production.Responsibilities:
• Fulfils the leadership task of realizing and integrating creative strategies for short and long-term client projects
• Conceptualizes innovative and interactive pitches to sell new business development initiatives
• Manages client relations and day-to-day operations of all aspects… Show more Infinite Media is a Toronto-based boutique digital media company creating integrated solutions for portal development, e-learning modules and.
• Manages client relations and day-to-day operations of all aspects of the project timeline, budget, and scope. Clients include: Accenture, WIND Mobile, Xerox, BWM, Royal Bank of Canada, Scotia Bank, Bank of Montreal.
• Strong focus on user experience, interactivity, interface design, video and social media project execution

• A digital media company serving multiple corporate clients, as well as the parent company of Toromagazine.com, Black Angus Media has built and maintained the following third-party social media sites in the last 12.
• Partnered with Young & Rubicam to conceptualize, pitch and develop social media and editorial content strategies for Ford of Canada’s new brand positioning “Powered By You” and Advil’s “Where there’s a will”
• Worked from a very basic… Show more A digital media company serving multiple corporate clients, as well as the parent company of Toromagazine.com, Black Angus Media has built and maintained the following third-party.
• Worked from a very basic tagline concept to help client develop and fulfill potential of site and build a coherent campaign
• Managed project, analyzing concept and liaising between client, advertising agency, team of designers, developers to meet requirements within scope of strict client QA / QC standards (e.g. ISO 9001) Show less

• Toromagazine.com, is the newest manifestation of an award winning, men's lifestyle magazine. Launched in May 2008, the site boasts video-on-demand, animation & graphic novel and robust editorial content..
• Performed due diligence of men's lifestyle content across all media, both traditional and non-traditional
• Completed a thorough and insightful competitive & market analysis, highlighting areas of opportunity and unique value propositions… Show more Toromagazine.com, is the newest manifestation of an award winning, men's.
• Completed a thorough and insightful competitive & market analysis, highlighting areas of opportunity and unique value propositions Toromagazine.com could bring to the marketplace
• Managed team of designers and developers to design, build, and identify open-source technology and launched Toromagazine.com within budget
• Hired and trained suite of videographers in all aspects of shooting, lighting, sound, editing, post-production and developed processes / workflow for producing 10 weekly video segments. Built state-of-the-art HD studio

• In November 2005, was appointed Multimedia Producer at CanWest Interactive – the growth engine of the CanWest’s Canadian Ops, also the business segment responsible for driving overall strategy and business integration..
• Spearheaded the Multimedia department, a horizontal business unit, to support over 45 different brands and web properties with a strong focus… Show more In November 2005, was appointed Multimedia Producer at CanWest.
• Spearheaded the Multimedia department, a horizontal business unit, to support over 45 different brands and web properties with a strong focus on video
• Developed live and video-on-demand strategies for all Canwest properties, including broadcast, print, third-party and original online video content
• Managed nationwide build and roll-out of video provider and digital asset management system across Global television stations and metro dailies, training local staff on digital video production
• Developed & maintained video channel to support canada.com, newspaper.com sites and GlobalTV.com

• Developed content, visual aids and other materials for two courses: “New Media Design” and “Tools and Processes for Communicators”
• Planned and conducted weekly three hour lessons
• Responsible for creating tests, assignments and marking