Deborah Barley Email & Phone Number

Toronto, Ontario

• Part of the biggest public transportation construction project in Canada: 19km, Eglinton Crosstown
• Created: 30-40 unique website slides/posters & a new 30sec video - each week,to promote/teach safe practices, celebrate successes and tell staff about upcoming milestones. These posters/videos are viewed on internal.
• Improved submission speed of weekly reports by making reports easier to complete & providing feedback
• Built clean, simplified infographics so everyone can easily see the progress of project milestones at a glance
• Took project maps & engineering drawings to produce simplified graphics that highlight key elements
• Taught the teams to update the infographics themselves (changing status colour & updating captions)

Toronto, Canada Area

• Teach Adobe InDesign for aspiring graphic designers - one night per week
• Share in-depth knowledge & industry best practices creating press/web media and accessible PDFs
• Course includes: typography, colour, layout and branding for digital and print outcomes

Toronto, Ontario

• Worked for different companies as freelancer, contract and short-term full-time
• Designed Ad Campaigns, Marketing and Packaging for print, social media, web, and edited videos

Toronto, Canada Area

• Serving CMHC (Canadian Federal Govt.) for Xerox
• Managed, archived & produced digital/print assets for 200 staff, as the sole graphic designer in Toronto
• Fostered strong relationships by consistently delivering the departments’ needs on time and on budget
• Handled scheduling and outsourcing, while balancing changing priorities and conflicting deadlines
• Converted complex ideas into on-brand reports, infographics, ads, invites and more with AODA compliance & accessible PDFs in mind

Toronto, Canada Area

• EQAO (part of Govt. of Ontario) Started as a freelancer, promoted to full-time contract in 2009, then contract extended to 2011
• Produced time savings of approx. 40% by building modular graphic elements that snap in place
• Accepted extra responsibility by serving as team lead while permanent lead was on leave
• Showed commitment to quality by meticulously creating accurate production art for provincial tests

Toronto, Canada Area

• Ran my own business: freelancing at high end agencies & developing marketing directly with businesses
• Generated fresh digital and print ready artwork for packaging, corporate communications and more
• Built distinct e-blasts, banner ads and websites, while researching digital marketing platforms & trends
• Managed everything from briefs to final payment (including printers, freelance illustrators/photographers)

Toronto, Canada Area

• Taught students to prepare graphics for print, digital/web, create animation, & how to tell stories
• Skills: Layout, Typography, Colour, Branding, Illustration, Prepress, Concept Creation
• Covered All of the computer programs that pertain to graphic design including hand-coding HTML and CSS

Bachelor Of Design, Communication And Design, 76% Average

Originally graduated in 1987, but went back to upgrade to Bachelor of Design in 2007.

Diploma In Graphic Design, Graphic Design, 93%