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Toronto (Ontario) + Montréal (Québec)

Vaughan, Ontario, Canada

Branding/Graphic Design/Website DesignConceptual development, art direction and design of many projects including company branding, creation of layouts, revising artwork and building of websites.All projects are managed with the utmost professionalism and scrutiny, keeping the client’s needs and budget top of mind.Strong interpersonal and communication.

Vaughan, Ontario

51 Mill St, Suite 302, Toronto, Ontario M5A 3C4

• What a blast it was! Working on clients such as Toys R'​ Us, McCain, Innocence Canada, Boulart, Grocery Gateway, H&R Block, Google, HomeSense, Italian Trade Commission, Le Chateau, Mark’s, Marshalls, PC Financial.
• Manage projects, working within budget and delegating studio work based on individuals strengths and skills with clear direction to achieve business goals
• Negotiate with printers to determine what services will be performed while monitoring the progress of vendors, ensuring that deadlines are met
• Conducting status meetings to ensure projects are on track
• Proven organizational skills, attention to detail and pre-press experience
• Strong knowledge of design layout, production artwork and print production

Woodbridge, Ontario

• Manage projects, working within budget and scheduling requirements.
• Create designs and specify material details, such as style and size of type, photographs, graphics animation and video.
• Review and approve proofs of printed materials developed by the advertising/graphics team.
• Communicate with internal/external clients to determine objectives, budget, background information, styles, and techniques.
• Present final layouts to internal/external clients for approval.
• Mark up, and complete layouts, and write typography instructions to prepare materials for typesetting or printing.

• Ensured files were created with a keen eye to industry standards for both creativity and print.
• Adapted initial creative to secondary project pieces.
• Took direction from the art directors in creating layouts with minor revisions.
• Ensured leading, kerning, tracking, and justification is well thought and laid out.
• Always considered what material the final piece would be printed on. (newspaper 240dpi / magazine and print 300dpi)
• Revised artwork as per client request in both a qualitative and highly efficient manner.

• Responsible for creating logo’s, layouts and to prepare files for production in a timely manner.
• Revised artwork as per client request in both a qualitative and highly efficient manner.