Jeffrey Leclair Email & Phone Number

Toronto, On, Ca

270 Adelaide Street West #202, Toronto Ontario M5H1X6

Responsible for design, construction, acoustic treatment and operation of multi-track recording studio services, specializing in Voice Over for Radio and Television Advertising, Music Production, Multimedia Recording, Video Production, Podcast Production, and Corporate Narration. Providing creative and cost effective solutions for clients professional audio recording needs. Tracking, editing, mixing and mastering session engineer for voice and all genres of music recording.Duties include, session and microphone setup, cable management, patchbay operations, headphone mix setup, maintain all session documentation including take sheets, microphone heights, outboard equipment settings, synthesizer, keyboard workstation and software programming, studio maintenance etc. Selected Accomplishments:∎Procured and serviced a client base consisting of more than 100 independent and corporate clients including McDonald's, Scotiabank, RBC, Universal, Buchanan Group, Wiley-Blackwell, Marvel, Bruce Power, PwC, 4Kids Entertainment, BMG, Astral Media, Mercedes-Benz, bMod, Hicks Morley, BC Hydro, TTC, Blue Mango, Spin Master, Venture and Sykes.∎Led marketing efforts to create “studio buzz” by attracting and working closely on projects with well known celebrities including Victor Garber, Robert Pattinson, Richard Thomas, Arvinder Singh, Billy Newton-Davis, Bobby Curtola, Svetlana Lunkina, Morgan Kelly, and Don Graham.∎Created and maintained web portal and social networking websites improving communication flow and adding an effective sales tool for client acquisition.∎Wrote articles, guides and FAQs that enhanced the voice talents understanding of techniques to industry approach and voice demos to help market themselves more effectively. ∎Set up and marketed a Voice Over Talent roster of 65+ professional Non-Union voice actors located in Toronto and the U.S. to deliver voice requirements, for any audio / video application.

Ottawa, Toronto, Mexico

Purveyor of melodic, infectious dance grooves and a feel-good atmosphere.When I'm not performing I spend my time in the studio creating my own music currently available on the 'Slammin Media' label imprint… aided by over a decade of guitar lessons and an upbringing in a very musically-influenced home. I love playing Internationally in nightclubs, patios and special events, my love for music goes beyond the spectrum of mixing tunes.As a producer, guitarist, and owner at JL Recording Studios, I have found plenty of ways to express myself musically.For me, it's all about mood and an uplifting, infectious groove… playing those tracks to get you tapping your feet and nodding your head without you realizing it, regardless of style, genre, tempo, or release date.

Toronto, Canada Area

Composed, performed, arranged and produced songs for 4 solo albums, Dirty Funky House, Fuel, Fans In The City and Baker's Dozen, as well as several singles released internationally for broadcast, sale and music publishing, licensing.Selected Accomplishments:∎Across The Worldwide Web Shirtlifter music became exposed through more than 300 music provider sites, in excess of 200K hits with over a million downloads.∎Television series that have licensed Shirtlifter music include: Hey Paula, Kings Of South Beach, A&E Biography, All Access: Celeb Breakups & Scandals, HGTV Haulin' House, HGTV Under One, Uncompressed (VJ Hits), Torino 2006: The Travelers Guide, Next, Platinum Weddings, True Life, Amazing Animal Interventions, Strickly Sex With Dr Drew, and Best Week Ever.∎The tracks "Sweet, Sweet Energy", "Dance Psycho" and "Growler" have charted on CBC Galaxie Electronic’s Top 40. Meanwhile both "Turn My World Around" and "For Your Mind (Body & Soul)" have charted on the same network’s Galaxie Dance Top 40.∎Overseas, Shirtlifter has been heard on the BBC’s Radio 1 (Judge Jules) along with BDS (Billboard), Fun Radio-Bucuresti (102 FM), KJAG Radio (James Lowe), National Media Network (Kevin Amstutz), Nekkid Radio (Dan Brewington) and NMW (New Music Weekly) as well as on PBS 106.7 FM (Claire Stuchbery).∎"Gid Up [A-Googa-Maha]" from Dirty Funky House selected for distribution by Klublife Magazine within their 'Locked In' compilation under the sponsorship of Smirnoff.

Toronto

Creation of contemporary paintings, sculpture, and photography for gallery exhibitions and sale to corporations, as well as the public.Selected Accomplishments:∎Over 31 solo and group exhibitions in Ottawa and Toronto galleries, restaurants and private spaces including Schieder and Associates Gallery, Trias Gallery, The Lumiere, Bonnie Kagan Gallery, Aston's, Metropolitan Fine Art Gallery, Fine Art Of Canada Collection, Saw Gallery, Nicholas Gallery, Dunkelman's, Joey Dean Fine Art, Powell / Roberts Fine Art, Woodworth Gallery, Lettieri and Lato Design.∎Permanent public works include a large canvas, Crowd, at the Rogers Center and Blah Blah Blah on display in the Main Reception of CJRT FM, Toronto. Private collections include Shirley MacLaine, Rita Coolidge, Redd Fox, Jack Pollock, Linda Latner, Clair Walker, Stuart Aikins, and Dr. Norman B. Rasky.∎Commissioned in 1982 by Jacob Harary of Lidchi International to produce paintings and other works of art. Commissioned by Jean Boudreau to produce large scale canvases for the Soho restaurant, Statlander's.

Toronto, Ontario

Assistant in Photography, responsible for production of photography, film and original video working both in studio and on location for production of public planetarium shows. Responsibilities included B/W and colour copy work from artwork and transparencies on an Oxberry copy-stand. Graphics and rotoscoping for both hard and soft edge masking. Processing and printing of b/w films. Retouching, hand opaquing and other manipulations on b/w film and colour films and assembly of photographic materials to slide mounts. Photography and assisting in cinematography of artwork, artifacts, 3-D models, landscapes and people in the studio and on location. Darkroom and studio maintenance, including mixing chemicals and maintenance of photographic hardware.

Toronto, Ontario

Owner / Operator of commercial photographic studio and darkroom facilities. 8 x 10 Glossies, Composites, and Fine Art cataloging.

Toronto, Ontario

Personal Assistant to the President. Duties include the handling and displaying of works by internationally known artists. This includes the process of transporting paintings, pieces of sculpture and other artifacts from galleries worldwide as well as private collections. Responsibilities require a thorough working knowledge of import/export procedures with respect to the art trade. Other general duties include photographing, installing, technical lighting, and cataloging of the Gallery's collections. Established a physical inventory system of all works of art in the Gallery, inclusive of current inventory, items sold, and items on consignment.

Toronto

Launched an original clothing line, 'Jeffrey LeClair Funwear', which featured hand-painted leather jackets, sweat shirts, tee-shirts, and parachute pants. The designs were available through over sixty stores embracing Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Winnipeg and New York as well as Florida and California. Duties included product design through to creation, employing people in different areas of production such as “jobbing” of designs, public relations, and general help as required. Responsible for all of the accounting systems, e.g, inventory, sales figures, costing factors, month- and year-end financial statements, etc.

Toronto, Ontario

General Manager of the Commercial Division. Responsible for the scouting of talent which involved auditioning, and signing of qualified actors/actresses to the agency's commercial roster. Similarly responsible in marketing the agency's talent pool to the attention of casting director's in Toronto and abroad for screening and eventual work engagements (“bookings”). A full working knowledge of ACTRA rules and regulations, contracts, negotiations, public relations, and strong organizational skills were essential in discharging functions as General Manager.

Toronto, Ontario

Personal assistant to the President. Duties included liaison with approximately 60 agents and the casting office to schedule and organize talent with regard to commercial and motion picture bookings. In cases of heavy workload, I represented the President and the Agency in fulfilling all the necessary transactions between client and talent.Competency in the areas of research, time management (scheduling), written and oral communications, and organizational abilities were essential to this role.

Toronto, Ontario

Responsible for motivating sales staff, closing, customer satisfaction, wiring and control design, as well as custom system design, multi room audio and home theater applications. Exceeded all sales records of $140,000.00 for a single month.

Toronto, Ontario

Sound Reinforcement Design, Senior Music Programmer. Responsibilities included procuring new music material to play at the club. Liaison with major record labels to showcase bands and break new talent. Equipment setup, tuning and maintenance.

Ottawa, Ontario

On camera host for Canadian television series 'Drop-In' for youth broadcast on CBC Television. Responsible for on-camera interviews with Canadian personalities and to present a variety of topics.

Fine/Studio Arts, General

Ossgd, Ontario Secondary School Graduation Diploma