Justin K. Email & Phone Number

Toronto, On, Ca

Provide art direction and design for clients such as Grip Limited, Cundari, Premise Design, Livewire Communications, and The Munk School of Global Affairs, as well as smaller independent clients.Design print and digital products, including identity, publication, billboard, event graphic, as well as wireframes and UI designs.Ensure designs meet brand standards for large clients such as Honda, Johnson & Johnson, Labatt, BMO, Magna, Celestica, Tangerine, and University of Toronto.

Toronto, Canada

Responsible for design research, wireframes, branding and graphic development, prototyping, implementation of designs with the development team, contributing to development of user stories, and developing digital style guides for a variety of projects.Work collaboratively with the strategy and development teams as well as with other designers.Participate in client pitches, perform UX/UI audits, and help facilitate audience and story mapping sessions. Worked directly with clients such as Camp Ooch, Diabetes Canada, and Covenant House Toronto.

Toronto, Canada Area

As lead digital designer, provided design and direction for all digital projects, from wireframe to final designs. Contributed to concept development and design of traditional graphic design projects such as logo, identity, and print design. Developed look and feel as well as all UX/UI design and contributed to concept development and asset creation for a dual-language web-based game created for a foreign market.Provided UX/UI consultation for external clients with internal design teams. Advocated to introduce web accessibility and atomic design standards. Worked directly with clients such as University of Toronto, Cadillac Fairview, Brookfield Properties, Milestone Group, HRPA, Magellan, B+H, and Professional Engineers of Ontario.

Supported a team of 8 Producers by tracking and prioritizing resource requests, forecasting, preparing for potential conflicts, and responding to urgent changes in project needs for all projects in Digital Production.Managed all freelance contracts and invoicing, developed and maintained recruiter relationships, and recruited freelance support when needed.Provided cross browser quality assurance testing and bug tracking for various mobile, desktop, and CMS sites.Optimized the resource tracking system to provide greater insight into resourcing needs and conflicts.

Responsible for concept and design of all marketing and recruitment materials for the company.Established business relationships with print shops and handled all quotes, file preparation, and purchasing.Redesigned and produced Readline, Infusion’s internal magazine.

Collaborated on brainstorms, concept development, identity design, and motion graphics for various television shows and pitches.Designed the logo for HGTV television show Income Property.