Leigh Cavanaugh Email & Phone Number

Toronto, ON, CA

Toronto, Canada Area

Clionadh Cosmetics is a proudly handmade, cruelty free, and vegan indie brand that creates high quality beauty products in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.Responsibilities: Customer service, eCommerce maintenance, social media and marketing, product formulation with scientific research, inventory production, finances and taxing, photography, shipping and export.

Some clients include: Centennial College (Applied Research Innovation Centre), Peoples Church, Reinvent Conference, Royal City Photography, The Power to Be International, Passion@ Magazine.

951 Carlaw Avenue

Leader and designer of the Centennial College monthly magazine. Supervised graphic design team, developed themes and creative concepts and responsible for various design elements: art direction, editorial layout, infographics and illustrations. I also annually create the student handbook and grad book.

Worked with two other designers to create the accompanying program for the conference. Individually, I was responsible for making additional items such as: the conference posters, nametags and t-shirt design.

Completed a four month-long graphic design internship doing layout for the magazine, creating online, promotional ads and editing copy.

Completed a four month-long graphic design internship making graphics and page designs for the magazine and advertisements for web and print.

951 Carlaw Avenue

Reporter and graphic designer for the newspaper the East York Observer, the online Scarborough and Toronto Observer and the quarterly magazine the Scarborough Observer. I wrote articles, created complete page designs and graphics to accompany stories.

Co-founder, reporter and designer for REACH Magazine. Designed the 30 page magazine, creating the flag, aided in the design of the website and helped to make REACH a distinct brand by designing promotional material like t-shirts and business cards, as well as creating supporting social media elements, along with promotional materials.

101 Wingold Avenue

Completed a 12 week reporting and design internship with the community paper the Town Crier. Wrote for their various publications and designed ads for clients, designed sections of the papers and aided in the redesign of their Town Crier publications and their Toronto Today magazine.

1265 Military Trail

Production editor for the UTSC bi-weekly news magazine. Designed the 24-page magazine with all the accompanying graphics for 12 issues and consulted with printers on the necessary requirements for print. Also made promotional materials for the magazine. Was in charge of the redesign of the magazine's look in 2011.

Certificate, Creative Writing, Honours

This program is being completed through the university's School of Continuing Studies. Focuses include: poetry, short stories and novels.

Advanced Diploma, Graphic Design

Activities and Societies: UX Club, Kids Media Centre Blogger

Honours Bachelor Of Arts, English Language And Literature, General, Graduated With Distinctions.

Activities and Societies: Production editor and contributor for the "The Underground" student magazine, Writer for the "The Messenger".

Diploma, Journalism

Activities and Societies: Writer and designer for "The Courier", student publication for the four Centennial Campuses.

Summer Abroad Studies, 15Th-18Th Century British History

Honours Bachelor Of Arts, Journalism And English Literature

Activities and Societies: Shutterbugs, Creative Organization of Writers (COW), St. George Campus English Society