As well as being a designer Mark is an artist and maker. He is currently working on figurative and portrait works as well as installation projects.

I'm a full time design and visual UX (user experience) freelancer. I often work with a network of other professionals, design studios, startups and agencies to take on mid to larger sized projects. This is also true for smaller projects where specific skills and backgrounds are required.I often have availability for smaller projects but for larger projects I do need some advance notice. If your interested in knowing more about me, what I've done and how I might be able to help you please get in touch. I'm friendly, like to talk and I'm incredibly curious. Services include; User Experience Consulting, Visual Identity and Brand Development, User Interface Design, Web Design, Illustration, Iconography

Design contract with Source Metrics to develop Visual Identity, Web Site Design, Landing Pages, UI Design and the development of iconography and Illustrations.

Mark joined RealDecoy through the acquisition of his former design Studio, Axionic. Through this acquisition RealDecoy was able to add additional management staff and establish a User Experience and design practice.Over the course of Mark's stay at RealDecoy the company grew from a number in the 20s to over 100 people spread across several offices and countries. Over the course of this growth Mark maintained the role of Creative Director at a VP level while taking on additional roles to help support rapid company growth. These roles included team leadership, hiring process, evangelism, developing practices and thought leadership around front-end html, css and content management, account management, business development, exploring supplemental lines of business and managing the RealDecoy visual brand.Some highlights include: Creative Direction on the visual redesign and redevelopment of the Home Hardware web site, http://www.homehardware.ca.Creative Direction on new and updated web applications for Novation.Creative Direction an the visual redesign of the new Canadian Nature Museum web site, http://www.nature.ca.Creative Direction on the visual redesign of the new Royal Tyrell Museum web site, http://www.tyrrellmuseum.com. Technical design and development of a new CMS system for the National Gallery of Canada.Strategic consulting for the Canada Council for the Arts regarding the transition their existing site into a new CMS platform.Establishing a Maintenance and Optimization business line within RealDecoyDevelopment of an updated branding package for RealDeocySome highlighted clients include Home Hardware, Canada Council for the Arts, Royal Tyrell Musem, Canadian Musem of Nature, Department of National Defence, CBC, Novation, Health Canada, Eclipse Foundation, Algonquin College, BowValley College, Canadian Musem of Technology, Canadian Agriculture Musem, Heritage Canada, Canadian Geographic and Canadian Wildlife Service.

Axionic was a digital media studio that delivered high quality web projects for predominantly cultural and startup businesses. Most projects had a web focus at their core but often involved a full range of design services including identity design, posters, brochures, signage, illustration, photography, interactive kiosks and video.Although it was a small studio, Axionic had a great team that enabled it to take on challenging design and development projects while maintaining long standing relationships with it's customers and suppliers.As the founder of Axionic and Creative Director, Mark's responsibilities ran the gamut from management responsibilities to direct creative involvement and oversight of all projects. As a small team Mark's days we're often be an eclectic mix of client meetings, creative and technical direction, design, illustration, technical requirements and UX planning.Some highlighted clients include Canada Council for the Arts, Opera Lyra Ottawa, ipMonitor, Sobey Art Award, RaceDV, Eclipse Foundation, Solana Networks, Canadian Geographic, Canadian Wildlife Service, Honda Canada, Unesco Canada and the Canadian Museum of Civilization.Axionic was purchased by RealDecoy in 2007 where Mark continued in his role of Creative Director and joined the executive team as a VP.

At Applied Imagineering (AI) Mark grew from being senior creative into the role of Associate Creative Director. Mark's role involved strategic planning, graphic and web design, illustration, development, mentorship and client management. Mark was able to play a key role in building and maintaining long term customer relationships.At AI, Mark developed and instituted the practice of creating Information Architectures and Wireframes for web projects.Some highlighted clients include Canada Council for the Arts, Elections Canada, Nortel Congruity, Channelware, Industry Canada, Department of National Defence and Thermal Energy.

At DVS, Mark was a senior interactive designer with responsibilities that included interacting with clients, project planning, design, storyboarding and development of Computer Based Training (CBT) and web sites. While Mark was at DVS the value of interactive training within the industry became well understood and in turn the content and expectations much more sophisticated. Additionally the industry went into a transition of delivering interactive training content from CD to the Web. Mark was able to thrive and be a pioneer in this space and his long term passion for the web had begun.

With a proud family history of military service, Mark chose to join the Canadian Armed Forces Reserves Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders while attending design school. Military service provided full time Summer employment and a great part time career while in school. While employed in the Reserves, Mark had the opportunity to take several courses including communications, leadership and driving various military vehicles including the transportation of dangerous goods. Additionally, due to Mark's interest and training in Graphic Design he was fortunate to have the opportunity to be employed at CFB Gagetown in the Training Aids Production Department where he participated in the development of training material as well as assisting the photography unit.