Michael Martel Email & Phone Number

Ottawa, On, Ca

Remote

I analyze training needs through a needs assessment process, consulting with key stakeholders to identify performance improvement opportunities that can be addressed through learning interventions. I then collaborate with subject matter experts to design, develop, and maintain learning content, including instructor-led and digital content as it relates to on-boarding, sales, operations and collections. I partner with internal stakeholders to implement new course material in support of project launches, ensuring content and outcomes are aligned to the specific needs of the client and audience. Work also includes supplying audio-visual multimedia assets, such as banners, icons, illustrations, diagrams, narration, animations, playbooks and factsheets. Finally, I contribute innovative approaches to the learning function by keeping current with new insights, research and technologies in the market.

Ottawa, Canada Area

I supported the Digital Transformation Office with optimizing task success throughout the Canada.ca online presence using WET-based interaction designs, templates and patterns. Specific work included prototyping and testing a WCAG compliant visual pay calendar that would allow public servants to see and understand when they get paid, based on the results of early baseline testing. Work also included page prototyping using ATOM, GitHub pages, and Drupal as well as assisting in the monthly publication of the Canada.ca blog.

Ottawa

I designed and delivered the user interface and interaction designs for a prototype government-wide, team-based directory service. User, technical and business requirements were gathered in collaboration with the team’s UX researchers, developers, product owners and technical writers during the course of multiple sprints. Additional design support included low & high-fidelity wireframes (https://github.com/gctools-outilsgc/ux_prototypes/tree/master/Directory_Service/Directory_Final_Designs) and paper prototyping for the new GC Collab global shell, a technical audit of the design system’s visual assets, as well as the creation of custom mascots for the design system’s landing page (https://design.gccollab.ca/).

Ottawa, Canada Area

I supplied Visual Design, Graphic Design, Art Direction, UID, UXD, and Illustration services for a variety of media projects. Projects included: software, mobile and web applications, websites, courseware and blended learning experiences, motion graphics, video games, presentations, manuals, print initiatives for marketing, comms and advertising, as well as promotional accessory design and signage. I have experience working with both public and private sector clients, working on projects in both English and French.

Ottawa, Canada

I provided UI, graphic design & illustration services for a variety of media, including software applications, elearning programs, demos, prototypes, e-publications, presentations, print and promotional accessories for the College's various internal clients. The Educational Product Development Department was closed April 2016.

Ottawa, Canada

I delivered the creative & UI/UX services on 100's of robust, high-fidelity, custom interactive training programs, interactive teaching games and print projects for private and public sector clients. Work focused on enhancing the teaching objectives and enabling objectives for private and public sector clients by combining user experience best practices, custom user interfaces, branding, instructional content and creative direction for a given digital title, project, program or game. Daily activities were various; design and delivery of user journeys and user flows, site maps, wireframes, usability testing and competitive analysis reports, prototypes and demos, sales support, quality assurance, branding & identity, visual standards & technical specifications, storyboards, flow diagrams, instructional animations, icons, avatar design, digital and print newsletters, motion graphic support, technical illustrations, figurative illustrations, schematics, print assets such as course calendars, job aids, quick reference cards, posters and infographics, static/interactive diagrams, web page development, web page authoring, production art & mentoring junior designers.

Ottawa, Canada Area

I acted as a Team Lead, Art Director and production developer. I worked with SME's and Instructional Designers to develop digital interfaces (UI) and visual assets for interactive learning experiences (LX). Other activities included flash animations, informative content graphics, motion graphics, illustrations, schematics, static/interactive diagrams, web page development, authoring and production art. Acerra was a division of Algonquin College before being sold to Nexient then GK.

Ottawa, Canada Area

I acted as a Team Lead, Art Director and production developer. I worked with SME's and Instructional Designers to develop digital interfaces and visual assets including: Flash animations, informative content graphics, motion graphics, illustrations, schematics, static/interactive diagrams, web page development, authoring and production art.

Ottawa, Canada Area

I acted as Team Lead, Art Director and Developer. Digital inks, animation, illustration, layout & design for Multimedia CDROM and web delivered large-scale, multi-phase corporate, educational and medical training programs.

I supplied digital inks, animation, illustration, layout & design for Multimedia CDROM content. I worked with M.D.s (SMEs) & ID's to find the best way to deliver Corel Medical Series content.

Montreal, Canada Area

Graphics, Illustration and Multimedia authoring using asymmetrix toolbook for ISO9000 training.

Montreal, Québec

P/T Graphic Artist & Illustrator for ads, clean up artist, typesetting, production management

Brantford Ontario

Handcut & digital stencils, vinyl application, installation, production

Ottawa, Canada Area

I was a junior designer for a graphic designer in Bell's Corners where I learned the traditional hand-made methods and techniques employed by the industry. Paste-up, word-count typesetting, Letraset, rubilith, mezzotints, PMT's, line art, waxed comps and more!

Certificate, User Experience Design, Pass

Activities and Societies: Skillshare Completed: 1) Introduction to UX Design 2) User-Centered Design Process and Design Thinking 3) User.

Certificate, Web Development

Bachelor Of Fine Arts (B.F.A.), Design And Applied Arts

Activities and Societies: TA - Silkscreen Labs, photoshop instructor Multidisciplinary: Industrial, Conceptual, Traditional Design theory.

Honors, Academic Oac