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Elmira, Ontario, Canada

Brant, Ontario, Canada

• Collaborated with 30+ clients across the real estate, entertainment, and tradesindustry to execute strategic design projects, generating $6,000+ in revenue annually.• Developed creative branding and marketing collateral including posters, signage, andbanners; maintained ongoing communication with clients to provide updates andproofs for review, which increased client satisfaction and word of mouth referrals.• Fostered long-term partnerships with 5+ third party vendors by serving as a liaison foradditional design services for client projects.• Designed 30+ web pages for 20+ clients by analyzing page activity and leveragingwireframes, storyboards, sitemaps, and screen flows to enhance the user experience.

Fergus, Ontario, Canada

• Oversaw 10+ newspaper ads daily by collaborating with clients to strategically lay outassets to highlight key information, resulting in positive feedback, increased clientretention/loyalty, and tasked to take the lead on managing complex client requests.• Led brainstorming sessions with project stakeholders including cross-functional teamsand clients to analyze design and layout concepts for digital and print advertisements.• Served as the lead designer on special projects and publications such as communityguides (3x annually), Lions Home Show, and public-facing annual reports.• Maintained organizational compliance with accessibility requirements by proactivelyconducting research on industry trends and implementing best practices.• Streamlined operational processes to reduce costs and time-spent, including thedevelopment of an automated function using InDesign and Excel for a dealership togenerate flyer templates for 100s of vehicles.

Fergus, Ontario

• Created all corporate print and online marketing materials including brochures, logos,websites, flyers, and presentation folders.• Maintained an extensive customer database with 150+ projects through Excel.

Elora, Ontario, Canada

• Produced a variety of print and digital marketing materials including presentations,holiday cards, brochures, booklets, flyers, and educational tutorials using Adobe CS.• Managed the stock photo library and introduced new organization processes toimprove image retrieval, such as adding keywords to meta data to ensure assets aresearchable in Adobe Bridge.

Diploma, Digital Animation

Advanced Diploma, Advertising Integrated Marketing Communications