Tara Boland Email & Phone Number

Ottawa, On, Ca

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Part-time Professor at Algonquin College, teaching first-year Graphic Design students Typography.

Helping businesses define and market their brands through differentiating creative direction and tasty graphic design. Services include branding, graphic design (digital and print), and web design.Working for clients such as Rewind, Proton.ai, NGen Canada, Withe, and more.

Optimizing and championing Knak's visual brand identity; creating design systems and brand resources for company-wide useDeveloping creative conceptual ideas and art directing marketing campaigns, across all channels and platformsEnsuring all visual expressions of the brand have a strong and consistent look that maintains the integrity of Knak's visual brand identity across all departments and functions (sales, product, etc.)Leading the training and mentoring of the Design team; supporting employees' professional development and enabling them to reach their career goalsMonitoring the day‐to‐day activities of team members and ensuring work is progressing as planned, through working with team members and actively being involved in the work.

Focus on digital & web design: Owning the end-to-end designs and visual execution of the Fullscript website and campaignsCore stakeholder in the visual brand: Maintaining the Visual Brand Guidelines. Creating on-brand campaign deliverables, including web pages, graphics, and interactive assets for paid ads, digital media, branded content, etc.Manage the visual design team: Mentoring and supporting designers in their day-to-day roles, managing incoming projects and current workload(s), providing critical feedback and support on projects

Championing the Fullscript visual brand standardsInspiring practitioners to choose Fullscript through the design and UX of our marketing website and other landing pagesDesigning the overall look of campaigns, emails, social media graphics, infographics, etc.Working closely with the product design team to help foster and encourage design-thinking, as well as lending a visual eye to the UI/UX experience of the productSupporting internal teams with various projects including company swag, posters, presentations, email signatures, etc.

• Kardish Health Food Centre• Gusto TV• Harvest House• Animal Justice Canada• Fauxmagerie Zengarry

Conceptual development, graphic design, and layout of all types of outputs for both print and digital materials. Working with companies including:• Billings Bridge Shopping Centre• Canadian Ophthalmological Society (COS)• Charity Village• County Cider• Guelph Humber University• Ottawa Food Bank• Ottawa Heart Institute• SRV Canada VRS• Thyme & Again• Westboro Village BIA• Youth Services Bureau

Developing artwork, as well as hosting and teaching painting classes.