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| Husband, father, brother, son; friend to most, and on rare occasion, foe to some. Creative director, whole-brain designer, writer, and motivated collaborator. MasSive Change thinker & proponent of sustainable living through Design. An entrepreneur, and an intuitive, resourceful thinker, with a business-savvy, creative eye. Dreamer, Believer, perennial optimist with an open mind - thirsty for knowledge, discourse and new ideas. A rare fruit getting riper with experience under a creative canopy of possibility. Let's build bridges. |
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Multi-disciplined (graphic and web) designer, with 9+ years experience in graphic & web design, user interface architecture & design, web deveopment, creative/art direction, copywriting, business development (RFPs, contract writing), creative/strategy concept client presentations, and full-cycle web design & development, project coordination and management.
- Deft & highly effective on both PC and Mac operating systems; superior to superb Adobe CS5 Design Suite skills - Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Fireworks, Dreamweaver, Flash, Soundbooth
- Graphic Design, Web Design, User Experience Design (GUI), Interface Architecture & Information Architecture (flow charts, wireframes, sitemaps; working use + knowledge of GOMS, KLM, Human Info Processor Model
- Software Tools & Skill-sets: HTML, XHTML CSS (with & without tables), JavaScript, JQuery; familiar with in PHP & MySQL; custom Wordpress design, currently diving into HTML5 and CSS3 (and I am a designer/coder)
- Social Networking savvy; Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Yelp - adept with HootSuite, Tweetdeck for multi account mgmt
- 10+ yrs of Microsoft Office exp. - Outlook, Entourage, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Microsoft Project Gallery and more
- FTP Client administration, email and virtual hosting administration, knowledge of SEO and web/google analytics
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OTC Group of Companies, Marketing Director [ June 2011 - Present]
OTC Group of Companies is a software firm specializing in emerging technologies for the web and mobile industries with specific emphasis on rapid and efficient database marketing on a mid to enterprise business scale. As Director of Marketing, I am responsible for all Marketing, Communications and Design initiatives. My role also includes acting as creative lead for our own top level brand, our various companies and products, and all other communication and design related endeavours. . [ www.otcgc.com ]
Massive Change Network, Lead Web Designer/Developer [ Feburary 2011 - September 2011]
The Massive Change Network (MCN) is a global design learning network. We are developing a global network committed to inspiring, connecting, and empowering entrepreneurial designers. Our ambition is to inspire a generation of designers to realize their full power and potential to change the world for the better (and launch new entrepreneurial enterprises to do it).
My role at MCN encompasses all online aspects of design and development from the design and build of the current MCN site to all other initatives related to information technology. [ www.massivechangenetwork.com ]
LMN, Creative Lead & Designer [ June 2010 - June 2011]
LMN is a start-up, web-based software company that specializes in business management software solutions specific to the Landscape (Contracting) Industry. The role of Creative Lead & Designer is multi-faceted and involves work in both web and print. To date, launched 2 main sites and 3 micro sites for LMN and the parent company TBG Landscape. Responsibilities also include creative direction, market/audience research, wireframe/site map prep, and graphic user interface design, web design using HTML & CSS, custom Wordpress design and integration. Additional responsibilities include print advertising collateral design, creation of marketing and educational collateral, supplier and client relations, and multi-media production (which involved Flash video production, audio post-production, voice over recording, script writing). Currently, design, marketing & communications team leader. [ www.landscapemanagementnetwork.com & www.tbglandscape.com ]
Styllautus Limited, Co-founder, Creative/Managing Director [ May 2009 - March 2010 ]
Styllautus, formerly The Web Solvers Canada, is a graphic and web design studio providing a range of services, from brand and identity design, to new media, web design and development. As Creative Director & Lead Designer, range of responsibilities included creative consultation, business research & development, creative direction & concept design, project management & team lead, web/HTML development & implementation, web application integration/implementation, quality assurance testing & debugging, post-launch web & account service/maintenance (including further consultation, design & development work). As one of two Managing Director's at Styllautus, my range of responsibilities also included, sales, RFP writing, business development, client relations, staff management and strategic business decision making. [ www.styllautus.com ]
The Web Solvers Canada, Creative Director & Managing Partner [ June 2003 - March 2009 ]
A web design and development studio. The Web Solvers Canada (TWSC) portfolio of work covered a range of industries including the corporate and professional sector, online retail and eCommerce-based business to the world of Art, Entertainment and Hospitality. TWSC produced dynamic database driven websites with custom business and eCommerce applications. TWSC also offered Web advertising media and web and print collateral marketing media, as well as brand and identity design services. Please see above for a similar range of responsibilities at Styllautus.
Yabu Pushelberg, Marketing, Graphic Design & Business Development [ January 2002 - June 2003 ]
An international, award-winning interior designfirm focused on luxury retail, high-end residential, boutique hotel and the hospitality/entertainment sector. Responsible for marketing and business development. Yabu Pushelberg is a fast-paced, highly creative and out-the-box design studio. Responsible for creating/designing and publishing marketing collateral for business development, marketing and public relations. Responsible for contract and proposal development, lead development, photography and digital asset management, media archiving and maintenance, and a assortment of ad hoc responsibilities. Success on the job at YP required flexibility with strong organization and administrative skills, the ability to embrace a variety of challenges including on-the-job adversity, the ability to wear many hats, multi-task and meet extremely tight and budget-sensitive deadlines. Working directly under co-founder/managing partner, Glenn Pushelberg, and marketing director Tara Browne, I had the privileged and opportunity to not only work with the owners and the executive level team, but the executive of their top tier clientele as well. |
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Toronto Image Works [ 2002 ]
A post graduate, expert-level certificate program in Graphic Design. Courses include print & web design (Photoshop, Illustrator, QuarkX-press), pre-press, type-setting theory, digital imaging, image re-touching/colouring, new media design.
Humber College - School of Journalism [ 2000-2002 ]
Post-graduate certificate program in Broadcast and Print journalism.
University of Toronto [ 1995-1999 ]
Graduated with a Bachelor of Arts & Science degree, Philosophy major. Included courses in Political Science, English Literature, and Communication Studies. |
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Design Software
Adobe CS5 Creative Suite - Photoshop, Illustrator, Fireworks, Dreamweaver, InDesign, Flash; Adobe Captivate, QuarkXpress, PowerPoint, MindJet Mind Manager, Freehand, MS Paint, CorelDraw, MS Visio, TextPad, NotePad
Office & Administration Sofware
MS Office - Outlook (Entourage), Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project; OmniFocus, MindJet Mind Manager, FTP Clients - CuteFTP, Transmit, CyberDuck, FireFTP; Constant Contact, custom web-based email marketing software (Hosting admin panels), Remote Desktop Connection, VPN, Parallels, Adobe Acrobat, Google Analytics, Google Docs, Google Reader
Web Design & Programming - Languages (code)
HTML, XHTML, CSS (using CSS 3 more and more), PHP, JavaScript (using JQuery based components quite a bit). Familiar with Java, ASP, ASP.net, Visual Basic
Database, Database Management, Hosting
Experience with MySQL, MS Access, MS SQL; dabbled with Oracle; MySQL Workbench, PHPmyadmin, Custom web-based software for data management (Hosting admin panels)
Web Browsers, Communication Tools, Other Media
Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer (up to 9), Chrome, Safari, MSN Messenger, Skype, Gtalk, Adium, Soundbooth, Soundforge, Adobe Media Player, Windows Media Player, VLC, QuickTime |
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[ Back to the top ] *Header art is a remixed version of a Rene Almanza piece www.renealmanza.net |
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Bisi Williams, Co-founder + Director
Massive Change Network
Mike Lysecki, Managing Director
Landscape Management Network
Roland Chan, President
Deft Company
Jill Walters, Editor in Chief
Diversity in the Workplace
For reference contact information please contact me for further details. |
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