Experience

guard.me Canada

• Canada
• Insurance
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Graphic Designer

  • Oct 2021 - Present

  Design print and web materials for the guard.me brand including: logos, banners, posters, brochures, power point presentations, business cards, social media and web graphics, eblasts (in Constant Contact), newsletters and etc. Created various mock-up UI/UX designs of the guard.me customer portal, assisted with some HTML and CSS fixes to the website and work on creating various concepts for the brand with each project given. Additional responsibilities include copywriting, proof reading, social media posts plus calendar, up keep of the design archive including imagery and updating the brand guidelines. Show less



Freelance Graphic Designer

• Toronto, Canada Area

• Freelance Graphic Designer

  • Apr 2014 - Present

  Designed promotional advertising materials for Royal Lepage Signature, Gentec, Papertec, and Henry’s. Created a website using HTML5, CSS3, PHP and some JavaScript for Limitless Events - Wedding Planners. Created quotes, suggested marketing methods and showed various designs while working closely with various clients. Communicated and worked with clients to get the results they need on their deadline and budget. Currently taking on freelance jobs. Designed promotional advertising materials for Royal Lepage Signature, Gentec, Papertec, and Henry’s. Created a website using HTML5, CSS3, PHP and some JavaScript for Limitless Events - Wedding Planners. Created quotes, suggested marketing methods and showed various designs while working closely with various clients. Communicated and worked with clients to get the results they need on their deadline and budget. Currently taking on freelance jobs.



Purves Redmond Limited

• Canada
• Insurance
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Marketing & Communications Specialist

  • Dec 2020 - Feb 2021

  Created Word, Excel, Power Point, PDF and other documents to adhere to corporate brand standards. Planned virtual social event co-coordinating and organizing with the broker, outside vendor, guest list, email invitation (in Active Campaign) and more. Scheduled and aided, in finding articles to post to social media twice a week in Hootsuite. Worked with brokers to create intuitive forms in Form Stack, Survey Monkey, Google Forms and etc. Updated the company website in Wordpress and communicated with a third party company to run reports on WCAG compliance for 2021. Did summary write ups and copy edits for a blog post and social media posts. Worked on organizing the company archive and web assets. Designed the company holiday gift tags, MOE fact sheet and updated company business cards. Show less



Gentec International

• Canada
• Consumer Electronics
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Graphic Designer

  • Apr 2016 - Nov 2020

  Designed for brands distributed by Gentec International, such as: Alpine, Sigma, Manfrotto, Zeiss, Klipsch, Roots, SanDisk and much more. Responsibilities included creating advertisements, sell sheets, package designs, banners, signage, newsletters, flyers, translumes, catalogues and other relevant print material as needed by each division. Additional responsibilities included creating email newsletter campaigns, Google display ad graphics and revising web pages for the various brands using Content Management Systems (CMS) like Magento and Wordpress, while coding a little in HTML5 and CSS3. I also, worked on mobile landing page contest for Klipsch and edited videos using After Effects/Premier for the Air Canada Center Raptors game. Other duties included communicating with vendors, booking advertisements, budgeting, organizing brand style guides, copy writing, proofing, creating animations, product photography, script writing, story boarding and illustration, social media and more. Show less



Royal LePage Signature Realty, Toronto

• Canada
• Real Estate
• 700 & Above Employee

• Lead Graphic Designer

  • May 2015 - Apr 2016

  Over saw Royal LePage Signature’s new Design Studio in Mississauga, to ensure a smooth transition with the real estate agents and to make sure the quality of work met Design Studio standards. Responsible for making the new Design Studio successful and a service the agents would use seamlessly. Created features sheets, direct mail pieces, signs, business cards, flyers and more in a time sensitive environment. Met one-on-one with various agents to discuss a variety of projects and problem solved any issues with agent complaints. Booked projects with team members in Mississauga and Don Mills Studio locations based on their schedules. Logged all print costs for the team and looked for the best price from various print vendors. Met with managers and web developers to aid in the layout and design of the companies website. Walked agents through direct mail processes with Canada Post's website. Worked on issues regarding the printer or computers within the studio. Show less



Henry's

• Canada
• Retail
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Advertising Co-ordinator

  • Nov 2008 - Apr 2014

  Designed and printed promotional materials for the Henry's brand and companies associated with the brand such as Canon, Nikon, Sigma and more. Worked closely with other members of the Marketing Team to conceptualize ideas for large projects. Created web graphics and helped code for the Henry's and School of Imaging websites. Additional responsibilities included printing, marketing, branding, advertising, copy writing, proof reading, project management, photo manipulation, scanning, color correction, illustration and network organization. Show less



Inplex Facility Logistics

• Toronto ON

• Graphic Designer & Offset Co-ordinator

  • Jul 2008 - Nov 2008

  Created online and print promotional materials from conceptualization to final production which included newsletters, magazines, booklets, brochures, direct mail pieces, websites, package designs and posters. Additional responsibilities included copy writing, proof reading, drawing, project management, photo manipulation, scanning, color correction and electronic illustration. Created online and print promotional materials from conceptualization to final production which included newsletters, magazines, booklets, brochures, direct mail pieces, websites, package designs and posters. Additional responsibilities included copy writing, proof reading, drawing, project management, photo manipulation, scanning, color correction and electronic illustration.



Business & Office Centro

• Toronto ON

• Graphic Designer

  • Aug 2006 - Jun 2008

  Created online and printed promotional materials including: newsletters, magazines, booklets, brochures, direct mail pieces, websites, package designs and posters. Conceptualization and development of creative ideas. Verify accuracy of supplied text and proofreading of all work generated. Provide technical support to customers and internal partners. Additional responsibilities included copy writing, proof reading, drawing, project management, photo manipulation, scanning, color correction and electronic illustration. Show less