Art Director

• Aug 2020 - Present

Illustration, Branding & Graphic Design

• Apr 2009 - Present

Past clients include Exclaim! magazine, Feist, The Cardboard Box Project, Moonbrew Tonic Co., Ms Lee's Natural Foods Inc., Island Organix, SOS Tutoring, DAVIDsTEA and Matthew Good to name a few. I've participated also in the Toronto Outdoor Art Festival, Puces POP, Queen West Art Crawl, The One of A Kind Show (2012), Marché Des Possibles and other indoor and outdoor art festivals selling original paintings, prints and jewellery. Past clients include Exclaim! magazine, Feist, The Cardboard Box Project, Moonbrew Tonic Co., Ms Lee's Natural Foods Inc., Island Organix, SOS Tutoring, DAVIDsTEA and Matthew Good to name a few. I've participated also in the Toronto Outdoor Art Festival, Puces POP, Queen West Art Crawl, The One of A Kind Show (2012), Marché Des Possibles and other indoor and outdoor art festivals selling original paintings, prints and jewellery.

Graphic Design Mentor

• Jan 2020 - Jan 2022

Proudly sharing my 10 years of design knowledge with designers at all stages of their careers, I provide one-on-one exclusive and personalized learning plans for anyone wanting to learn: • Visual brand building including logo design, color palettes, tone of voice and font selection • Basic design principles and how to apply them to everyday practices • Design for print & web • Package design and layout • Photography and design for E-commerce platforms • And more Proudly sharing my 10 years of design knowledge with designers at all stages of their careers, I provide one-on-one exclusive and personalized learning plans for anyone wanting to learn: • Visual brand building including logo design, color palettes, tone of voice and font selection • Basic design principles and how to apply them to everyday practices • Design for print & web • Package design and layout • Photography and design for E-commerce platforms • And more

Graphic Designer

• Aug 2018 - Jan 2020

Working closely with marketing to provide sales collateral for e-mail and print • Creating strong displays for AI and tech centered AI trade shows • Assisting in creating design assets for video animation to be used in major broadcast such as TSN and RDS • Creating impactful presentations and coinciding infographics for investor pitches and RFPs Working closely with marketing to provide sales collateral for e-mail and print • Creating strong displays for AI and tech centered AI trade shows • Assisting in creating design assets for video animation to be used in major broadcast such as TSN and RDS • Creating impactful presentations and coinciding infographics for investor pitches and RFPs

Senior Designer

• Sep 2017 - Jun 2018

Working with this band merchandising solutions company I’ve been fortunate enough to work on various design projects for bands and artists like Sigur Rós, Feist, and The National to name a few • Creative direction • Original illustrations created • Print coordination • High end product photography for various online stores (e-comm) • Print production prep Working with this band merchandising solutions company I’ve been fortunate enough to work on various design projects for bands and artists like Sigur Rós, Feist, and The National to name a few • Creative direction • Original illustrations created • Print coordination • High end product photography for various online stores (e-comm) • Print production prep

Senior Graphic Designer

• Oct 2008 - Aug 2015

Involved in a myriad of high level planning and key marketing projects including but not limited to: • styled product photography • all in-store print signage for visual merchandising • packaging • large scale hoarding • print and digital promo mailers • technical illustrations for products • window vinyls • seasonal theme planning • visual merchandising mockups Highly involved in brainstorming and contributing detailed storyboarding for photo shoots for each of the 6 marketing seasons. I had the opportunity to contribute an original illustration to the seasonal collection of cups, mugs, and some gift packaging as well. Working closely with the creative director and visual merchandising director, I was primarily in charge of in-store POP displays and in my last year moved from photographer's assistant to main photographer on site. Show less