Experience

BuySellAds

• Product UI/UX Engineer

  • Oct 2011 - Present

  My work as UI/UX and product engineer at BuySellAds consists of a balanced dose of user interface, experience, and product design, as well as project management and code. I'm responsible for the design, flow, and overall experience of the various BuySellAds apps and projects.At BuySellAds, I get to work with both product owners and engineers to deliver products that meet and surpass our own team's expectations as well as the expectations of our advertisers and publishers.SCSS… My work as UI/UX and product engineer at BuySellAds consists of a balanced dose of user interface, experience, and product design, as well as project management and code. I'm responsible for the design, flow, and overall experience of the various BuySellAds apps and projects.At BuySellAds, I get to work with both product owners and engineers to deliver products that meet and surpass our own team's expectations as well as the expectations of our advertisers and publishers.SCSS, HTML, PHP, and ReactJS are some of the technologies and tools I use on a daily basis for my work at BuySellAds.My 8+ years of experience in adtech gives me insight into what it's like to work with both advertisers and publishers to help them meet their goals. Working on both the product and the dev side of things (as well as with the sales, marketing, and ad ops teams) helps me create and code solutions that thousands of real people use every day in their online businesses. Show more Show less



Contrastly

• Founder

  • Dec 2012 - Present

  Contrastly offers unique tools & resources for enthusiast photographers as well as thought-provoking articles about the art and techniques that make great photographers. I founded this site in December 2012 and it has evolved into a marketplace selling Lightroom & ACR presets, Photoshop actions, and instructional ebooks. I'm responsible for the site design and maintenance, publishing, editing, marketing, social media, advertising, and overall direction of the site and the business.



Jon Phillips

• Web and UX Designer

  • Aug 2005 - Oct 2011

  I'm a freelance web and UI/UX designer.



TGON

• Lead Guitar

  • Jun 2006 - Jun 2011

  I was the lead guitarist for heavy act TGON and recorded a studio album and completed various shows and also toured Canada.



MediaLoot

• Co-Founder and Owner

  • Dec 2009 - May 2011

  I co-founded and helped manage MediaLoot from its launch until mid-2011. I used to design resources such as PS brushes, texture sets, icons, web templates and more. I touched a lot of aspects such as community management, content creation, brand development, marketing, social media promotion and more.



SpyreStudios

• Founder, EIC, Designer

  • Jul 2007 - Apr 2011

  I'm the founder and was the lead designer at SpyreStudios, a Montreal based web design studio focussing on blogs and social media which I co-founded in 2007 and sold in 2011 to DesignM.ag network.



FreelanceFolder

• Blogger, editor and owner of FreelanceFolder.com

  • Jul 2007 - Aug 2008

  I'm the founder and was the EIC and manager of FreelanceFolder until I sold the site in 2008.



Videotron Ltée

• Sales, Marketing and Network Expansion

  • Mar 2001 - Aug 2005