DANIELA ****-*** The Queensway

Toronto, Ontario M6S 5B3

POITRAS T: 647-***-****

E: acfr83@r.postjobfree.com

GRAPHIC DESIGNER Accomplished and results-oriented coupled with educational and professional awards

CLIENT RELATIONS paralleled with 6+ years of experience within graphic design industry for clients/corporations

across North America, Europe and Asia. Dynamic relationship building skills with a solid track

record within profit growth corporations. Progressive, decisive, and innovative, highly valued

for expertise in the design and deployment of multi-level media marketing campaigns

including web, print, editorial, brochures, catalogues, manuals, forms and package design

thereby interpreting corporate vision and strategy, translating objectives into actionable

plans, and providing support to multi-functional and cross-cultural teams.

PROFESSIONAL Teknion July 2012-Present

EXPERIENCE Graphic Designer Toronto, ON

• Manage a global client portfolio for Canada, USA, French and Asian markets

• Responsible for projects from inception to camera ready stage for individual and corporate

clients using Adobe Creative Suite and Quark Express

• Crafted a 173-page catalogue for Teknion Studio, which included the product line from

their new partner B&B Italia ensuring seamless merge of product lines

• Created the Teknion Media Kit (pocket folder and CD Design) for the largest commercial

exhibition in North America - Neocon 2013

• Developed a series of business promotional marketing books specifically tailored to

fortune 500 corporate clients including Shire, IBM, Apple, Microsoft, Exxon Mobile and

Scotia Bank

• Successfully created design concepts for the company webpage profiling new product lines

• Crafted and uploaded a striking web add for IDEX Conference and exhibition, featuring

Teknion’s Sidewise Product line

• Creatively designed a new sell sheet look for two recently released Teknion products the

“Versity chair and sofa” and the “Mina office chair”

• Developed Promotional Product Spec Sheets for multiple Teknion product/accessories, for

sales personnel and Christmas cards for the C-Level management across Teknion

• Work as a liaison between the Marketing and Project Management team, Industrial and

Graphic Design team in the creation of design concepts for master copies according to

design and media specifications

• Edit graphics and photos using airbrushing, masking, cloning, color adjust/match, contrast,

black and white conversion, image retouching and bitmap/pixel editing

• Convert various types of files into print-ready or web-capable format using appropriate software

H.B. Fenn & Company Ltd January 2009 -February 2011

Graphic Designer Bolton, ON

• Solely designed and created design the company’s seasonal product line catalogue

• Prepared digital and print promotional material to market newly released publications

(catalogues, posters, flyers, invitations, web banners, banners, bookmarks and postcards)

• Formulated covers and interior layouts for books published by the company

• Managed requests for quotes and the purchase process from various contracted printing firms

• Identified, proposed and implemented new business driving opportunities through

different marketing channels such as print and online media

• Handled day-to-day marketing material updates of company’s website and provided timely

in-house printing and mounting of finished projects for presentation

Please visit the portfolio at the following link. http://www.coroflot.com/danielapoitras

PROFESSIONAL • Coordinated with local teams across marketing, design and sales to provide

EXPERIENCE comprehensive services to all levels of the supported businesses in the design process and

the timely delivery of images and logos in the appropriate format

(ConTInueD)

• Formulated an effective strategy in a deadly driven- environment to maintain and

exchange project information and upload finished projects via client based FTP servers for

clients and publishers

• Monitored the archiving of all images, logos and completed projects, in User Access

Management (UAM) system

• Provided Excel based project situation reports

• Recognized Employee Award for “Seasonal Products” project

A-Channel Television September 2008 – November 2008

Graphic Designer Barrie, ON

• Prepared deco-files for the weather and morning newscasts

• Assisted the design team in inserting cue-titles on-air for live broadcasts

Zoup Creative March 2008 – April 2008

Graphic Designer Barrie, ON

• Created advertisements and promotional media for the 2008 Barrie Film Festival

• Contributed to the design layout for a Royal Victoria Hospital’s website

Gel Creative May 2007 – August 2007

Graphic Designer /Illustrator Barrie, ON

• Designed and produced computer-generated artwork for marketing and

promotional materials, such as (banners, catalogues and technical illustrations)

• Created new design themes for marketing and collateral materials

• Formed several transit graphic Bus-Wraps for Rock 95, a local radio station in

Barrie Ontario

eDuCATIon/AWARDS Toronto Business Development Center – Toronto, ON

May 2012 – Business Operation

Ontario College of Art and Design – Toronto, ON

May 2011 – November 2011 – HTML Intermediate; Adobe Flash Action Script 3; Adobe Flash

Animation and Adobe After Effects

Georgian College Barrie, ON

September 2010 – May 2011 - Web Page Design Intermediate HTML

September 2009 – May 2010 - Web Page Design Introduction HTML

September 2005 – May 2008 - Dean’s List and Honor’s Diploma in Graphic Design

Award: Volkswagen Canada Scholarship Award for Top Graduating Graphic Design Student

Award: Registered Graphic Designers of Ontario (RGD) Scholarship show winner for 2006,

2007 and 2008

Award: 2007 Barrie Examiner Graphic Design Scholarship Award

Award: 1st prize in Onbrand’s Provincial Think Shelf Package Design Competition

Award: 2006 Kempenfelt Graphics Scholarship Award

September 2004 – May 2005 - Dean’s List - Art and Design Fundamentals

September 2003 – May 2004 - Dean’s list – General Arts and Sciences

Please visit the portfolio at the following link. http://www.coroflot.com/danielapoitras

ADDITIONAL Proficiency - Adobe CS6, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, QuarkXPress, Dreamweaver, After

Effects and Microsoft Office

INFORMATION

Activities - Graphic Designing, painting, fashion, traveling, motorcycles and spending time

with my pets - guinea pigs

Community Service --- Member and Sponsor for “ Chalice” – A catholic Child Support

Program and Member of Toronto Wild Life Center for Animal Rescue.

FREELANCE January 2014

Paleontastic, Recipe Blog Logo

June 2013-February 2014

Corsa Meccanica, Motorcycle Store Promotional card

SOLD sign

Clothing tag

Logo redesign

March 2011-november 2012

Various real estate agents Home marketing Brochures

BUP Security company Logo

Houseboat Memoirs company Logo, business cards

Mayor of Springwater Township Brochure

May 2009-January 2010

DC Photography Logo

Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board Brochure

February 2009

Architect firm of Linevision Corporate identity package

2 Build construction and development firm Corporate identity package

October 2008

Student Services Department at Georgian College Logo

July 2007

Orillia Museum of Art and History Website redesign

Please visit the portfolio at the following link. http://www.coroflot.com/danielapoitras

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