Darko Ristic
Toronto. ON. M1K 4S5
Home: 416-***-****
Cell: 647-***-****
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Portfolio on line: www.darkoristic.com
Web Design and multimedia – 2 years of experience as a visual designer (UI)developing branded and creative assets for web, mobile and tablet applications. HTML, CSS, UI/UX Design, WordPress. Expert knowledge of Power Point Presentation (Business presentation, proposals…). Also audio and video editing using Adobe Premiere.
Graphic Design - layout and design for magazines, company annual reports, retail catalogues, brochures, posters, promotional material, POP, packaging design, logos and billboards. Also an in-depth understanding of pre-press, film output, film imposition, color separation, trapping, color correction, file conversion and scanning.
Illustration – Hand skills, concept skills, cartoon illustration, digital 3D and 2D illustration, technical illustration, packaging illustrations and 3D mock up.
Excellent working knowledge of professional software like: Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere Pro), Flash, Dreamweaver (HTML5,CSS), WordPress, 3D MAX, SolidWorks, SketchUp, MS Office-Power Point Presentation, Axure RP 8 and Sketch on MAC and PC.
SELECTED PROJECT EXPERIENCE
KD Display
Graphic/Web Designer, November 2008 – January 2017
Bombardier Recreational Programs – Ski-Doo, Sea-Doo and Can-am, starting with store layouts to complete 3D rendering and Power Point presentations. POP displays, catalogues, flyers, large prints and technical illustrations. I have also worked on projects for Pet Valu, ADIDAS, Bluenotes, MAAX Showers and Lauzon. Large print and packaging design.
Web design- KD Displays web and B2B sites.HTML, CSS, Flash animation, User Design, Design Responses and digital channels, also user flows, concept modeling, sitemaps and wireframes.
Power Point Presentations.
Sandylion Sticker Designs
Digital Media Artist, October 2004 – November 2008
Graphic and packaging design: Sandylion and licensing product brochure including Disney, Mattel, DreamWorks, Nickelodeon, National Geographic and Marvel.
Company annual and seasonal catalogues (average of 350 pages each).
Flyers for sticker collections and scrapbooking products. Product packaging design and pre-press.
Web design: Web pages for Sandylion’s three main product lines – stickers, scrapbooking and home décor including SEO. HTML, CSS, Flash animation, User Design, Design Responses, Digital channels, User flows, concept modeling, sitemaps and wireframes. Power Point Presentations.
Konexus Technologies Limited (Dotcom 2000 Inc.)
Web/Graphic Artist, February 2002 - October2004
Web and Graphic design solutions including 2D and 3D animation, video editing and conversion to streaming media.
Independently worked projects (from sketches to final implementation):
crowncitycasino.com - New user interface, affiliate pages, customer support pages. Overlay visual identity, incorporation of new interface in existing layout, flash animation.
bigbuckscasino – 3D Illustrations, web design, html and graphic design.
barebuckscasino - web design, illustrations, 3D modeling and rendering, HTML and video editing.
AVA Multimedia Inc.
Graphic Artist, March 2000 - January 2002
Working directly with Art Director and customers to find best art and commercial solutions in a field of Web/Graphic design and Multimedia. Independently worked projects (from sketches to final implementation):
BOSSMAN advertising campaign - Lite Driver Product catalogue, POP material, illustration, graphic design, layout, pre-press and print supervision.
CHUBB Security Systems.Company logo design, product catalogue design and Illustration, graphic design, layout, pre-press and print supervision.
Euro United Corporation - new product line and Chicago Trade Show presentation:
Magazine and poster illustration, packaging design, graphic design, layout, pre-press and print supervision.
EDUCATION
University of Toronto, School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture - Certificate of Information Technology Design
University of Belgrade, Faculty of Fine Arts - Bachelor of Fine Arts
College of Applied Arts - Certificate of Graphic Design