Graphic Artist
Resume:
Profile
- Bilingual Graphic and Web Designer with over 10 years of diverse hands-
on design
experience
- Proven effectiveness in creating eye catching visuals
- Personable team player with proven ability to multitask and meet tight
deadlines
- Independent and committed to producing high quality designs while
being sensitive to clients' needs and challenges
o Quick learner, deadline-oriented, very creative with an innate sense
of colour, composition and typography
Technical Skills
- Indesign CC
- Illustrator CC
- Photoshop CC
- Microsoft Office
- Fireworks CS6
- Dreamweaver CC
- Wordpress
- AdobeFlash w/Actionscript
- XHTML
- CSS, CSS3
- JQuery
- Javascript
- PHP
- Wordpress
Career History
Bilingual Layout Artist, WALL2WALL MEDIA, Toronto 2012 - 2014
Designed layout ads in monthly real estate publications for the Qu bec,
Ontario and the West regions
- Created ads for Quebec, Ontario, and western publications such as
Remax-Qu bec, Maisons vendre, Home D cor and Renovations and
Commercial Investor
- Updated Quebec clients websites to its new Real Estate CMS platform
resulting in meeting deadlines. dominiquetheoret.blueroof360.com/
o Resolved issues by telephone and email with sales rep and clients in
French and English
Layout Artist, YELLOW PAGES GROUP, Toronto 1999 - 2009
Created directory ads in a range of professions using primarily Illustrator
and Photoshop
- Designed highly creative pre-call ads with minimal information
contributing to a 30% growth in company sales.
- Created mock ads to entice clients to place ads leading to increased
revenues.
- Selected to design a special full-page colour ad in French and
completed it within a day
- Translated French instructions to English on ads coming from
Montreal to help to process ads more quickly, resulting in more
efficient processing time.
Graphic Designer, FRANCOPHONIQUE, Toronto 2002 - 2007
- Designed logos, posters, business cards and updated the website for
promotion of this well-known French social club in Toronto.
- Helped organize and host social French events in Toronto (brunches,
beach parties with French karaoke and dance events).
Graphic Designer, ROCKPRINT INC., Toronto 1995 - 1998
Design, photography, and production of film for brochures, company folders,
header cards, ticket channels, ceiling cards, sell sheets, box designs,
pressure-sensitive labels, and flexo packaging.
- Creation of header cards and packaging for various nuts and candy
for Blockbuster, resulting in client satisfaction and repeat
business.
- Design of a header card and packaging for various nuts, dried fruit
and candy for Life Brand (Shopper's Drug Mart), which helped promote
their in-brand items.
- Creation of a Bulk Box for the company's main client, Johnvince
Foods. It was a special promotion, which proved extremely popular
with clients and generated revenue.
Web Designer (Freelance)
http://www.foodprep.ca/
- FoodPrep Inc. is a multi-service food safety solutions company
specializing in implementing food safety in all aspects of food
handling.
- Redesigned and coded website from scratch except the live feed which
was imported from previous site.
- Coded in XHTML, CSS, Javascript and JQuery. Formated all forms with
CSS, however used a PHP template to complete
http://www.solomonobadia.com/francotoronto/
- This was a website that promoted a bilingual guide to promoting the
french side of Toronto.
- Listed french restaurants, bakeries, bistros, theatres and events . I
designed and coded this website from scratch.
- Coded in Javascript, HTML and CSS.
Community Involvement
French Chamber of Commerce 2014
- Welcomed members at a little event at a french boutique (Rue Pigalle).
FITC Mobile Conference, http://www.fitc.ca/mobile
2010
Education & Professional Development
PHP, Seneca College, 2012
Javascript, Ajax and JQuery, Ryerson University, 2011, 2012
Web Design and Production Certificate, Humber College, 2010
French training courses, Alliance Francaise, 2004 - 2009
Graphic Design Diploma, George Brown College, 1991
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