GINA L. KOMANAC

Phone: Cell 403-***-****

Email: adp5gi@r.postjobfree.com

CAREER EXPERIENCE

The Good Companions 50 Plus Club

Office Assistant –Part Time

•Monthly newsletter design and layout using Microsoft Word, organizing travel trips for Seniors Working with Excel spreadsheets for daily activities and Consensus for the City Using Power Point for General meetings; display of members Connecting Seniors with information from the newsletters to involve them in the community and help them to become involved with the club activities. April 2010 – February 2011

SAIT Polytechnic -School of Construction

Media Assistant/ Graphic Artist

•Layout of modules, courses exams and brochures for instructors in curriculum for Architecture, Cabinetmaking, Carpentry, Tiling. Help to design and coordinate ideas for instructors and their programs at SAIT Scan and trace graphics for all off the above.

Develop photo archives using contacts sheets for all trades and technologies. Typing, filing, organizing files to assist instructors in all construction trades & technologies. Programs include: Microsoft Word 2007, Excel 2007

Visio, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator.

May 2001 - March 2010

Maranda Reprographics

Graphic Production Artist

•Design and layout of 2- 4 color brochures, letterhead, business cards for clients such as Heritage Park, Big Rig, Advertising and layout for all of the mentioned companies below: Mount Royal College, Vertical Technologies and CAPL and CAPLA reports. Worked with G4, G3 Macintosh computers, plus some knowledge with programs on PC platform.

August 1999 - May 2000

Calgary Herald

Editorial Assistant

•Assisted in the Graphics Department using Freehand, Illustrator, and Adobe Photoshop. Built maps,

boxed graphs, and charts for statistics.

•Trained in the What’s Up section of

The Calgary Herald. Lay-out of full page tabloid

electronic pages using QuarkXpress, photo sizing using Photoshop. Assists the editors by taking news tips and conducting library research. Regular duties include weekly section layout of Religion Calendar, and Business Ink Page; Marketline layout for the stocks pages; scanning of letters to the Editor. June 1993 - April 1997

EDUCATION

SAIT Polytechnic, September 1985-1987

Graduated with a two year Graphic Arts Diploma.

Specialized Courses: Business Administration

Pre-press: developed skills in camera procedures,

paste-up, stripping, and platemaking. Press: ran 2-color, and 4-color jobs on the press, developed skills in sheet control, ink control, dampening, and pressures.

Typesetting: Designed logos and created advertisements. Graduated with a diploma from the Self-Employment Insurance Program course 1998; designed a Graphic Artist business plan. PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

Desk Top Publishing: PageMaker, Quark Copydesk,

QuarkXpress, Freehand, Illustrator, Photoshop, Visio, Microsoft Word, Excel, and Powerpoint

SAIT: completed Photoshop, QuarkXpress,and Illustrator courses Member of The Calgary Club of Printing House Craftsmen Typing: 80 wpm, Clerical skills: The Calgary Herald, answered telephone for news tips, filing and typing letters to Editor. Registered Massage Therapist - April 2005 presented Aromatherapy Creams

(Essential Oils) to Signal Point at Carewest on a Research Program for Dementia Patients. Presently: Massage Therapist with individual clients for mobile full body massages and Reflexology for feet/hands at Garrison Green Retirement Residence, The Manor at Signature Park,The Wentworth Manor, and Westview. Massage: Massage Therapist with Inspire, Centre for Massage and Wellness, Signal Hill, 2014. Reflexology, Aromatherapy, Therapeutic Touch, Massage hands & feet using Hot Stones With seniors at the Good Companions Club. 2009-2010 Aromatherapy Certificate at Mount Royal College Centre for Complimentary Health in April, 2001. Swedish Relaxation Massage Certificate & European Seated Massage Techniques - The Calgary College of Holistic Health and Clinics Inc. (John Newman) December 19, 2004. Certificate of Level II Hot & Cold Stone Massage - June 2006 Therapeutic Touch Levels One, Two, and Level Three 2200 Hours

Active and Outstanding Member of NHPC Association - Insured - #9438 (Upgraded CPR & First Aid) Volunteer (Holistic Care) with Carewest- George Boyack/Signal Point 2002- 2005 Mobile Massage Therapist with Nabors Oil Company using a chair for neck and shoulders massage -2013 Registered Massage Therapist at Discovery Ridge Wellness Centre – Summer 2012. Bowmont Physical Therapy - April/May 2011 – Chiropractor (Therapeutic, Relaxation, and Hot Stone Massage) & Four Points Sheraton Hotel - May – Oct/2011 – Spa (Therapeutic, Relaxation, and Hot Stone Massage) With Athletes from COP.

Certificate – Hatha Yoga Teacher Training from Sunshine Yoga May 2011, 200 Hours Meditation, Relaxation and Limbering of the Joints & Glands. Yoga Alliance RYT - 75336 Hatha Yoga Instructor at Good Companions Club, Confederation Park 55 Plus Club, YWCA, Eau Claire Retirement Residence, YMCA, Nabors Oil Company, Telus Convention Centre, Inspire Centre for Massage and Wellness (2014). Colonial Belcher Seniors Home, Beverly Midnapore, Agecare Skypointe, The Groves of Varsity, T'su Tina Nation, Rosscarrock Community Hall, Greater Forest Lawn Seniors, Vecova, Bowness 55+ Club, Geological Survey Co. of Canada, Amica-Aspen Seniors, Amica- Brittania Seniors, and private classes. Presently instructing online with Zoom.

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