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Systems Xcellence

Milton, Ontario
August 1997 to present
Position: Graphic Designer


At Systems Xcellence, responsibilities include:

  • developing font matrices, corporate palettes
  • design of marketing materials, investor relation materials, and annual reports
  • being the liaison between the company and the printers
  • supervision of the multimedia introduction to marketing and investor presentations
  • internet consulting; some web development (not the main concentration at this time)

Health Web, Inc.

Markham, Ontario
Periodical help
Position: Freelance Web Development


Assignments included:

  • development of frames-based web site
  • creation of original graphics
  • conversion from Word documents to HTML

Digital Playground

Kingston, Ontario
April 1996 to August 1997
Position: Graphic Designer


With Digital Playground being a Self-Service Bureau, responsibilities included:

  • consulting on applications (MS Word, CorelDraw, Quark Xpress, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, PageMaker, MS Excel, etc)
  • interacting with customers on a one-on-one basis
  • internet consulting
  • web page design
  • graphic design (from flyers to wedding invitations, business cards to full advertising campaigns)
  • knowledge of printing to various sources with minimal loss (large scale colour, colour laser, black and white laser)
  • knowledge of both PC and Macintosh platforms
  • knowledge of computer networks
  • experience with cash, credit cards
  • invoicing
  • creation of data and audio CDs
  • experience with removable storage devices, both SCSI and Parallel (Iomega ZIP, SyQuest 44, 88 and EZ 135)

Flickering Image

Kingston, Ontario
March 1995 to June 1996
Position: Junior Animator


Experience with:

  • 3D modelling (wireframe, applying both 2D and 3D textures) and animation using SoftImage
  • compositing using Eddie
  • texture and background plate production using Adobe Photoshop and CorelDraw
  • development of concepts with clients
  • storyboarding
  • rendering animations to final output (VHS, SVHS, Betacam, .AVI files, .MPG files, print)
  • Experience with post-production using In-Sync's Speed Razor
  • lip-synching animation to vocal soundtracks
  • doping animations from live footage

Head animator on "When A Child Has Cancer" - an informational video given to parents when they discover that their child has developed cancer, explaining what is happening to their child, and steps to help them. Developed in association with The Eastern Ontario Cancer Clinic, Kingston, Ontario