Professional Graphic Designer:
2001 - present, Creative Director, Owner – Varga Girl Design, Toronto
Successfully launched and lead a Toronto-based Graphic Design company specializing in innovative web and print design.Responsibilities
Creative Director: Create and implement creative design for Website development, logo design, corporate branding, marketing material, direct mail etc. Clients include: Johnson & Johnson, Christian Children Fund of Canada, Cameron’s Coffee, Nestle, Mainstay Housing, Stanford Downey, ONPHA, etc.
Web Designer:
Have designed and built websites for clients such as Imagine This Sold, Tech Cominco, Cameron’s Coffee, Graphic Assistants, G+G, etc.1997 - 2001
Creative Director – Intelygis, Toronto
Designed, produced and managed web sites and e-business solutions. Consistently delivered on schedule and within projected budget.Responsibilities
Web Designer: Designed, built and maintained websites, ASPs, animations and sales presentations. Clients included: Bank of Nova Scotia, Canadian Professional Sales Association (CPSA), E-Med Solutions, Career Beacon, Help Jesse and Kilo Communications.
Marketing/ Designer: Responsible for all corporate branding from logo design to ongoing internal marketing for Intelygis.
1996 - 1997 Senior Designer, HUME Reproductions, Toronto
Designed and produced logos, brochures, posters, annual reports etc. Clients included: Bayer, Air Canada Centre, CPA, etc.1996 - 1997 Senior Designer, Sidestreet Studios, Toronto
Designed and produced complete ad campaigns, credit card design, POP displays for clients like: Bank of Nova Scotia (International), Zurich Canada, etc.1989- 1996
Graphic Designer, Clientelle Graphics, Toronto
Summary of Qualifications:
- 18 + years graphic design experience in the print industry.- Proficient in QuarkXpress, Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, PowerPoint, Word, Excel etc.
- Corporate design background including strong typography skills.
- Extensive firsthand print experience, from prepress to finishing.
- 8 + years experience in the Internet industry
- Design, development and maintenance of sites.
- Proficient in Flash, Dreamweaver, Adobe GoLive, ImageReady, Source Safe, Visual Inter Dev.
- Sound knowledge of HTML, and some Javascript.
- Sound knowledge of web publishing techniques, cross browser/platform issues with html & flash.
- Sound research, writing and editing skills.
- Superior client and project management skills.