RACHEL OTT 416.782-6831

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

Worked right out of college as a junior designer at Toronto's largest downtown printer. Received invaluable education in all aspects of print process. Eventually worked my way up to Art Director, running entire department.

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.

Education:

1987-1989 George Brown College, Toronto Graduated 2 year program in Graphic Design

1989 École Albert Defois, France, Fine Art

References:

Available on request