About Me

I recently relocated back to my hometown of Parry Sound after a rewarding career in creative communications and design in Toronto. I am excited to be home, building my freelance design business.

EXPERIENCE
I graduated with honors from the Durham Collage 3-year Graphic Design program in 1997. Since then, I have consistently worked in the graphic design industry. Most recently supporting various clients on a freelance basis. Previous to my relocation, I was employed by AGF Investments Inc. (Toronto, Ontario) for 16.5 years as Manager of Graphic Design. I was responsible for the design and production of various marketing collateral including sales tools, event invitations, posters, signage and trade advertisements while maintaining established brand standards and meeting deadlines. I also team and project managed, designed and produced AGF’s premiere fund marketing publication on a quarterly basis. I frequently attend and provided creative perspective at marketing brief meetings, trained to new employees and performed routine reviews of junior team member.

SKILLS
Essential: Organization, management, easily adaptable, digital literacy, interpersonal, dependable, excellent verbal and written communication, proactive, collaborative, eagerness to learn and time management

Quantifiable: Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, Acrobat, Premier, Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, Power Point and Intuit Quickbooks (novice user)