EDUCATION
Bachelor of Design
Emily Carr University of Art + Design
2005–2008
Diploma of Fine Arts (credit deferred to ECU)
Kwantlen University
2003–2005
AWARDS
Applied Arts Interactive Award - 2010
Winning piece: Holiday Medley
Role: creative direction, art direction
Shared with mod7
Canadian New Media Award - 2009
Category: Best Kids Interactive
Winning piece: Titanium Chef Online
Role: user-interface design
Shared with mod7
WORK EXPERIENCE
Burnkit/ Art Director/ Winter 10 – Summer 10
Identity design; publication design; web design; Provided direction for a junior designer and an intern
mod7/ Art Director/ Summer 08 – Winter 10
Designing web sites from start to finish; scale ranges from 1 page to 100+ page web sites; responsible for all art direction and design at mod7; projects include illustration, typography, iconography, logo design, animation and copy writing
Pyramid Power Publishing/ Graphic Designer/ Issues #5, 6
Award winning arts magazine; uninhibited formal exploration in layout and typography; international distribution; envy of the art publishing world; arrogant; presumptuous
Green School (Indonesia)/ Design Practicum/ Spring 08
Primarily self-directed; designed bamboo-signage, a web site and a graphic identity
Studio Blackwell/ Design Intern/ Fall 08
Studied under Kelsey Blackwell, former senior creative of Bruce Mau Design, Toronto; took part in sophisticated design dialogue; examined corporate and institution identity design; interactive brand extention
Opus Art Supplies/ Product Research/ Summer 06
Local market research for new product line (digital inkjet paper); designed a catalogue; generated multiple databases for marketing purposes; served as a purchasing consultant; performed product introduction presentations for all Opus retail store staff
East Bay Graphics/ Screen Printer/ Fall 05
Participated in all aspects of the screen printing process; printing experience on textiles, paper, vinyl and other surfaces.