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I have played a key role in all the agencies that I have founded or work for. My duties have being for overall strategic planning and development, managing the design and creative team, managing accounts and projects, developing new business. As art director, I was responsible for design strategies in the following five areas of expertise: annual reports, brand identity development, communications design tools, web design and advertising.

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Applying strategic planning and creative skills to any visual communications requests; developing visual concepts, acting as sounding board for designers. Managing accounts and projects of various scale and scope for major corporations, governments, crown corporations, agencies and associations.

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From Japan, Switzerland, U.S.A. and Canada for 300 + design awards from international competitions held by trade magazines, publications, design annuals and paper companies including, Applied Arts Magazine HOW Magazine, Advertising & Design Club of Canada (ADCC), Graphisme Québec, Print Magazine, Step Magazine, Studio Magazine, Communication Arts, Art Directors Club of Ottawa, Rockport Publishing etc...

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GRAPHIC DESIGN EXPERIENCE:1984 - Designer at Bell Canada

1985 - 1986 Art director/designer at Van Nest Communications

1986 - 1999 Founder/president and art director at Aartvark Communications

1999 - 2006 Founder/vice-president and art director of Iridium Marketing and design

2006 - 2009 Vice-president and art director at Kolegram

2009 - 2011 Founder/president and art director at JLDESIGN

2004 - 2012 professor

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:Algonquin College

2004 DSN1570 third year (course: communication design project 1)2005 DSN1570 third year (course: communication design project 2)2006 DSN1570 third year (course: communication design project 2) 2007 DSN1570 third year (course: communication design project 1)2008 DSN1571 third year (course: communication design project 2)

La Cité collégiale

2009 DSN1570 first year (course: maquette publicitaire)2010 DSN19790 third year (course: analyse critique du design)2010 DSN17493 third year (course: conception graphique V)2010 DSN19785 second year (course: typographie II)2010 DSN10419 second year (course: créativité II)2011 DSN19790 third year (course: analyse critique du design)2011 DSN17493 third year (course: conception graphique VI)2011 FGE 15329 second year (course: le monde du travail)2011 DSN 20408 second year (course: typographie III)2011 DSN19785 second year (course: typographie II)2012 DSN19790 third year (course: analyse critique du design)2012 DSN17493 third year (course: conception graphique V)2012 DSN22031 second year (course: conception graphique II)2012 DSN17500 third year (course: portfolio et éthique)

Université du Québec en Outaouais – UQO

2010 ARP 2033 second and third year (course: sujet choisi en art, design d’emballages)2012 ARP 1573 second and third year (course: images de marque)

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PROFESSIONAL IMPLICATIONS: > Member of the Society of Graphic Designers of Canada

> Vice president and member of the art director club of Ottawa

> President of the Advisory Committee on Design at la Cité Collégiale in Ottawa

> Member of the Advisory Committee on Design at Algonquin College

> Various presentation at La Cité collégiale, Algonquin College and the University of Quebec in Outaouais

> Judge of major national and international competitions

> Year end exibition judge for La Cité collégiale, Algonquin College and the University of Quebec in Outaouais

EDUCATION: > Graduate of Algonquin College, Ottawa with Diploma in Graphic Design

LANGUAGES: > English, French and Spanish

SOFTWARE KNOWLEDGE: > Adobe indesign> Adobe illustrator> Adobe photoshop> Adobe Muse> Adobe acrobat> Adobe Lightroom> Adobe Bridge> Apple Mail> Apple Keynote> Apple Numbers> Microsoft Word> Microsoft Powerpoint> Microsoft Outlook> Microsoft Excel> Quark Express> Google gmail> File maker Frontiva> Pixelmator> FX Studio Pro

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managed and designed Advertisments, Annual reports, Books, Brochures, Catalogues, Packaging, Pamphlets, Promotions, Posters, Identities Systems, Logos, Magazines, Media Kits, Merchandising, Banners, Displays, Signs, T-shirts, Events invitations, Websites...

For Institutions, Government and Businesses.

GOVERNMENT SECTOR

> Agriculture Canada > Atomic Energy> Canadian Heritage> Canadian Museum of Civilization> Canadian Museum of Nature> Canadian Mortgage and Housing> City of Ottawa > Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade> Environment Canada > Industry Canada> Health Canada> Human Resources Development Canada> International Development Research Centre> Ministry of Northern Affairs> National Archives of Canada> National Arts Centre> National Gallery of Canada> National Library of Canada> Natural Resources Canada> Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada> Public Works and Government Services Canada > RCMP> Treasury Board

INSTITUTIONAL SECTOR

> AIDS Committee of Ottawa> Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa> CBC Radio-Canada> Canada Research Chair> Canadian Children’s Book Centre> Canadian Council of Professional Engineers> Canadian Artists and Producers Professional Tribunal Relations> Canadian Foundation for Innovation> Canadian Independent Film and Video Fun> Canadian Institutes of Health Research> Canadian Museums Association> Canadian Policy Research Networks> Federation of Canadian Municipalities> Genome Canada> Law Commission of Canada> La Cité Collégiale> Social Sciences and Humanities Reasearch> Sourceworks> Skate Canada> Tourisme Outaouais> University of Ottawa Heart Institute> University of Québec in Outaouais> The Snowsuit Fund

CORpORATE SECTOR

> Bell Canada> Bell Canada International> Bradda Printing> Buntin Reid> Canarctic> Christopher Simmonds Architect> CML Technologies> CN (Canadian National Railway)> Cognos Incorporated> Écrits des Hautes-Terres> Gansen Lindsay Design Consultants> Gazifére> Headlight Innovative Imagery> Miranda Technologies> Mitel Corporation> Mosaid Technologies Inc.> NUVO Network Management> PriceWaterhouse> Rolland> Tourism Outaouais> Telesat> Veritaaq> VMI Medical Systems Inc.> Wellington Group> Zarlink – Consumer

Genome Canada.Les Écrits des Hautes-Terres.

University of Québec in Outaouais, Social Sciences and Humanities Reasearch,

Canadian Institutes of Health Research, French Ambassy.

UNESCO, La Cité Collégiale.

Canadian Museum of Civilization, Opera Lyra Ottawa,

City of Ottawa.

C5, Artwear, Ink Word Services,

Zarlink, Le Duc, Magpie.

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