Experience
Project Industrial Designer - July 2016 – Present
- Carried projects from client meetings, concepts development, stakeholder approvals, sourcing fabricators, to managing fabricators from production to installation / delivery.
- Developed good working relationships while working in multi-disciplinary teams and internal and external clients and stakeholders to deliver common goals.
Public Program (Canada’s 150th anniversary, Rideau Canal Skateway, Fall Rhapsody)
- Animated Canada's Capital by developing the visual identity and design guidelines for the Confederation Pavilion program to celebrate Canada's 150th anniversary
- Applied program look and feel to variety of environmental graphic products (signage, information panels, banners, bus decals, interpretation, etc…)
Branding
- Assisted in the development and application of the Corporate Identity renewal. Applications include: corporate uniforms (textile), fleet, directories, project signage, give away swag, conservation officer badges, interior environmental graphics
- Applied branding through graphic and through material and product choices
Interpretations
- collaborated with designers, content developers, editors, translators, community partners, and fabricators to design and implement interpretation panels for variety of sites.
Landmarkers
- Developed design intent and tender drawings for fabrication
Wayfinding
- Developed maps to help the public find their way, and maps of potential site projects
- Refurbished the “Federal Identity Program” signs - put together fabrication specification and overseeing work
Public Consultation
- design and delivered information panels under tight time lines for last minute public consultations
- Produced renderings on Keyshot to help the public visualize the project intent
Historic sites
- Oversaw and inspected refurbishment of plaques and monuments at Majors Hill Park
- Refurbished failing graphics at Mackenzie King Estate utilizing new production methods
YM Inc.
Junior Graphic Designer - May 2015 – July 2016
- Created CAD drawings for packaging and graphic print production on soft and hard goods for local and oversee manufacturers.
- Used Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop to produce complex illustrations for graphic prints on apparel and accessories (such as notebooks, water bottles and snap backs). - Designed intricate pattern swatches for textile prints.
- Hand draw intricate art pieces and transformed them into graphic prints.
- Corresponded and supplied manufacturers with necessary files for graphic printing.
Real Style Network
Graphic Design and Layout - October 2014 - May 2015
- Used Adobe InDesign and Photoshop to create exciting and engaging graphic layout for physical and digital copy of Real Style Magazine Winter 2014 to Summer 2015 issue.
- Complemented high content articles with relevant visuals to create a comprehensive narrative.
- Used FlipBook HTML5 to create interactive digital magazine that is compatible with various mobile platforms.
- Used Adobe Photoshop to close crop images, edit colours balance and exposures, and manipulate images.
-Used Adobe products for various design projects: Business cards, Veteran’s Day program, Media Kits, Bus Advertisments, Flash Content for web,
National Capital Commission
Contract Designer - January 2014 - May 2015
- Used InDesign to create an organized catalogue to document various signage across Ottawa's Urban Core. This catalogue is to be used as a reference for repairs and maintenance of said panels and interpretations.
- Photographed and documented signage, as well as fabrication and installation specification for the Urban Core Interpretation Catalogue.
- Photographed and documented wayfinding signage for the Canal Skateway
National Capital Commission
Industrial Design and Environmental Graphic Intern - May - August 2013
- Participated in site visits in order to gather firsthand experience and information to define design problem and determine design consideration
- Designed way finding signage for Canada Day and informative signage for provincial parks
- Used Adobe Illustrator and Solidworks to created technical drawings for fabricators
- Contacted suppliers and provided technical drawings and art files for production
- Met and communicated with client to discuss design job requirements
- Organized, updated and compiled the Federal Identity Program Catalogue
Programs
Illustrator
Photoshop
InDesign
Lightroom
Keyshot
Solidworks
Sketchup
Microsoft Office
Skills
Design Research
Market Research
Ethnographic Research
User Testing
Mass Production Techniques
Desktop Modeling
Extra-Curricular
- 1st Place, Council of Ontario University - IDeA Awards (2014) : Awarded for innovative design that helps remove barriers for people with disabilities.
- 2nd Place, The Design Exchange - Connect: Enabling Change Award (Environmental design Category) (2014). Awarded for environmental design that is usable by all people to the greatest extent possible.
- Design Research poster was displayed at the 8th Annual International Conference on Design Principles and Practices at Emily Carr University
- Participated in the 4th International Design Workshop in Korea 2012
Volunteer
Youth Leader
English Conversation Cafe
Facilitator, December 2014 - July 2016
· Facilitate group conversation to help international students and new immigrants improve their conversational English. Engage participants with thoughtful questions and positive attitudes.
· Performed sign in duties, being the first impression new visitors has of ECC. Maintained friendliness and welcoming attitude.
Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO),
Information Guide, December 2014 – May 2015
· Maintain professionalism and friendliness to visitors at all times in order to improve their experience of the gallery.
· Offer friendly and informative customer service to visitors of the Art Gallery of Ontario by assisting visitors in finding their way around the gallery.
- Answer visitor questions and is able to direct visitors to appropriate personnel for specific questions
Education
Bachelor of Industrial Design at Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario.
2009 - 2014
- Dean’s Honour List, 2009-2012, 2014
- Recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Aiming for the Top Scholarship, 2009, 2010, 2011
- Recipient of the Sprott Scholarship, 2009
- Recipient of the J. Lorne Gray Scholarship, 2010
- Recipient of the Carleton Academic Scholarship, 2011, 2013
Seneca College
Working towards a certificate in French Language Skills.