Ian Sloan

Graphic Designer in Ottawa

Ottawa, Ontario Canada

Skills

In depth knowledge of the following applications and processes:

* Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Imageready, Acrobat, PDF Workflow, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash, Premiere)
* Quark XPress
* HTML (CSS, Java)
* Corel Suite (Corel Draw, Paint)
* Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook)
* File Transfer Protocol (Fetch, Transmit, Captain FTP)
* Extensive technical knowledge of Mac OS and PC platforms
* Experience in creating and producing Graphical User Interfaces (GUI)
* Experience with web based design and development
* Project Management and project planning related to large publishing projects
* Experience with best practices and quality assurance procedures related to the editorial, publishing and printing processes
* Entrepreneurial Skills
* Business and Marketing Skills

Education

Graphic Design, Diploma 2 year course
Algonquin College - 2000

Design Foundation, Certificate 1 year course
Algonquin College - 1997

Experence

TRANSPORT CANADA Aircraft Training and Aviation Services
November 2005 to Present
Print and Multimedia Designer

The Aircraft Training and Aviation Services department of Transport Canada had a requirement for a senior level graphic designer to work on fulfilling the roles of, graphic designer, production designer, photographer and illustrator.

My responsibilities include:

* completing the design templates and page layouts for various aircraft specific publications
* producing interactive PDF templates for cross platform printing
* set up and performed photo shoots of various Transport Canada aircraft and employees
* manipulating and creating images in high resolution for printing in various publications
* photographing, cataloguing, and optimizing images from various Transport Canada aircraft for illustrating purposes
* preparing and sending final artwork for output
* illustrating specific aircrafts and instruments for various publications
* producing and fine tuning as well as creating images for training presentations
* producing large illustrations of various Transport Canada aircraft components for training purposes

NDMI (NEXUS DESIGN MEDIA INC.) - 2002 - 2006
Freelance Designer

I worked tenuously to maintain the highest level of customer satisfaction, quality of design, and to ensure a long and healthy relationship with my clients. Rogers Wireless is a prime example: what began as a small postcard campaign with the Ottawa office, blossomed into multiple projects ranging from the conceptualization of their 3rd and 4th quarter launches to advertising through t-shirts, mobile billboards to a vendor enquiry database. Because I exceeded the clients expectations, I also was awarded contracts with Rogers sans fils in Montreal, Rogers Northern Ontario and Rogers Greater Toronto Area.

For my clients, I implemented the following:

* conceptualization and maintenance of new and existing corporate standards
* design and layout of magazines, newsletters, annual reports and brochures
* developed marketing campaigns and strategies
* media buying, and producing ads for newspapers, magazines and trade publications
* designed and implemented and mapped corporate websites
* created corporate identities and branding
* developed stationary packages which included; promotional products, packaging, marketing material, and tradeshow booths
* collaborated with industry specific professionals i.e.: Industrial designers, photographers, copywriters, translators, web developers, flash programmers, print brokers/printers and illustrators

Clients include: Rogers Wireless, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, National Research Council, The Westin Ottawa, Canadian Association of the Chiefs of Police, Indian and Northern Affairs, Little League Baseball Canada, Environment Canada

ORIGIN STUDIOS - December 2004 to April 2005
Production Designer

Origin Studios is a multi discipline studio that required a contractor to fill a production designer’s position for their client “The Canadian War Museum”.

My responsibilities included:
* designing graphic wall panels
* producing high resolution versions of the final design for all of the graphic wall panels
* optimizing high resolution images for final output (printing)
* manipulating and creating images and image montages in high resolution
* cataloguing and optimizing low resolution versions of images for production purposes
* preparing and sending final artwork for output
* co-developed filing system for high and low resolution images

CML EMERGENCY SERVICES - July 2001 to April 2002
Graphic Designer/Communications Specialist

CML Emergency Services is a manufacturer of 9-1-1 software and hardware. This design and communications position involved providing input on the marketing and marketability of the company on the North American and world stage.

My responsibilities included:
* conceptualizing and implementing new corporate standards, stationary and website
* developing direct mail campaigns
* maintaining data sheets, technical and product bulletins
* creating packaging for newly released software and hardware
* creating corporate trade show booth and producing camera ready artwork for promotional products
* producing corporate presentations in Power Point and Flash
* creating ads for trade publications
* conceptualization and maintenance of new and existing corporate standards
* project team member tasked with developing a new GUI for a software package
* collaborating with industry specific professionals i.e.: Industrial designers GUI for a new software package, photographers, copywriters, translators, print brokers, web developers

DCI ENABLE INC. - March 2001 to July 2001
Designer

As the junior designer, my responsibilities included formatting and layout of documents, collaborating with other designers on various projects, designing datasheets for corporate portfolio and icon designs. This firm worked extensively with government publications.

EC CUBED CANADA CO. - September 2000 to December 2000
Interface Designer

Created User Interface (UI) for client extranet, company intranet, client sites, using Dreamweaver Ultradev, Photoshop, Illustrator, Fireworks, Flash. Helped create a standard layout for the intranet, gathered information from all groups within the company and organized the information accordingly.

Cources

Marketing Principles
Algonquin College - 2002

Associations

National Association of Photoshop Professionals

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