Web Consultant, Illustrator and Game Designer
Toronto, Canada Area
- Current
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- Instructor at Ontario College of Art & Design
- Illustrator at Benjamin Rivers Illustration
- Web Consultant at Benjamin Rivers
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- Designer/Artist at Team Tastefully Undecided
- Art Director at The Gamer's Quarter
- Web/IT Director at Hambly & Woolley Inc.
- Designer at Elyrium Inc.
- Education
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- Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology
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Benjamin Rivers’s Summary
Toronto-based web consultant, illustrator and game maker. Benjamin design and develops websites, trains others to do so, and teaches web classes as part of the illustration faculty at the Ontario College of Art & Design.
Benjamin Rivers’s Specialties:
web design, web production, project management, design, strategy, illustration, graphic novels, comics, pixel art, game design
Benjamin Rivers’s Experience
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Instructor
Ontario College of Art & Design
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
2007 — Present (2 years )
From TA to instructor, I have taught technology- and web-based classes for OCAD since 2007. Currently teaching web portfolio development to illustration students as well as various continuing education classes.
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Illustrator
Benjamin Rivers Illustration
(Design industry)
2006 — Present (3 years )
Creating beautiful images for beautiful people. I use a unique blend of ink artwork and digital application to produce simple, lovely images for all sectors.
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Web Consultant
Benjamin Rivers
(Design industry)
April 1999 — Present (10 years 8 months)
With Benjamin, you get is a partner that cares about what you do, who thinks about your projects and its needs, and most important of all – who listens.
Benjamin understands the web, and he can help you too. With over 12 years of experience, he uses strategy and understanding of how websites work and how people use them to make better decisions. Knowing how to structure your site (information architecture), lay it out (design) and build it (programming) are all key to creating experiences that are successful and genuinely useful for the people who use them. What Benjamin brings more than anyone else is the holistic understanding of why.
Benjamin helps print designers get it. Through teaching and real-life coaching, Benjamin has the expertise to bring print designers up to speed. Are you a design firm who’s looking to improve your web skills for your clients? He can help train and support your staff long-term to get savvy and provide the right solutions for your clients.
And he can bring this enthusiasm to your own project, or to your client’s. There’s no technobabble here; Benjamin knows how to speak to clients – both his and partner firms’ – to make sure everyone gets it and just as excited. -
Designer/Artist
Team Tastefully Undecided
(Arts and Crafts industry)
2008 — 2009 (1 year )
At TO JAM 2008, Benjamin worked as a game designer and artist within a two-person to deliver indie game The Office Party.
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Art Director
The Gamer's Quarter
(Arts and Crafts industry)
2006 — 2009 (3 years )
Redesigned magazine, its identity system and auxiliary materials. Art directed and co-managed production of subsequent issues. Illustrated regularly for feature articles and covers.
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Web/IT Director
Hambly & Woolley Inc.
(Arts and Crafts industry)
2002 — 2009 (7 years )
Duties included managing web projects (promotional, e-commerce, corporate) and involvement in development of information architecture, conceptual and strategic proposals and marketing initiatives, and producing web-ready files.
Also managed outsourced web development partners and content providers, as well as in-house programming of websites and management of all technical and workflow systems. -
Designer
Elyrium Inc.
(Arts and Crafts industry)
2001 — 2002 (1 year )
Designed systems and interfaces for web-based projects.
Benjamin Rivers’s Education
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Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology
Design
Additional Information
Benjamin Rivers’s Websites:
Benjamin Rivers’s Interests:
Web design, strategy, illustration, game design
Benjamin Rivers’s Groups:
The Hand Eye Society, Artsy Games Incubator, TOJam, The Gamer's Quarter, Pen Club,
Benjamin Rivers’s Honors:
Annual International Design and Image Award - Coupe Magazine (2006)
Benjamin Rivers’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- expertise requests
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
