Interactive & IA/UX Design
Toronto, Canada Area
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- IA/UX Design Consultant at ChadFullerton.com
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- Design Intern at J-CORE Marketing
- Undergraduate Teaching Assistant at McMaster University
- Senior Student Consultant at McMaster University
- Undergraduate Teaching Assistant at McMaster University
- Multimedia Manager — 30th McMaster World Congress at McMaster University
- Creative Lead — Canada’s Next Top Ad Exec at McMaster University
- President at MacInsiders.com
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Chad Fullerton’s Summary
Hello there! My name is Chad Fullerton an interactive/UX designer in Ontario, Canada. I recently graduated from McMaster University with a B.A. in Communication Studies & Multimedia. Currently finishing a post-grad degree in Advertising Account Management.
I am a creative, self-motivated designer with experience in all aspects of interactive and user interface design
from concept to delivery. I build user experiences that are engaging, intuitive, and user centric. My design and
communication skills are complemented by my technical background, making me an adaptable collaborator in a
fast paced environment.
Please visit http://www.chadfullerton.com for samples of my work or view my CV at http://www.chadfullerton.com/cv.pdf
Need help with a media project? Looking for some advice? I am always reachable via e-mail and enjoy helping others with their startup projects whenever I find spare time. Feel free to contact me, I believe in an open community and good karma where developers/designers assist each other.
Chad Fullerton’s Specialties:
Interaction Design (IxD), User Experience Design (UX Design), User Interface Design (UI Design), Interactive (Web, Flash, Video, Print), Web design, Market Research
Adobe Creative Suite (Flash, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, etc), Final Cut Pro, Apple/Mac, Windows XP/Vista
HTML/DHTML, Javascript, CSS, PHP, MySQL, Actionscript
Chad Fullerton’s Experience
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IA/UX Design Consultant
ChadFullerton.com
(Online Media industry)
May 2007 — Present (2 years 7 months)
- Founded a web design startup company providing design and web interfaces for over 100 clients worldwide.
- Extensive prototyping and mockup design, multi-tasking multiple projects at once, strict usability standards
- SUBWAY: Designed dynamic digital signage graphics for a franchisee in Australia. Products displayed saw on average a 225% increase in sales over a period of three months.
- WHIRLPOOL: Created an interactive banner campaign for Whirlpool Canada’s new Affresh Washer Cleaner product. Can be seen on www.whirlpoolparts.ca
- HITACHI: Designed a marketing presentation for Hitachi Data Systems.
- FREEONLINEGAMES.COM: Developed the interface for one of the top 10 online gaming destinations worldwide.
- THEMAGICJACK.CA: Brought a small reseller of VOIP devices online by developing a web site and e-commerce store. Featured on CBC. -
Design Intern
J-CORE Marketing
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
January 2009 — May 2009 (5 months)
Produced and edited video footage for the Hamilton Bulldogs (AHL hockey team) as well as worked on “V-Host”, a rich-media virtual spokesperson for web sites (www.thev-host.com).
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Undergraduate Teaching Assistant
McMaster University
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
2008 — 2009 (1 year )
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Senior Student Consultant
McMaster University
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
May 2006 — September 2009 (3 years 5 months)
- Providing web development and customer support to students through the UTS Student Computing Centres.
- Built the first interactive “Lab Availability” system, which showed which computer labs were available through online dynamic messaging and live webcam feeds.
- Planned, designed, and coded the user interface for “Facilitate 2.0”, an administrative web application.
- Utilized multiple stages of wireframing and prototyping, as well as usability tests to perfect navigation flow.
- Designed and developed the user interface for the McMaster Student Portal Project. The project was a first of its kind for McMaster University and brought all student services together into one centralized web application.
- Extensive user experience research and usability tests including card sorting and focus groups. -
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant
McMaster University
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
September 2008 — May 2009 (9 months)
- Teaching course material and computer software, designing lesson plans, grading assignments, and assisting the
professor in a 2nd year Communication Studies course, “Quantitative Research Methods”.
- Received high student feedback rating scores within the first semester of employment. -
Multimedia Manager — 30th McMaster World Congress
McMaster University
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
September 2008 — February 2009 (6 months)
A three-day international conference to bring awareness and raise issues on prevention of economic crime. Featured keynotes from world-renowned speakers such as Sherron Watkins (Former VP of Enron) and David Wilson (Chair of Ontario Securities Commission). View more at: worldcongress.mcmaster.ca
- Built and maintained website on WordPress framework with promotional videos and Flash elements. Designed
new brand identity for the conference. Impressive growth in online registrations. -
Creative Lead — Canada’s Next Top Ad Exec
McMaster University
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
September 2008 — February 2009 (6 months)
An annual competition hosted in Toronto where students create an advertising campaign for Volkswagen Canada in order to win two new VW Golfs. View more at: www.topadexec.com
- Worked as a member of the executive team, liaising between Cundari (one of Canada’s largest independently owned and operated communications agencies) and the Degroote School of Business. -
President
MacInsiders.com
(Online Media industry)
September 2007 — February 2009 (1 year 6 months)
- Founded, designed, and maintained an online community for first-year students at McMaster University.
- Identified a need to have a network to connect students and provide information, personal experiences, news, events, podcasts, and discussion boards to foster leadership and increase student involvement.
- Within it’s first year saw massive growth averaging 500,000 monthly pageviews and capturing over 30% of the full-time undergraduate student population in registrations.
- Featured in the Hamilton Spectator, and won the prestigious McMaster Students Union Club Of The Year award.
Additional Information
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Chad Fullerton’s Interests:
Discovering and experimenting with new techniques through online tutorials, staying up-to-date on advertising industry and tech/gadget news, startups, blogging and writing, pianist, martial arts, reading books on design and entrepreneurship.
