Independent Graphic Design Professional
Ottawa, Canada Area
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- Consultant - Graphic Design / Art Director at Self-employed (Self-employed)
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- Graphic Designer at Halogen Software
- Senior Communications Officer (temporary) at Library and Archives Canada
- Artistic Director at Bell Canada
- Senior (graphic) Web Designer at Cognicase
- Graphic Designer - Web Producer at Normal Solutions
- Web Designer at Electronic Direct Marketing
- Office Administrator - Tech Support at VIAccess
- Graphic Designer at M&M Postcards
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Claire Desjardins’s Summary
Design professional with 10+ years of experience in graphic and web design. Dedicated to helping organizations communicate clearly and effectively, through visual medium.
Claire Desjardins’s Specialties:
- Art direction
- Graphic design (print & web)
- GUI design
- HTML
- Fine artist (murals & paintings)
Claire Desjardins’s Experience
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Consultant - Graphic Design / Art Director
Self-employed (Self-employed)
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Graphic Design industry)
January 1990 — Present (18 years 5 months)
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Graphic Designer
Halogen Software
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Graphic Design industry)
July 2007 — January 2008 (7 months)
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Senior Communications Officer (temporary)
Library and Archives Canada
(Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; Libraries industry)
September 2005 — May 2006 (9 months)
Provided art direction to creative groups in-house, synthesized LAC's look & feel, designed a number of promotional print materials.
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Artistic Director
Bell Canada
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; BCE; Telecommunications industry)
December 2000 — June 2002 (1 year 7 months)
Managed small creative group, designed a number of web-related promotional items, such as e-newsletters, web sites (including Trade Directory, containing 65,000 product and service categories available for searches and requests for quotes, with over 600,000 Canadian companies listed 1,500,000 worldwide listings, and companies from over 130 countries).
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Senior (graphic) Web Designer
Cognicase
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Internet industry)
August 2000 — December 2000 (5 months)
Designed web sites for clients. Cognicase bought out Normal Solutions, so this is really a continuation of the previous employment listing.
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Graphic Designer - Web Producer
Normal Solutions
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)
August 1999 — August 2000 (1 year 1 month)
Managed web project production, designed web sites and presentations. Was bought out by Cognicase.
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Web Designer
Electronic Direct Marketing
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
August 1998 — August 1999 (1 year 1 month)
Designed web sites for various clients.
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Office Administrator - Tech Support
VIAccess
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
January 1997 — August 1998 (1 year 8 months)
Provided phone tech support to Internet users, designed web sites, maintained office records.
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Graphic Designer
M&M Postcards
(Graphic Design industry)
1996 — 1998 (2 years)
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Industry-Related Courses: Pre-press on the MacIntosh, Concordia University, Cont. Ed. - Montreal, Qc, 2003 Organizational Behavior, Concordia University, Cont. Ed. - Montreal, Qc, 2003 Initiation a l’Entreprenneurship, Compagnie F - Montreal, Qc, 2002 Marketing, Concordia University, Cont. Ed. - Montreal, Qc, 2002 Human Resources, Concordia University, Cont. Ed. - Montreal, Qc, 2002 Performance Management Training, MMG Ressources Humaines - Montreal, Qc, 2001 Accelerated Change Management, Bell Zinc Corporation - Montreal, Qc, 2001 GUI Design for web-based Applications: Designing Effective User Interfaces, DCI - Boston, Mass, 2001 Mastering Flash for Multimedia Interactive Animations, Technologia Formation - Montreal, Qc, 2000 Dynamo Personalization Software, Art Technology Group - Boston, Mass, 1999 Adobe Illustrator I & II, Center for Imaging Arts & Technologies, Dawson College, Cont. Ed. - Montreal, Qc, 1998
Claire Desjardins’s Honors:
- Golden Web Award – design of colexionperez.com (2004)
- Golden Web Award – design of InterSightTechnologies.com (2004)
- Golden Web Award – design of MVPix.com (2003)
- Photoshop 5.5, Master – Brainbench.com (2000)
- Illustrator 8.0 – Brainbench.com (2000)
- Fireworks 3 – Brainbench.com (2000)
- HTML 4.0 – Brainbench.com (2000)
- The Ronnie Terry Award for Excellence in the Creative Arts – St. Georges School of Montreal (1981)
