Community Builder / Designer / Strategist
Toronto, Canada Area
- Current
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- Design Strategist at Kvvlu
- Project Administrator at Bloorcourt Village B.I.A.
- Freelance at ghazaleh design
- Past
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- Knowledge Worker at Capgemini
- Director of TheStoreFront Community project and BIA Zone Research Coordinator at Think Tank Toronto
- Designer and Communications Officer at Bloor Improvement Group
- Strategic Designer (intern) at SamataMason
- Creative Communicator / Designer at TakingITGlobal
- Designer (intern) at Compass360
- Education
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- OCAD
- Ringling School of Art and Design
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- Industry
- Graphic Design
- Websites
Ghazaleh Etezal’s Summary
I like to make things...
happen.
Ghazaleh Etezal’s Specialties:
social innovation, conceptual thinking, risk-taking, research, articulation, passion, persistence, information architecture, simplification, identity, typography, photography, web design, writing, speaking, presentation, conviction, ambition, leadership, integrity, energy
Ghazaleh Etezal’s Experience
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Design Strategist
Kvvlu
(Graphic Design industry)
October 2009 — Present (2 months)
www.kvvlu.com
I work on project basis with Kengwei Lu in offering professional services in information architecture, user experiences and social media implementation. -
Project Administrator
Bloorcourt Village B.I.A.
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
March 2009 — Present (9 months)
www.bloorcourt.com
Community organizing, project design and planning, brand development, communication strategy, streetscape studio selection process, mural organizaing, leg-work, web and print communication. -
Freelance
ghazaleh design
(Design industry)
September 2006 — Present (3 years 3 months)
www.ghazalehdesign.com
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Knowledge Worker
Capgemini
(Public Company; CAP; Information Technology and Services industry)
June 2009 — October 2009 (5 months)
www.capgemini.com/collaboration/tools/ase/
Worked with a team in the Accelerated Solutions Environment (ASE), a unique, open work environment to deliver large scale facilitated sessions geared at accelerating timelines, gaining alignment and mitigating risks. -
Director of TheStoreFront Community project and BIA Zone Research Coordinator
Think Tank Toronto
(Research industry)
May 2008 — December 2008 (8 months)
www.thestorefrontcommunity.com
Design and infrastructure planning of TheStoreFront Community project from concept to reality. Key skills: social and local networking, research, photography, writing, and online communication.
BIA Zone Research Coordinator for ThinkTankToronto under Infrastructure Canada grant supplied to study the impact of the BIAs on the local communities by working with other researchers, surveying BIA board members all across Toronto and communicating information to the larger community at TheStoreFront.
www.thinktanktoronto.com -
Designer and Communications Officer
Bloor Improvement Group
(Civic & Social Organization industry)
April 2008 — July 2008 (4 months)
www.bigonbloor.com
Leading branding, marketing, promotions, communications, website, research, organization and planning for BIG and the inaugural BIG Festival on June 21, 2008 and June 20, 2009 -
Strategic Designer (intern)
SamataMason
(Privately Held; Design industry)
June 2007 — September 2007 (4 months)
www.samatamason.com
Involved in strategic thinking, planning, research, writing, design and presentation of a new business venture with 2 other interns. -
Creative Communicator / Designer
TakingITGlobal
(Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
May 2006 — December 2006 (8 months)
www.takingitglobal.org
Creative designer of AIDS 2006 Conference for the Youth Programme:
Designed posters, photographed TIG staff and gave a voice to the Advocacy Campaign of the Toronto Youth Force.
Other projects at TIG include: Language as Violence; Violence as Language (LVVL), Creating Local Connections (CLC) Canada, TIG Magazine Issue 2, MDG Report publication and various other print and online material. -
Designer (intern)
Compass360
(Graphic Design industry)
February 2004 — June 2004 (5 months)
www.compass360.com
In my last year of highschool I applied to do an internship at Compass360 after researching top agencies in Toronto. I'm still in touch with them and visit them time to time. It was my taste of the industry before university and I learned quite a lot about what it's like to be a graphic designer. I worked on materials for a family restaurant including identity, promotions, menu and website. I also worked on Karl's racing website and made it interactive from his photoshop document. Great learning experience for me.
Ghazaleh Etezal’s Education
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OCAD
BDes , Graphic Design , 2004 — 2008
- Student Union Board of Director: Graphic Design
- 2006 and 2007: Organized OCAD Student Forum to address student issues (2006 document was added as appendix to 2006-2012 Strategic Plan)
- 2008: Part of grad show student committe: organized charrette for exploring theme ideas
- Winter 2008: Quoted in OCAD Sketch Magazine (Think Tank article on sustainability and TheStoreFront project) -
Ringling School of Art and Design
Graphic & Interactive Communication 2007 — 2007
- Best of Ringing Show - 2 pieces selected (Signs and Wikipedia redesign)
- Expressive Typography Award for Signs book
- Signs book also chosen for Adobe Achievement Awards Semi Finalist for Print category- Activities and Societies:
- Mobility/Exchange student for Spring 2007 semester
Additional Information
Ghazaleh Etezal’s Websites:
Ghazaleh Etezal’s Interests:
power of internet, poetry, basketball, cycling, randomness, conversation about anything with absolutely anyone, new places, new people, family, history, future, laughing, performance, smiles on people's faces, hugging, interviews, asking questions, going under water, practicing vocals, ambition to be a "real" superstar, sushi, thai, vietnamese, ambition to travel the world but living a travel with where i am, voice.
Ghazaleh Etezal’s Groups:
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Communication Designers of Toronto (CDOT) -
Design with Dialogue
Ghazaleh Etezal’s Honors:
Skinner, Justin. "Bloorcourt to become street gallery." Toronto Community News [Toronto] 08 July 2009, Annex Guardian, City Centre, Bloor West Villager ed. Toronto Community News. http://www.insidetoronto.com/article/72062, 08 July 2009.
Allen, Richard W., ed. "Big ideas need space to incubate." Spectator [Hamilton] 22 Apr. 2009, A11 sec.
Sayej, Nadja, ed. "Social enterprise with a twist." Globe & Mail [Toronto] 22 Nov. 2008, T.O. sec.
Kostoff, Larissa. "Investigative Intelligence: ThinkTanks Proliferate at OCAD." OCAD Sketch Winter 2008: 12-17.
"MuchTalks." MuchTalks: AIDS. Much Music. Featured story. 1 Dec. 2006.
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