Web Designer at Concordia University, freelance web designer and photographer
Montreal, Canada Area
- Current
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- Judge at Horizon Interactive
- Judge at Web Marketing Association's WebAwards
- Editor at DMOZ - Open Directory Project
- Member of the Selection Committee at Canadian New Media Awards
- Judge, Member at International Academy of the Visual Arts
- Web Designer at Concordia University
- Freelance Photographer/Web Designer at Rommil Santiago (Sole Proprietorship)
- Past
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- Founder at The Web Flight Check
- Owner at Tokoro Media, Inc.
- Freelance web designer at Steam Design
- Publisher at tokoroMAG Montreal Magazine
- Volunteer Instructor at YMCA
- Freelance Photographer/Digital Artist at Purelife
- Aircraft Systems Specialist at CAE
- Freelance Web Designer at Bisamp
- Mechanical Engineer/CNC programmer at Pacosy
- Web Designer/Photographer at Get Caught in the Headlights
- Mechanical Engineering Leader at McGill University Solar Car Racing Team (Team Northern Sun)
- Education
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- Concordia University
- Dawson College
- Concordia University
- McGill University
- Macdonald Cartier
- Champlain Regional College
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Rommil Santiago’s Summary
I'm an engineer turned photographer, turned web entrepreneur/magazine editor, turned web designer/developer turned part-time MBA student . Y'know - the usual.
Rommil Santiago’s Specialties:
Web: I currently work for Concordia University, and I freelance for myself. I produce web standard/cross-browser/cross-platform code. Experienced with HTML/CSS/PHP/MySQL/Javascript. Knowledge of AJAX. Very strong knowledge of usability, accessibility, and best practices. Won 2 CASE awards, and a CASE honourable mention.
Photo: Still life, fashion, runway.
Graphic Design - Very skilled at illustrator, photoshop, quark, pre-press
Several letters of recommendation.
Rommil Santiago’s Experience
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Judge
Horizon Interactive
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
January 2008 — Present (5 months)
I am helping judge the 2008 Horizon Interactive Awards
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Judge
Web Marketing Association's WebAwards
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
June 2007 — Present (1 year)
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Editor
DMOZ - Open Directory Project
(Non-Profit; Internet industry)
April 2007 — Present (1 year 2 months)
I edit this category:
http://dmoz.org/Regional/North_America/Canada/Quebec/Localities/M/Montreal/Business_and_Economy/Computers_and_Internet/Internet/Web_Design_and_Development/ -
Member of the Selection Committee
Canadian New Media Awards
(Internet industry)
February 2007 — Present (1 year 4 months)
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Judge, Member
International Academy of the Visual Arts
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Design industry)
June 2006 — Present (2 years)
As a member and judge for the Academy, I help select the winners for the Davey Awards as well as the W3 awards.
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Web Designer
Concordia University
(Higher Education industry)
October 2004 — Present (3 years 8 months)
I design and maintain a large part of Concordia Univerisity's web pages, along with taking some of the photos used on them.
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Freelance Photographer/Web Designer
Rommil Santiago (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Media Production industry)
2000 — Present (8 years)
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Founder
The Web Flight Check
(Non-Profit; Myself Only; Online Media industry)
July 2006 — December 2007 (1 year 6 months)
Founder and writer of a web design blog (http://www.webflightcheck.com)
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Owner
Tokoro Media, Inc.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Media Production industry)
2004 — November 2006 (2 years)
We are a design-house, specializing in integrated learning solutions. We produce various media such as web-design, graphic design, photography, as well as develop and streamline lesson plans.
We are also magazine publishing company (www.tokoro.ca/tokromag/), that produces tokoroMAG, an artist and entrepreneur promotion magazine. I co-ordinate the over 15 writers and contributors, along with editors of the magazine, as well as maintain and design the site itself.
Tokoro, also holds promotional events such as the design-a-thon (www.designathon.org), and art exhibitions.
Finally our company is a design house as well. -
Freelance web designer
Steam Design
(Design industry)
2004 — 2006 (2 years)
I updated and maintained websites for Steam on a per project basis as well as take on many personal contracts under www.rommil.com
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Publisher
tokoroMAG Montreal Magazine
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Publishing industry)
2004 — July 2006 (2 years)
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Volunteer Instructor
YMCA
(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Recreational Facilities and Services industry)
March 2004 — June 2005 (1 year 4 months)
I instruct the adapted fitness class at the Montreal downtown Y.
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Freelance Photographer/Digital Artist
Purelife
(Photography industry)
2004 — 2005 (1 year)
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Aircraft Systems Specialist
CAE
(Public Company; Mechanical or Industrial Engineering industry)
2001 — 2004 (3 years)
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Freelance Web Designer
Bisamp
(Design industry)
2004 — 2004 (less than a year)
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Mechanical Engineer/CNC programmer
Pacosy
(Design industry)
2000 — 2001 (1 year)
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Web Designer/Photographer
Get Caught in the Headlights
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Design industry)
January 1998 — December 2001 (4 years)
Website design and Photography services. Online magazine as well.
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Mechanical Engineering Leader
McGill University Solar Car Racing Team (Team Northern Sun)
(Educational Institution; 11-50 employees; Mechanical or Industrial Engineering industry)
1997 — 1999 (2 years)
Rommil Santiago’s Education
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Concordia University
Masters, Business Administration, 2008 — 2012 (expected)
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Dawson College
Certificates, Still Life, Fashion Photography and Conversational Japanese - Level 1 and 2, 2004 — 2005
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Concordia University
N/A, Web Design, Graphic Design, Photography, Illustration, 2001 — 2003
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McGill University
Bach, Engineering - Mechanical, 1995 — 1999
- Activities and Societies:
- Solar Car Racing Team - Mech Eng. Leader
Winner - in-class design competition
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Macdonald Cartier
High School/international Studies, 1988 — 1999
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Champlain Regional College
DEC, Pure and Applied, 1993 — 1995
Additional Information
Rommil Santiago’s Websites:
Rommil Santiago’s Interests:
Outside of "New Media", Volleyball - Intramural at Concordia University.
Rommil Santiago’s Groups:
FCSS - Filipino Community of the South Shore
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Web Standards Design + Development member -
McGill Faculty of Engineering member
Rommil Santiago’s Honors:
Top marks (A+ average) in all Cont.Ed courses.
High school awards for math, art, computer science, and overall average.
Designed a website that was part of an award winning entry at a CASE competition.
Designed a website that was given an CASE Honorable Mention in the category, Specialty Website.
Rommil Santiago’s Contact Settings
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- reference requests
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