Rommil Santiago

Rommil Santiago

Web Designer at Concordia University, freelance web designer and photographer

Montreal, Canada Area

Current
  • 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
  • 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
  • Concordia University
  • Dawson College
  • Concordia University
  • McGill University
  • Macdonald Cartier
  • Champlain Regional College
Connections
94 connections
Industry
Public Relations and Communications
Websites

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

  • Judge

    Horizon Interactive

    (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

    January 2008Present (5 months)

    I am helping judge the 2008 Horizon Interactive Awards

  • Judge

    Web Marketing Association's WebAwards

    (Marketing and Advertising industry)

    June 2007Present (1 year)

  • Editor

    DMOZ - Open Directory Project

    (Non-Profit; Internet industry)

    April 2007Present (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 2007Present (1 year 4 months)

  • Judge, Member

    International Academy of the Visual Arts

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Design industry)

    June 2006Present (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.

  • Web Designer

    Concordia University

    (Higher Education industry)

    October 2004Present (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.

  • Freelance Photographer/Web Designer

    Rommil Santiago (Sole Proprietorship)

    (Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Media Production industry)

    2000Present (8 years)

  • Founder

    The Web Flight Check

    (Non-Profit; Myself Only; Online Media industry)

    July 2006December 2007 (1 year 6 months)

    Founder and writer of a web design blog (http://www.webflightcheck.com)

  • Owner

    Tokoro Media, Inc.

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Media Production industry)

    2004November 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)

    20042006 (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

  • Publisher

    tokoroMAG Montreal Magazine

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Publishing industry)

    2004July 2006 (2 years)

  • Volunteer Instructor

    YMCA

    (Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Recreational Facilities and Services industry)

    March 2004June 2005 (1 year 4 months)

    I instruct the adapted fitness class at the Montreal downtown Y.

  • Freelance Photographer/Digital Artist

    Purelife

    (Photography industry)

    20042005 (1 year)

  • Aircraft Systems Specialist

    CAE

    (Public Company; Mechanical or Industrial Engineering industry)

    20012004 (3 years)

  • Freelance Web Designer

    Bisamp

    (Design industry)

    20042004 (less than a year)

  • Mechanical Engineer/CNC programmer

    Pacosy

    (Design industry)

    20002001 (1 year)

  • Web Designer/Photographer

    Get Caught in the Headlights

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Design industry)

    January 1998December 2001 (4 years)

    Website design and Photography services. Online magazine as well.

  • Mechanical Engineering Leader

    McGill University Solar Car Racing Team (Team Northern Sun)

    (Educational Institution; 11-50 employees; Mechanical or Industrial Engineering industry)

    19971999 (2 years)


Rommil Santiago’s Education

  • Concordia University

    Masters, Business Administration, 20082012 (expected)

  • Dawson College

    Certificates, Still Life, Fashion Photography and Conversational Japanese - Level 1 and 2, 20042005

  • Concordia University

    N/A, Web Design, Graphic Design, Photography, Illustration, 20012003

  • McGill University

    Bach, Engineering - Mechanical, 19951999

    Activities and Societies:
    Solar Car Racing Team - Mech Eng. Leader
    Winner - in-class design competition
  • Macdonald Cartier

    High School/international Studies, 19881999

  • Champlain Regional College

    DEC, Pure and Applied, 19931995


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

  •    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.


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