Stuart Thursby

Current

Community Coordinator at Applied Arts Magazine

Past

Assistant Marketing Manager at Fairmount Books
Junior Graphic Designer at Ryan Edwards Communications

Education

The University of Western Ontario

Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Design

Websites

Stuart Thursby’s Summary

My work experience consists of working as an in-house graphic designer and assistant marketing manager at Fairmount Books, an internship with Ryan Edwards and a variety of freelance assignments.

At Fairmount, I was responsible for the training of new recruits to the marketing department, as well as working as part of a team on brand standardization and departmental organization. Regular work also included catalogue layout and production, HTML e-mails, copywriting, flyer production and other various creative work.

I also have four month's experience as an intern at Ryan Edwards Communications, a Toronto communications and advertising agency. At Ryan Edwards, I provided production and creative support while gaining a healthy theoretical and practical education on the core concepts of design.

My short-term goal is to create a variety of pieces for my developing portfolio that showcase a wide variety of application while still remaining focused on three principles: flexibility, sustainability and recognizability.

Long term, I hope to take my experience at Ryan Edwards and Fairmount to the next level, in whatever role I could fill to best help a creative department's development.

Stuart Thursby’s Specialties:

Graphic Design, Typography, Web Design

Stuart Thursby’s Experience

Community Coordinator

Applied Arts Magazine

(Design industry)

September 2009 — Present (3 months)

A mashup of social media, PR, design & more.
Assistant Marketing Manager

Fairmount Books

(Wholesale industry)

June 2008 — May 2009 (1 year )

Primary duties consisted of department supervision and organization, monthly catalogue layout design, as well as the production of flyers, brochures, inserts and other various creative work. Regular work also includes promotional copywriting, the creation of visually grabbing HTML emails, general customer service as well as general database & website management.
Junior Graphic Designer

Ryan Edwards Communications

(Marketing and Advertising industry)

April 2007 — August 2007 (5 months)

Four-month internship centred on design and production support combined with continued education on the theories and processes behind the core concepts of design. Provided creative support and input to the design team as well as project coordination and content editing over a variety of print and web campaigns.