Graphic Designer
Nova Scotia, Canada
- Current
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- Owner at Triggers & Sparks Graphic Design (Sole Proprietorship)
- Past
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- Graphic Artist at HB Studios
- Correspondent at ytrybe.com
- Education
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- Nova Scotia Community College
- University of King's College
- Canterbury High School
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sarah semark’s Summary
've been doing web development for as long as I can remember, but never considered it a viable career until I saw the philosophy grads I was arguing with in lecture hall applying for my dirty minimum wage fast-food job. I ditched the illusions of intellectualism and picked up a diploma in graphic design from NSCC, and was soon doing work for freelance clients. I later moved out to Lunenburg to take a job as a graphic artist with HB Studios. I was part of a three-person graphic design team on Rugby 2006, then moved on to take sole responsibility for the frontend of Cricket 2007. Meanwhile, I continued to take on freelance jobs, completing a number of websites, logos, and miscellaneous design work. Pretty soon I realized I was coming home from work to spend all night working on freelance projects, and I needed to focus on either my career or my business. I chose the scarier, but more challenging route.
I am voraciously reading all kinds of texts about design and the world around me, trying to learn more languages and styles and techniques on a daily basis. I am always being inspired by beautiful and brilliant things. I absolutely adore what I do, and I'm pretty sure that I get a little better every day.
sarah semark’s Specialties:
Website development, print production, branding and identity, illustration, copywriting, website hosting, technical support.
PHP, MySQL, Ruby on Rails, (X)HTML, CSS, AJAX, Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Flash.
sarah semark’s Experience
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Owner
Triggers & Sparks Graphic Design (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Graphic Design industry)
June 2006 — Present (2 years 5 months)
Owner, Accountant, Manager, Grunt Labourer, Junior Designer, Senior Designer, Illustrator, Programmer, Coder, Creative Director, Bookkeeper, PR Manager, Copywriter, Janitor.
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Graphic Artist
HB Studios
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Games industry)
May 2005 — February 2007 (1 year 10 months)
Responsible for designing and implementing graphical interfaces for various gaming platforms.
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Correspondent
ytrybe.com
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Writing and Editing industry)
June 2000 — July 2001 (1 year 2 months)
Wrote articles (reviews, cultural commentary, politics) for an online magazine. This was one of my favourite jobs & I still think I'm lucky to have had it while everyone else was busy flipping burgers.
sarah semark’s Education
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Nova Scotia Community College
diploma, Graphic Design, 2003 — 2004
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University of King's College
Journalism/FYP 2002 — 2004
Accepted to the Journalism program with the Garfield Weston Merit Scholarship.
Completed my first year of study and moved on to community college. -
Canterbury High School
Literary Arts 1999 — 2000
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sarah semark’s Interests:
design, illustration, art, music, the science behind design, historical conspiracy theory, pop culture, writing, poetry, books books books!, photography, old typewriters, psychology, conversations over coffee, icon design
sarah semark’s Groups:
Society of Graphic Designers in Canada, Women in Business
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Society of Graphic Designers of Canada
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