Curriculum Vitae
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Personal Stylist and Shopper (freelancer) maintain a client database, know the products with in great detail, familiar with the new season’s clothes and able to recommend new products that will suit the customer, budgeting skills.
Graphic Artist / Animator CBC Canadian Broadcasting Corporation - Toronto
Illustrations and Animation for Richardson’s Roundup radio show “Sad Goat”.
Animation for ArtsCanada web site. “Magpie and Raven” (I’m telling the Story).
Design the company logo, business cards and stationary.
Illustrations and Animation for ArtsCanada web site “Basic Black”.
Multimedia Designer 4855000 House - South Africa
Creation of CD ROM's, HTML Coding and Graphics for Web Sites
Sewing and Pattern Making Instructor Spark! Gallery Johannesburg, South Africa
Teaching new skills in fashion design, colour coordination, pattern making, sewing skills and fabric paint to a group of woman from non profit organizations.
Creation of brochures and Invitations for the Gallery exhibits.
Fashion Design Instructor Dorkey House Fashion Institute - South Africa
Started a new fashion design program, course outlines and schedules. Teaching sewing, pattern making and basic drawing.
Lab Instructor International Academy of Design Toronto
Conducted laboratory classes Photoshop, Illustrator and Premiere (video editing software).
Graphic Artist PRI Personality Resources International
Creation of graphics, business cards and logo for “True Colors” website.
Graphic Artist Crescendo Multimedia
Creation of graphics for “True Colors” CD-ROM.
Supervisor (Training men’s wear Department) Rennie Incorporated. Training in the areas of pin & cut, sewing, quality control and packaging.
SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Corel Draw, Microsoft Word, Adobe Premiere, SoundEdit 16, 3D.
SKILLS
In Fashion Design Able to create: Fashion collections (6 to 12 garments) from sketching the idea to the final sewn product.
Fashion Illustration: detail oriented in the construction of story boards, presentation boards, workshops and the ability to work with precession in hand and computer fashion & textile illustration.
In Multimedia Design Able to create: graphics, animations, interactive CD-ROM’s, able to edit video and sound, MAC and PC proficiency.
SOFT SKILLS Excellent team player, able to work independently, strong organizational and research skills, effective interpersonal skills, very detail oriented, colour coordination and excellent graphic layout.
EDUCATION
International Academy of Design, DIGITAL MEDIA DESIGN Diploma
College LaSalle, FASHION DESIGN Diploma, Montreal
SAGA International Design Centre, FUR DESIGN Diploma, Denmark
University Rafael Landivar, GRAPHIC DESIGN (2.5 years) Credits, Guatemala
University del Valle, Anthropology and Sociology Studies, (6 months) Credits, Guatemala
HONOURS/AWARDS
Malaysian Print Design Contest, First Prize, Malaysia
Fur Design Internship, SAGA International Design Centre, Denmark
"Oh La La" Loris Azzaro Contest, Third Prize, France
Young Designers International Competition, Canadian Round Finalist, Montreal
My Resume