I was hired as the Art Director of the Toronto daily evening commuter newspaper in late October 2009 – not quite 2 months following their inaugural issue (Sept. 8, 2009). T.o.night had previously been artistically managed by two prior Art Directors before my hiring – both of whom had left the publication for various reasons; however, as I had not been present for the initial development of the paper’s design not only was I tasked with intimately learning how it functioned and the purpose of each subtle nuance, but …

Throughout the duration of the 2008-2009 school year – my fourth at Carleton University – I held the position of Production Assistant (technically Production Manager, though that’s an entirely separate story) for the university’s student newspaper The Charlatan.
Having spent the three previous years slowly integrating myself within the paper’s student volunteer ranks – first as a reporter and photographer, then copy editor, and finally by third year as the web coordinator – I was well versed in most things concerning the paper’s design, both in print and on the web, …

Completed: Summer 2006

Spruce Hill Lodge Website

Spruce Hill Lodge is a non-profit organization with which I received a contract position for several months in order to redesign their website (which was atrocious…trust me on this one) and their marketing materials.
Over the course of approximately 2 1/2 months I gave myself a crash course in CSS and a refresher in Javascripting in order to improve the quality of my own web capabilities.
The Lodge (as it’s affectionately known) held a 5MB account free of charge with their Internet Service Provider – a service …