Skills and Work History


skills

  • Languages: English, French (strong bilingual) with particular emphasis on writing/proofing and editing
  • Interpersonal: people-person, teamwork, problem-solving, brainstorming, multitasking
  • Operating systems: all personal computer platforms and virtually all publishing software
  • Coding and Scripting: CSS, Javascript, CGI, ActionScript, Lingo, XHTML, HTML, ASP, PHP (modification)
  • Graphics: Quark Xpress, Freehand, Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat, In-Design
  • Music Production: Logic Audio, ProTools
  • Web: Flash, Dreamweaver, BBedit, Fireworks, Ektron CMS, Access DB, mySQL, WebTrends SEO, all browsers, hand coding

employment between 1990-2000

  • 1995-2000: Carlton Cards Limited (Toronto) Lettering, writing, proofing and production of French Greeting Cards for the Quebec Market
  • 1994-1998: Studio #4 (Toronto) Freelance Music Producer/Arranger/Composer (Toronto)
  • 1990-1993: Workers’ Compensation Board (Toronto) Contractor Controller (assisted in recruitment of contract IT staff for mainframe systems; managed $10 million annual budget)