Hello, thanks for stopping by! My name is Ryan and I’m graphic & web designer/developer based in Hamilton, Ontario, who always has simplicity and ease-of-use in mind. I have over ten years’ experience in print and website design. I am passionate about design and love working with clients in creating beautiful, practical solutions for their design needs.
My Tools
Apple MacBook Pro, Wacom Tablet, Adobe Creative Suite Software: Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, InDesign, Acrobat, Extensis Suitcase Fusion, Autodesk Sketchbook Express, Corel Painter.
Employment Experience
Manager, Design & Creative
Reeves Financial Services Inc.
06.2005 – 09.2011
- Graphic Design & Brand Design: Responsible for all graphics and marketing materials; advertisements, newsletters, brochures, posters, postcards, business cards, letterhead, envelopes, greeting/birthday cards, presentation folders, logos, and forms.
- Website Design & Webmaster: Maintain company website reevesfinancial.com, using HTML, CSS, PHP, and WordPress
- Developed desktop and mobile theme of website (WordPress)
- Setup Facebook fan page (and administer), set up twitter account and integrate social media into website
- Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
- Design and maintain other product specific websites: SaveSomeGreen.ca, IllnessInsurance.ca
- The Forum – A Marketplace for Stories and Ideas: A one hour community based radio show on Talk 820.
- Logo & Brand Design for all marketing materials, advertisements and promotional items, business cards
- Design and maintain website forumradio.ca
- Uploading Podcasts to website and iTunes
- Setting up Facebook group/fan page
Graphic Designer & Webmaster
Canadian Financial Publishing Group
08.2000 – 06.2005
Graphic Designer
- Design financial newsletters on a quarterly basis.
- Select and implement appropriate artwork/photographs for newsletters
- Design personal newsletter biographical headers with client’s photographs, logos and contact information
- Scan photographs and/or logos provided by clients
- Ensure biographical or personal portion of newsletter meets compliance standards
- Obtain client approval for biographical detail
- Submit files (Quark documents, logos, photographs, etc.) to printer by email for production
- Designed an ad for internet subdivision of company; published in FORUM magazine
Web Design/Webmaster
- Design and maintain company website cfpg.com, as well as all other related websites including CEO’s personal photography website
- Design and maintain client websites
Volunteer Graphic Designer & Web Master
Tri-Pride (Kitchener-Waterloo, Cambridge LGBT Committee)
2003 – 2005
- Designed Monthly Newsletter (Pride Pages), posters, advertisements, signs, logos, and tickets
- Designed and administrated website tri-pride.ca