Résumé

Multidisciplinary design and communications specialist with degrees in Communications and Digital Art; experience in graphic design, frontend web development, and video post-production. Canadian permanent resident in Halifax, NS.

Work History

• Freelance Web Developer, Jopogo.com (Jan 2006 - Present)
  • Built and hosted Wordpress-based informational websites.
  • Designed, wrote, and launched a small network of static content-driven websites monetized by contextual advertising, affiliate marketing, and merchandise sales.
  • Package and marketing material design for small business in Nova Scotia.
• Webmaster, Trailer Park Boys / SwearNet.com (Aug 2019 - Mar 2024)
  • Contributed to design and front end development of SwearNet.com and TrailerParkBoys.com, redesigning landing pages and conceptualizing new show and episode page views.
  • Provided customer tech support for website and subscription issues.
  • Assisted with production tasks, including video editing; conversion and upload; writing and editing titles, descriptions, and metadata; closed captioning; streaming live video; and moderating fan video conferences.
  • Assisted with social media for Trailer Park Boys on TikTok, Twitter, FaceBook, Instagram, YouTube, and Snapchat.
  • Produced and edited SwearNet Social Shorts, a monthly clip show.
  • Organized and designed Trailer Park Boys Amazon merch store pages.
  • Background actor in SwearNet Studios and Trailer Park Boys Jail Shorts.
• Visual Information Specialist, U.S. Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service (Nov 2016 - Dec 2018)
  • Designed charts, maps, infographics, and other data visualization products for the Congressional Research Service, the US Legislature's nonpartisan think tank.
  • Created flyers, banners, signs, and other internal material for LoC CRS Communications and Directors' offices.
  • Represented CRS design team in design review sessions to gather graphics requirements for future research products.
  • Assisted in formulation of new CRS visual brand guidelines, creating new standardized color palettes, presentation templates, and video ID title card templates.
• Senior Designer, Valador Inc. / NASA (Jul 2013 - Oct 2016)
  • Led a small team of graphic designers in creating web, print, and video graphics for government and private clients, contract proposals, and internal communications.
  • Edited videos focusing on workforce diversity and STEM recruitment for NASA, including clip selection, optimization for web and TV, and closed captioning.
  • Wordpress template coding for NASA Academy of Program/Project & Engineering Leadership (APPEL).
  • Produced custom content and graphics in Drupal for the Asteroid Redirect Mission on NASA.gov.
  • Assisted in ISO 9001, ISO 20000, ISO 27001, and CMMI Level 3 certification processes.
• Technical Producer, U.S. News and World Report (Apr 2007 - Mar 2013)
  • Front-end web development, converting design mockups to HTML and CSS, and to TAL templates in Zope 2 and Pylons.
  • Coded page redesigns for News, Money, and Health sections; coded templates for Best Colleges, Best Graduate Schools, Best Hospitals, and other rankings projects.
  • Collaborated with web and advertising staff to create custom banners, widgets, and specialized ad pages.
  • Added social media tools to site: Facebook comments; took initiative in expanding U.S.News presence to Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Google+.
  • Trained new hires in use of CMS and backend frameworks.
• Web Developer, Smokescreen Corp. (Apr 2002 - Jan 2007)
  • Designed and built sites for smoke-free activism, travel, and e-commerce using PHP, HTML, CSS, and Javascript.
  • Designed banners, shirts, flyers, stickers, business cards, letterheads, brochures, and other business material.
• Media Archivist, New Media Archives and Productions Inc. (Oct 2000 - Jan 2002)
  • Authored interactive DVD archives, including video menu design, storyboard authoring, and QA for rendered video files.
  • Created CD-ROM print archives using HTML/PDF viewing interfaces.
  • Formulated workflows for large print and video archive operations.
  • Tools used: ReelDVD, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Acrobat, Flash.
• Web Executive, MyPhilippines.com (May - Sep 2000)
  • Managed a team of web designers working on UX and UI design of MyPhilippines.com web portal pages, from wireframes to HTML mockups to live pages.
• Digital Video Editor, OmniPost (Jun 1998 - Apr 2000)
  • Edited (offline and online) TV commercials, documentaries, and audio-visual presentations using Media 100 editing system.
  • Composed and rendered 2D VFX, titles, and animations for various projects using Adobe Photoshop and Adobe AfterEffects.
  • Distinctions Received: Araw Awards, 16th Philippine Advertising Congress (1999): "Dirty Finger," for Bench Alcogel: Gold Award Winner, Low Budget TV Production; Silver Award Winner, Personal Care Category

Educational Background

• Maryland Institute College of Art (Sep 2002 - May 2003)
  Master of Arts in Digital Art
  Distinctions Received: MICA Digital Art Award
• Ateneo de Manila University: (Jun 1994 - Mar 1998)
  Bachelor of Arts in Communication
  Extra-curriculars: Graphic Design and Photography Editor for student newspaper The GUIDON

Certifications

• WHMIS (SkillsOnlineNS, 2025)
• First Aid (Intermediate Workplace, CPR-C and AED, St John Ambulance, 2025)

Tech Stack

• Operating Systems
  • MacOS, Windows, Linux
• Code and Markup
  • HTML5, CSS3, Javascript, PHP, Ruby on Rails, HAML, Bootstrap
  • Content management systems: WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, MovableType
• Graphics
  • Adobe Creative Suite and Creative Cloud: Photoshop. Illustrator, InDesign, XD, Acrobat
  • Pixelmator Pro
  • Figma, Canva, Photopea
  • Open source alternatives: GIMP, Inkscape, Scribus
• Video
  • Adobe Premiere and AfterEffects, Final Cut Pro, DaVinci Resolve, Media 100
  • OBS
• Office and Productivity Suites
  • Google Workspace, Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Powerpoint
  • Open source alternative: LibreOffice (formerly OpenOffice)