Education & Experience

09/2014—02/2015
BCIT – Technical Web Design Program
BCIT, Vancouver|Canada
Expanded and proved my web coding skills by earning a Certificate (with Distinction) from BCIT Technical Web Design Program. The TWD program in hands-on combining current web design technologies with challenging assignments, structured projects, and industry experience.

01/2006—11/2013
Art Director, Web Developer
and Project Manager

Backbone Technology Inc., Vancouver|Canada
Designed and developed websites using Photoshop, HTML, CSS, JavaScript and Backbone Technology’s in-house CMS software Expression.

Developed and implemented the Federal MP Program and providing graphic service and website updates for 60 Members of Parliament in Canada.

Designed the layout, logo and branding of the Progress Report for Health Canada (Federal/Provincial/Territorial Ministerial Task Force on the National Pharmaceuticals Strategy) and managed the print publishing. ISBN 0-662-49443-1 (English/French)

Corresponded directly with clients built and maintained strong customer relations.

01/2004—12/2005
Independent Contractor
Stuttgart|Germany
Designed and developed HTML websites and interactive offline applications. Business development and client acquisition.

07/2003—11/2003
Web Design Intern
Storefront.com Online Inc., Vancouver|Canada
Worked in the capacity of a Web Design Intern.
Designed and developed HTML websites and interactive offline applications.

05/2003—07/2003
09/1999—08/2002
Interaction Designer, Art Director
and Project Manager

L2M3 Communication Design, Stuttgart|Germany
Designed and developed multimedia applications for museums, offline media and architectural presentations for exhibition designers.

Designed and developed the awarded museum multimedia application entitled “The everyday life of prisoners at Sachsenhausen concentration camp 1936 to 1945”.

06/1999—00/0000
University Degree and Final Project
Graduate Designer eq. Bachelor’s Degree
[AboutHearing] – a CD-ROM that investigates the phenomenon of hearing
University of Applied Sciences, Pforzheim|Germany
03/1997—09/1997
Graphic Design Intern
Advertising Agency
Büro X, Hamburg|Germany
Designed print advertising for magazines, campaigns and catalogs using QuarkXPress and Photoshop.

03/1995—06/1999
University
Visual Communication
University of Applied Sciences, Pforzheim|Germany
09/1994—02/1995
Graphic Design Intern
Direct Marketing and Advertising Agency
Mungenast Dialog Marketing GmbH, Stuttgart|Germany
Designed direct marketing and advertising print materials.

09/1993—07/1994
Design Studies – Fine Art
Kolping – School of Art, Stuttgart|Germany
07/1993—00/0000
General qualification for university entrance
Otto-Hahn Secondary School, Ostfildern|Germany

French, German, Spanish