12 years of experience developing strong client relationships and delivering finished projects that exceed design and usability expectations.
Creative and skilled client-focused designer and web developer experienced in print and web-based marketing materials for small to medium sized businesses and organizations. 12 years of experience in developing strong client relationships and delivering finished projects exceeding design and usability expectations.
While charming bar guests in a hotel bar, I realized that our recipe book needed an overhaul, and found myself redesigning graphics and the usability to create a successful training tool.
From there, I turned myself into a sponge and absorbed anything graphic design related while working on projects for willing friends. My self-directed education paid off, and along came paying clients, impressed with what I could do.
In 2000, I officially launched my business: à la Carde Graphic Design. 10 years, 100s of happy clients, 1000s of varied projects. It's not just the designing - I love meeting with clients and discussing their needs and objectives then developing a solution to get them the results they want.
The bigger the business, the bigger the bookkeeping! The business has demanded attention that I am not willing to give it. My heart and soul is in design and client relations not bookkeeping. Here I am - ready to bring my passion and my experience to you and your team!
Website for a local tour guide specializing in shore excursions for cruise passengers. The site features several photo galleries, a blog and customized forms.
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A catering company started by five local chefs.
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Advertisement used during the 'View Finders' film festival. Object was to education the parents of child actors that ACTRA, a actor's union, had a contract to protect the rights and safety of their child members.
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A business networking organization for home based business owners.
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An online magazine for women that focussed on articles that told women they were perfect as they are. The logo represents different ideas, cultures and personalities the magazine hopes to attract.
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A property manager who has several properties by the ocean.
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Sign placed in the mall that Cambridge is located.
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Breast Cancer Action Nova Scotia produces a resource directory for patients and families living with breast cancer. They hired me to design a front and back cover as well as layout the 200 plus page book.
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Hage Enterprises is proud of their Lebanese heritage and wanted to show that in their logo. The cedar tree is a national emblem.
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Integrated Commissioning Certification or ICC, is a third party who is hired to certify that newly constructed building meet standards.
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Joan offers financial and insurance services and is an Elder Planning Counsellor. She publishes several articles as well as a bimonthly newsletter and she wanted to be able to easily added them to her site.
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JouBeh sells modems that communicate with Iridium satellites.
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Nova Scotian Gaelic singer, songwriter and poet Lewis MacKinnon celebrates his culture through Gaelic songs and poetry. I built him a website that allowed him to add his CDs, books, manage comments, and news items. Site also was used the PayPal API so Lewis could accept payments for his merchandise.
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A series of ads placed in 'JANES Defense Weekly' for MetOcean's MASS.
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MetOcean sells buoys for oceanography research.
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MetOcean needed a consistent look for all of their product sheets.
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An ad for the doctors of Nova Scotia around the holidays.
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Website for the Massage Therapists' Association of Nova Scotia. Has a searchable map for registered massage therapists in Nova Scotia, a customized content manager for the member details, MTANS news, classified ads and the ability for the members to submit their continuing education credits.
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NMA Choice Communication is about bringing the power of effective communication and leadership to its clients. Like a compass.
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The chiropractors at Nova Spinal Care provide a different kind of chiropractic care. They provide very gentle treatments to the top three vertebrae of the spine.
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Patient Navigators are help cancer patient work with the cancer care system. They hired me to design a poster that would be placed in doctor's offices around the province to let patients with cancer know that there is help for them.
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Each year BCANS has their Pink Spring Celebration fund raiser. The artwork was produced by Holly New DeWolf.
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Brochure style website with some jQuery enhancements to make the back image stretch the full size of the browser, as well as some hover state effects.
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A website for my Toastmasters club. Site has two functions. The first was to offer information to those interested in attending a meeting. The other is to keep track of member statistics (speeches given, awards received) and to plan the meeting agenda. Currently inactive.
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A brochure style website for a local independent financial and insurance provider.
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David Dunn is a well established real estate agent in the Halifax area. His site was built entirely in Drupal 7. It uses Google Maps API, several different Drupal modules and some hand coded jQuery to make the site easy for a prospective client to find their new home. Currently not active.
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BELLIN sells Treasury Software and they wanted a corporate site that was multilingual and responsive, had a blog, news, videos, products and can be updated by the staff. Site was developed using Drupal 7.
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BELLIN attends many tradeshows and wanted a way to show customer testimonials about their product or treasury in general. Site was developed using Drupal 7 and the staff can upload testimonials and images taken at tradeshows. The images are cropped and coloured with in Drupal.
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The Government of Nova Scotia wanted a website that would help people worried about their gambling habits. The site featured a quiz to help users develop a plan to help address their concerns and change their habits. The plan would be mailed to the user. The site also featured a calculator that let the user know now much they spent on gambling in a year. The site was to be fully responsive and developed in Drupal 7
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MetOcean Data Systems launched a new product line aimed at the covert and surveillance market called MDS trak. They wanted a logo that would tie into the MetOcean brand.
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MetOcean Data Systems launched a new product line aimed at the covert and surveillance market called MDS trak. This is the brochure of their first product under this line the TiGR TG-100. The tracker would be able to track globally with out boundaries.
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