Graphic and Office Software Skills

• Explorer, Edge, Safari, Chrome
• Creative Cloud, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver
• Adobe Premiere Pro, XD, MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access,
• Teams, Zoom, Shopify, Sage, Quickbooks, Dynamics

Graphic Design Skills

• Trained in publication design including concepts, layout, colour and style
• Educated in corporate design including brands, identity, logos, symbols
• Trained in line/shape/form drawing as well as shading and shadows
• Understanding of software interface including tools, layers and fonts
• Educated in conceptualization and symbolism through imagery
• Ability to design packages with understanding of materials, cultural trends and environmental needs
• Understanding of advertising needs and trends as well as strategies
• Ability to compress files and work with slices and rollover effects
• Knowledge of colour: lighting, tone, hue, value, saturation, negative space
• Understanding of functions and palettes in Illustrator
• Ability to create masks, transparencies and colour combinations
• Skilled with kerning, widowing/orphaning and grids
• Trained in digital photography including sizing and image captures, adjustments hue, colour, contrast, selections and lighting
• History, theory and language of Typology including points and picas
• Understanding images and vector artwork
• Able to utilize symbols, instances and the library of assets

Web Design Skills

• Educated in the visual language of layout and design including wire framing
• Knowledge of marketing skills in web design including SWOT, user research, UX Research, responsive layout design including fluid layouts
• Developed websites that work with smart devices and tablets
• Trained in combining animation, audio/video, user input
• Ability to work in layers, animated buttons and movies/movie clips
• Skilled in web publishing and electronic design
• Knowledge of the web colour scale and colour management
• Skilled in authoring software and working with tags