CAREER OBJECTIVE

Full-time or contract employment as a Writer/Editor, Web Designer, Web Editor or Webmaster

PROFILE

• Web Design Diploma, CDI College

• Web design, creation and management

• 10+ years' experience in the publishing field including researching, writing, editing, proofreading and desktop publishing

• Up-to-date computer skills including Macromedia Suite, Adobe Illustrator, PhotoShop and ImageReady, Quark XPress and Microsoft Office

• Excellent organization, communication and interpersonal skills

• French (CBA); Secret security clearance

•   Creative, Detail-oriented, Team Player
  
  

EDUCATION & TRAINING

• Web Designer Diploma (Honours) — CDI College of Business, Technology and Health, Ottawa, ON

• Adobe Illustrator, Quark XPress, French as a Second Language and Graphic Design — Algonquin College of Arts and Technology, Ottawa, ON

• Project Planning and Control Seminar — Bates Project Management, Ottawa, ON

• Successful Proofreading and Editing Techniques — Business and Professional Research Organization, Ottawa, ON
  
  

TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE

• Macromedia Fireworks, Flash and Dreamweaver

• Ipswitch WS_FTP Pro

• Adobe Illustrator, ImageReady and PhotoShop

• Quark XPress and Microsoft Publisher

• HTML, DHTML, ASP, CSS

• JavaScript and VBScript

• Microsoft Project and Visual InterDev

• Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access)
  
  

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Bravo Team Award, E-Resource Building Project, Public Service Commission of Canada, Ottawa, ON

• Conceptualized and chaired the National Conference on Children with Sensitivities, Ottawa, ON
  
  

WORK EXPERIENCE

Owner (1995–present)
Hare Publishing Services, Ottawa, ON

• Design, edit, manage and maintain client websites

• Design logos, business cards, letterheads, brochures, product information sheets, reports and presentations

• Edit, proofread and desktop-publish a variety of documents

• Create and edit telecommunications technical drawings using CorelDraw, Corel Presentations and Microsoft PowerPoint
  

Office Assistant to the Associate Director
Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Canada, Ottawa, ON

• Managed electronic calendar, scheduling meetings with Royal College and Department of Emergency Medicine staff and students

• Arranged for travel and accommodations for both national and international trips and prepared expense claims

• Prepared agendas for weekly management meetings and managed schedule of meeting chairs

• Arranged teleconferences using Bell Teleconferencing

• Created an Office Procedures Manual
  

Administrative Assistant
Public Service Commission of Canada, Ottawa, ON

E-Resource Building Project:

• Coordinated translation requests and French text revision

• Created and maintained electronic and hard copy filing systems

• Ensured availability of appropriate materials for library building meetings

• Recorded minutes of bi-weekly team meetings

Community Recruitment Program:

• Researched information technology-related courses to update PSC Web site
  

Administrative Assistant
(variety of assignments at Correctional Services, Canada, Environment Canada, Natural Resources Canada, Transport Canada, Veterans Affairs Canada)
Federal Government, Ottawa, ON

• Provided administrative support to various managers and directors

• Created and maintained electronic and hard copy filing systems

• Maintained electronic calendars and planned meetings

• Edited, proofread and formatted a variety of documents

• Arranged for travel, hospitality and office supplies

• Established meeting agendas and recorded minutes of management meetings
  

Writer/Editor
Canadian Government Office of Tourism, Ministry of State for Urban Affairs, and Communications Canada (Canadian Computer/Communications Task Force), Ottawa, ON

• Researched, wrote, edited, proofread, art-directed layout and design and photograph selection, coordinated with French editor and managed projects from concept to completion
  
  

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

Secretary and Member of the Board of Directors
Kanata Singles Club, Kanata, ON

• Designed and coordinated the creation and maintenance of a Web site

• Recorded the minutes of monthly and annual general meetings

• Designed and desktop-published a variety of documents including business cards and publicity posters
  

Secretary, President and National Education Chair
Allergy and Environmental Health Association of Canada and Ottawa Branch, Ottawa, ON

• Wrote, edited, proofread, designed and desktop-published a variety of documents including business cards, brochures, reports and presentations

• Advocated for better indoor air quality in schools and in the workplace
  

Coordinator, Asperger Teen Group
Ottawa, ON

• Coordinated biweekly and/or monthly get-togethers for teenagers with Asperger's Syndrome

• Activities included home parties, bowling, movies, dinners, laser tag – hosted by parents
  
  

REFERENCES

• Available on request
  
  

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