FREELANCE AND CONTRACT EXPERIENCE
FREELANCE SENIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER + ART DIRECTOR
FREELANCE CONTRACTOR | 2002-present
I have worked with agencies and business owners integrating creative design concepts, art direction and brand building on a variety of projects such as websites, social/digital, large-format printing (retail, tradeshow, and out-of-home), window graphics, ads, magazines, menus, posters, brochures, direct mail, both independently and as a part of various creative teams. I am Mac-based and have expert Adobe skills, especially InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator but I am also well-versed in Figma, Microsoft and other office software.
PUBLICIS | 2023-2024
Freelance Senior Graphic Designer
Designed Figma-based web pages, digital designs and print assets for Signet Jewelers.
HCA MINDBOX MARKETING | 2023-2024
Freelance Senior Graphic Designer
Designed print assets for Disaronno, Edrington, González Byass USA, Infinium Spirits, Thomas Ashbourne and Windsor Regional Hospital Foundation.
DOGS NATURALLY MAGAZINE | 2020-2024
Freelance Senior Graphic Designer
Designed blog and social media images for holistic dog food supplements and issues affecting dogs.
OFFICE OF THE AUDITOR GENERAL OF ONTARIO | 2023
Freelance Senior Graphic Designer
Worked on the 2023 Annual Report Team.
MARKS, PART OF SGS & CO. | 2020-2022
Freelance Senior Graphic Designer
Designed print and digital assets for LEGO, Amazon, Nestle and Starbucks.
CORUS ENTERTAINMENT | 2022
Freelance Senior Graphic Designer
Designed print and digital assets for Global TV, STACK TV, HGTV, W Network and Showcase.
FORSMAN & BODENFORS | 2022
Freelance Senior Graphic Designer
Designed print and digital assets for Seneca, LG, Church and Dwight and The Mobile Shop.
MARK IV | 2022
Freelance Senior Graphic Designer
Designed print assets for Gatorade, Quaker, Doritos, Cheetos and Stacy’s Rise Project.
ALLEGRA MARKETING + PRINT | 2015-2020
Senior Graphic Designer and Art Director
I learned a lot about prepress and production in this role preparing files for our 4 and 2 colour presses. This was one of the busiest environments I have ever worked in, with multiple daily deadlines, but I learned how to work on a variety of projects in tandem quickly and efficiently.
SKATE CANADA / ONTARIO | 2011-2018
Freelance Senior Graphic Designer
THE MONTH AHEAD MAGAZINE | 2007-2015
Senior Graphic Designer and Art Director
LAKE SIMCOE LIVING MAGAZINE | 2005- 2007
Freelance Senior Graphic Designer
DIRECT TARGET PROMOTIONS | 2003-2005
Freelance Senior Graphic Designer
FIRST LADY SALON PRODUCTS | 1994-2002
Graphic Designer and Marketing Manager
Tasked to make necessary equipment and software recommendations as their first in-house Designer. I managed and coordinated artwork for various divisions (wholesale, retail and mail-order) and designed logos, sales sheets, brochures and packaging artwork (for Revlon, Raquel Welch, Jowell, Framesi and The Hair Club for Men brands) using QuarkXPress, Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.
EDUCATION
ADVERTISING + GRAPHIC DESIGN DIPLOMA
HUMBER COLLEGE OF APPLIED ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY
Colour theory, conceptual process, typography, advertising, corporate design, marketing strategies, branding, printing technology, photography, drawing/ rendering, package design, digital design, Writing for Advertising, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, QuarkXPress and Digital Imaging.
TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES
- ADOBE CREATIVE CLOUD: InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, XD
- DIGITAL DESIGN: Figma, WordPress, Social Media and online graphics, Constant Contact email blasts
- OFFICE SOFTWARE: Microsoft Office: Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, OneDrive, Microsoft Teams, Team Viewer, Dropbox, WeTransfer, Scoro, File Management
VOLUNTEER BACKGROUND
PARENT VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR 2015
Newmarket Skating Club | newmarketsc.com
Skating clubs require parents to volunteer to help run day-to-day functions and special events, so I offered to support their design needs, which took up more of my time than expected (9 years) but was also very rewarding.
I designed a 30-page WordPress website because their original site was outdated and difficult to update without programming knowledge. I re-branded it using a combination of the club’s recently updated branding (also done by me) and Skate Canada’s existing branding (with permission).
- Website Development/Re-branding 30+ pages
- Printed Materials and Merchandise
- Board of Directors / Synchronized Skating Chair
Tina Pontes
Senior Graphic Designer + Art Director + Production Artist
[email protected] | 289-716-0235
