Currently I am a full-time employee of Bell Sympatico working as the sole web designer. There I am tasked with developing creative marketing & advertising campaigns as well as working with the content producers to maintain the overall look and feel of Sympatico.ca and the various other internal properties.

I also run a successful freelance design business which has afforded me the opportunity to work with a wider array of exciting new clients. Through this business I expend my extra creative energy creating websites and identities for companies of all sizes.

The Discovery Channel re-launched it’s website February 1st 2009 showcasing the fresh new look, improved usability, and increased functionality. The goals of the new design was to change formats from the old blog style format to one that employs a more modular content that is better optimized for ease of browsing.

Designs 1st (formally Dezines Plus) a design/construction company that was established in 1990 to better serve the needs of people building custom homes or remodeling. Their clients take advantage of our proven system to remain in control of their project, build a quality home and save thousands of dollars.

The newly renamed company requested my services for a re-brand and online re-facing of their current website. After creating the new logos I began working with Luke Kilpatrick, the developer, to design a website that would skin the Broadchoice development platform.

I used dark earthy tones similar to what the company applies when creating homes for their customers in Southern California. Shades of brown and burgundy help emphasize the strength of the logo and body copy.

Another Designer was employed to work on the website since launch, and as a result the current online version of the website has some errors.

Founded in 1999 to address marketing needs for the publishing and small/medium sized business sectors, Montana Ridge combines Parmjit Parmar’s extensive internet, film and information technology experience with dynamic ideas for marketing. She gives relevant advice and gets phenomenal results.

Parmjit came to me in Summer 2005 to help her launch her company on the internet. Already a successful publicist and marketer, Parmjt was hoping to spread the word about her company hoping to draw a wider range of clients to her company. She required a simple but elegant design to display her accomplishments, services, and contact information, and I did my best to facilitate that. the header incorporates her mountain range logo and masthead which I extended into the design by the accent colours used.

Montana Ridge has continued to grow in the last 4 years and since then the website has been modified by another designer, but still employs the same basic design I provided for her in 2005.