MAY CHANG
North York, Ontario, Canada
Email: may.chang@rogers.com


Blog: www.maychangdesign.com

CAREER OBJECTIVES: To obtain a challenging position in visual communication, to explore my design knowledge, technical skills and creativity in various media

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Outstanding technical skills and extensive software knowledge on various graphic / multimedia applications. Able to work proficiently in PC and Macintosh environments
• Adaptable, organized, result and detail-oriented and excellent work ethic. A team player, but also capable of working independently with minimal direction.
• Experienced in various design areas: corporate identities, presentation, promotional design, package design, icon, 2D & 3D illustrations, 2D & 3D animations, GUI design, web design and multimedia design.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Proficient in – Illustrator, Photoshop, Flash, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, QuarkXpress, Homesite
• Working knowledge of – Acrobat, Power Point, HTML, DHTML, CSS, JavaScript, XML, ActionScript and CGI Script.
• Experienced with – Director, 3D studio, After Effects, CorelDraw, Front Page, Interwoven TeamSite, WordPress, osCommerce and Joomla

WORK EXPERIENCE:
May. 2011 – Present: CAA South Central Ontario / Toronto
Position: Web Designer (Contract)
Website design: creating, maintaining and updating web content, HTML email updates, front-end coding, web-banner updates, website mock-ups from wire-frames.
www.caasco.com

Jun. 2008 – Feb. 2011: Armstrong Partnership / Toronto
Position: Web Producer
Website production: front-end website coding, HTML email/eblast coding and deployment, email webpage maintaining and updating with Interwoven TeamSite CMS
Mastercard.ca
Hill’s Puppy Kitten
Hill’s Pet Tales monthly newsletter

Sep. 2007 – May 2008: Rogers Publishing / Toronto
Position: Web Producer (contract)
Website production: creating, maintaining and updating content DCRs through Interwoven TeamSite CMS
www.Flare.com
www.CanadianBusiness.com
Chatelaine online

May 2003 – Feb. 2007: MicrisOne / Markham
Position: Lead Graphic / Web Designer
Designs on: packaging, corporate identities, brochure, catalogue, sell sheets, ad, website GUI and product design.
www.justincase.ca (before 2004)

Oct. 1999 – Apr. 2003: CornerStone Media / Markham
Position: Graphic / Web Designer
Graphic design in various areas: newspaper ad, corporate identities, brochure, promotional booklet, DM, package, web design, electronic brochures and TV post-production

In charge of several websites and the job responsibilities include navigation structure, GUI design, scripting & coding, multimedia design, animations, web management and maintaining.
Websites are:
www.centro.ca (before 2005)
www.isoscience.com
www.ambifresh.com
www.tasteoflife.com
www.fieldmatrix.com
www.quantumwealth.ca

July 1999 – Oct.1999: NetPostMaster / Markham
Position: Web Designer
Design and construct web pages, design logos, create promotional web-banners, scripting, coding, and photo retouching.
Websites are:
www.retirementhomes.com (before 1999)
(before 1999)

PERSONAL STRENGTHS:
10+ years of in-house and freelance experiences in various aspects of graphic design, I am able to work in a team environment or unsupervised. Being an efficient and self-motivated quick learner, I am not only having excellent technical skills but also the ability to prioritize multitasking.

LANGUAGES:
English, Chinese (Mandarin, Taiwanese and Cantonese) and Japanese

EDUCATION/TRAINING:
Web Master Certificate – Seneca College of Applied Arts
Computer Graphics Diploma – Seneca College of Applied Arts
Piano Grade 10 Certificate – The Royal Conservatory of Music

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