Steve Menard
Design DXM
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
514 462-0130
www.designdxm.com
Effective design is all about telling a good story and making believers out of the audience.
Work Experience
Maison Brison Communications
Art Director
Worked on a contractual basis as Art Director for a public relations firm.
March 1990
- November 1991
Quebec, Canada
Grapevine Communications
Graphic Designer, Creative Director
I worked as a graphic designer reporting directly to the Studio VP. During my last year at Grapevine I took over the reigns as Creative Director.
March 1992
- December 1994
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Design DXM
Creative Director
In order to service my growing list of freelance clients, I founded Design DXM in March 1994. In January 1995 I took the leap and left my salaried job and took up Design DXM full time. It's been a great ride so far.
January 1995
- Present
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Education
LearnWebDevelopment
Online web design and development course, featuring WordPress framework.
January 2009
- January 2013
McKinney, Texas, United States
Schoolism
Character Design I and II, Comic Book Portfolio, Caricature.
Online illustration course. Completed both Character Design I and II (with Stephen Silver), plus Comic Book Portfolio course (with Alvin Lee) in 2011.
January 2011
- Present
Ontario, Canada
Chris Oatley, The Magic Box
Digital painting course with Chris Oatley.
January 2014
- January 2016
Quebec, Canada
Languages
English (Native),
French (Fluent),
Skills
Adobe Acrobat,
Adobe Creative Cloud (Creative Suite),
Brand Design,
Copy Writing,
HTML5 And CSS3,
MS Office ,
Outdoor Display/environmental,
Packaging,
Photo Editing,
Quark Xpress,
Traditional Illustration Media,
Wordpress CMS,