Sara Slater
Toronto, Ontario, Canada• Over ten years of industry experience designing award winning Interactive Touch Screen Kiosk applications, Internet, Intranet and Print marketing materials.
• Involved in every facet of project development, from initial planning through final testing, with great attention to detail.
• Great team player with the ability to work well independently.
• Involved in multiple assignments simultaneously, requiring multi-tasking and time tracking.
• Experience working within an Agile, Scrum methodology to ensure delivery of high quality work within tight deadlines, as well as source control, issue tracking, and project requirements management through Assembla.
• Proven ability to provide clients with creative solutions.
• Leadership skills; including volunteer management, coordination, time management and organizational skills; gained through extensive volunteer, charity and on not-for-profit boards of directors.
• Involved in every facet of project development, from initial planning through final testing, with great attention to detail.
• Great team player with the ability to work well independently.
• Involved in multiple assignments simultaneously, requiring multi-tasking and time tracking.
• Experience working within an Agile, Scrum methodology to ensure delivery of high quality work within tight deadlines, as well as source control, issue tracking, and project requirements management through Assembla.
• Proven ability to provide clients with creative solutions.
• Leadership skills; including volunteer management, coordination, time management and organizational skills; gained through extensive volunteer, charity and on not-for-profit boards of directors.
Work Experience
St. Clair Interactive
Senior Designer
• Conceptualizing and designing the look for touch screen interfaces for kiosk applications.
• Planning the content and flow for touch screen or website applications.
• Contributed to all five of St. Clair Interactive’s award-winning projects.
• Conceptualizing and designing the company's project portfolio demos.
• Design of company's printed marketing materials.
• Responsible for recruitment, hiring and training of new designers, as required.
Key Accounts include: Moneygram (US), All Weather Windows (CA), Bass Pro Shops (US), Giant Supermarkets (US), Dave & Buster's Restaurant/Arcade (US/CA), Panera Bread (US), Safeway Supermarkets (US/CA), Harris Teeter Supermarkets (US), FootJoy (US), Sears (CA), Flexirent (AU), BOOTS (UK), Liberty Medical (US).
• Planning the content and flow for touch screen or website applications.
• Contributed to all five of St. Clair Interactive’s award-winning projects.
• Conceptualizing and designing the company's project portfolio demos.
• Design of company's printed marketing materials.
• Responsible for recruitment, hiring and training of new designers, as required.
Key Accounts include: Moneygram (US), All Weather Windows (CA), Bass Pro Shops (US), Giant Supermarkets (US), Dave & Buster's Restaurant/Arcade (US/CA), Panera Bread (US), Safeway Supermarkets (US/CA), Harris Teeter Supermarkets (US), FootJoy (US), Sears (CA), Flexirent (AU), BOOTS (UK), Liberty Medical (US).
2001
- Present
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
St. Clair Interactive
Graphic Designer
• Support design for touch screen kiosk applications, and the company's project portfolio demos.
• Designing screens for touch screen kiosk applications & potential client demos.
• Design of company's printed marketing materials.
• Designing screens for touch screen kiosk applications & potential client demos.
• Design of company's printed marketing materials.
1995
- 2001
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Education
Sheridan College
Computer Graphics, Graphic Design, Interior Design
1990
- 1995
Oakville, Ontario, Canada
Skills
Adobe Creative Suite,
Art Direction,
Blend,
Branding & Identity,
CSS,
Dreamweaver,
Experience,
Expression,
Graphic Design,
HTML,
Illustrator,
Interactive,
Kiosks,
Logo Design,
Multimedia,
Photography,
Photoshop,
Social Media,
Storyboarding,
User,
User Interface Design,
Web Design,
WordPress,