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Scott Strawbridge

Scott Strawbridge

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Creative Director at Schooley Mitchell

  • Education

    • Goderich District Collegiate Institute

      1986 - 1991
      OSSD Art, Drama

    • Fanshawe College

      1993 - 1996
      Graphic Design Graphic Design

      Activities and Societies: Class President 1994-1996 Winner Jack Disley Award 1995 Awarded to the student that exhibits: "A well organized and dedicated work performance that reflects high personal standards. A friendly, helpful, self disciplined individual who manifests a high degree of competence in the diverse skills and talents representative of the Advertising Art Program." 3 Year Graphic Design Diploma

  • Experience

    • London Free Press

      Apr 1994 - Sept 1996
      Prepress

      Shooting paste ups to film using the process camera.Punching and stripping up negative flats.Colour proofing any full colour images for press and client proofs. Preparing Newspaper/Other pages for output to image setters.Making and processing both offset and letterpress printing plates.Making Dylux Blueproofs of jobs for customer approval.Making film positives, spreads/chokes for colour trapping, making film prints and assembling. paste-up flats in page imposition. Colour proofing all full colour pictures for press proofs. Show less

    • Inprint Design, UWO

      Sept 1996 - Feb 2002
      Graphic Artist/Art Director

      Meeting with clients individually and interpreting designs from their ideas from concept to print. Preparing job quotations for clients.Providing professional input and guidance for client jobs.All manner of design work, ad designer and for Retail Service Operations, webpage design.Macintosh software systems maintenance.Supervision of 2-3 Junior Designers.Development of department strategies for future growth.

    • Netmar Magazine Group

      Jun 1997 - Jun 1998
      Graphic Artist/Ad Layout

      Ad design and construction, ad placement and page layout of London Magazine, Better Living, Today's Seniors, Business Times, Business Trends, and other specialty publications.

    • New Era Grafix Inc.

      Mar 2002 - Jan 2013
      Graphic Artist

      Creation and preparation of artwork for screenprinting.Creation of garment labels and product hangtags.Web design for client web sites (XHTML and CSS W3C standards compliant).Product photography and image manipulation for print and web.Custom illustration for clients.Creation and preparation of artwork for wide format/banner/billboard/heat transfer printing.Creation and preparation of artwork for Direct to Garment (DTG) printing.Mac workstation maintenance and upgrades.Technology consultant. Show less

    • Fanshawe College

      Sept 2008 - Oct 2008
      Instructor Effective Web Design and Development

      Teacher Continuing Education 5 week course about planning and executing website design strategies, learning about the internet and the technologies behind it.

    • Fanshawe College

      Oct 2009 - Dec 2009
      Instructor Adobe Illustrator

      Teaching Adobe Illustrator for Fanshawe College Continuing Education. 10 week course using Adobe illustrator to create vector art.

    • Fanshawe College

      Sept 2010 - Dec 2014

      Teacher Continuing Education Adobe Dreamweaver Level 1. 10 week course on beginning web design using Adobe Dreamweaver. Teaching 8 week Continuing Education course on Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Bridge and preparing files for traditional press or digital printing.

      • Instructor Adobe Dreamweaver Level 1

        May 2009 - Dec 2014

      • Instructor Adobe Creative Suite for Print

        Sept 2010 - Dec 2010

    • Marketing Strategies & Solutions

      Jan 2013 - Jul 2013
      Graphic Designer

      Graphic and web designer for all print media, HTML newsletters, W3C standards compliant web sites, Mac technical support

    • Schooley Mitchell

      Sept 2013 - now
      Creative Director

      Creative Director/Graphic Artist responsible for internal and external print and web design.

  • Licenses & Certifications

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Scott Strawbridge
      Winner Jack Disley Award, 1995 Fanshawe College Graphic Design Dec 1995 Awarded to the student that exhibits: "A well organized and dedicated work performance that reflects high personal standards. A friendly, helpful, self disciplined individual who manifests a high degree of competence in the diverse skills and talents representative of the Advertising Art Program."