Keith R. Hoffart ............2475 KNOX RUE - SUITE 2, MONTREAL, QUEBEC cell 514 213 1838 home 514 931 1958
Computer Experience
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HTML coding standards to maintain full browser compatibility as well as javascript, CSS, expertise in dreamweaver, knowledge of flash and frontpage. Responsible for creating all graphics, design, layout and coding for the companies websites, and its maintenance. Years of scanning, photo touchup and photo manipulation experience. Extensive experience in vector programs and creating paths. Strategic website promotion to major search engines, key tricks and tactics to create more traffic flow towards website as well as intuitive navigation systems and clean attractive designs Developing and knowledge of shopping cart system for website Installing of hardware,
software and networking within company environment. |
Software Expertise
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MS WINDOWS 95, 98, NT, 2000, XP, MAC OS Adobe Photoshop 7,
Illustrator 9, Image Ready 7.0, CSS, JAVA, HTML, CorelDRAW 9, InDesign
1.5, Excel, Microsoft Word, Power Point, Outlook, Firewall, Word Processing,
Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel, Netscape, Quarkpress, Corel Draw, Adobe
Premiere, Flash, Adobe InDesign, Dreamweaver 4.0, Macromedia Director,
Freehand, Excell, Advanced email extractor, Thumbs Plus, Multiple FTP
software, website submission software
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Work Experience
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| 2005 - present | ME MAGAZINE Art director including all layout and advertising for 2 magzines including KID ATTITUDE and ME DIRECTORY. I closely work with the editors and photographers to produce a high quality magazine. |
| 2005 - present | Freelance Graphic Designer Currently I work from home as a freelance designer for real estate agents within the Montreal area, I freelance design for a design firm in Vancouver ADGRAPHICS, and have worked with REVEENA a beauty product company |
| 2004 - 2005 | Sanin Sportswear Graphic and web designer for a Montreal based clothing company. Job entails design and ideas for clothing lines, junior girls shirts and pants, mens shirts, boxer short design, contemporary women sweater design, jeans, skirts, blouses, jackets, scarves, t-shirts, sweaters, skirts, as well as presentation boards and folders for salesmen. |
| 2004 - present | Personal Space - Temporary tattoo company Part owner of a online temporary tattoo company selling, distributing and wholesaling temporary tattoos to a worldwide market. We provide temporary tattoo kits for reselling, stock tattoos, custom tattoo design, and temporary tattoo paper. |
| 2002 - 2004 | Art Director & Administration Directing artists both in Ontario and North American wide in regards to creating the finest temporary tattoo art design in the world. Also in charge of all daily administration - book keeping, shipping and receiving and quickbook invoicing. |
| 2002 - present | Cell Phone Wallpaper Designer and Director In charge of designing cutting edge cell phone full color backgrounds to be easily downloadable from any cell phone worldwide. Our cell-designs have been and are currently the most popular downloadable designs in the world - specificly in Western Europe. |
| 2003 - 2005 | Gracious Living Corporation - Toronto 3rd contract graphic designer for Gracious Living packaging, ads, layout and stickers Ad Graphics - Vancouver Contract Graphic designer, web designer and website analysist for Design firm. |
| 2001 - 2003 |
Body Graphics Toronto, Ontario |
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2001 |
Clubmed Resorts St Lucia,British West Indies, Carribean Set Designer & Stage Manager. In charge of designing, constructing, painting and everyday setup of stage sets for each show in the theatre. During show at nights in charge of props, curtains, cues and overall smoothness of show. |
| 2000 | Clubmed Resorts Sonora Bay, Los Algodones, Mexico Set Designer & Stage Manager. In charge of training program teaching group of future set designers the basics of stage design. |
| 2000 | Clubmed Resorts Turks & Caicos Caribbean Apprenticing under current set designer learning constrution, setup and painting skills needed. |
| 1999 | Medicine Hat News Medicine Hat, Alberta Designed advertisements and ad layout for paper.Worked in pre-press as well with negatives, layout and printout of paper itself. |
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1998 |
Kindersley Clarion Kindersley, Saskatchewan Design layout for newspaper ads. Scanning of pictures and cleanup of images. |
Education and Training
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| 2000 | Turks
& Caicos Islands Carribean 2 week training for set & stage design. 1 1/2 months apprenticing under a set designer in resort. |
| 1999 | Medicine Hat News Medicine Hat, Alberta Training of designing & advertisement layout for the paper within the creative department. |
| 96-99 | Medicine
Hat College 299 College Drive Medicine Hat, Alberta Diploma in Visual Communication Program. (3 years) |
| 1994 | Saskatoon
Art School Saskatoon, Saskatchewan 2 week art summer art course. Teaching of basics about fundamentals of arts, texture, and shadow. |
Classes Taken in
University
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| 1996-1999 Drawing 1, 2, 3 Sculpture Design 1, 2, 3 Lithography Typography English 123 |
English
202 Art History Design History History of modern art Electronic Imaging 1, 2 Art Fundamentals Web Page Design |
Animation
Design Photography Portfolio Development Marketing 171 Advertising 302 3-D Design |
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references
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