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Web Developer and Designer
Ottawa Citizen
Dec 2011 - Present (12 years 10 months)
• Advising, designing and developing user interface(UI) and user expirience(UX) for various custom tools for Ottawa Citizen’s editorial department
• Leading, coordinating with different departments and developing multiple projects including
Digitallounge.ca, SenatorsExtra.ca as well as working part of a bigger team on large-scale projects
such as OttawaKidsCamps and the new Citizen site. Designing and developing in-house how to use guides for those websites.
• Other duties include working closely with Advertising and Marketing departments, designing and developing various products such us Ottawa Citizen All Star Weekend, Battle of Fans, Taco Town contest and others.
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Creative Director
Ivan Plotnikov
Apr 2009 - Present (15 years 6 months)
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Web Developer and Graphic/Web Designer
burbek inc
May 2008 - Jan 2013 (4 years 8 months)
• Working as a lead designer in a small development team on large and small scale projects like Brenmar, NCHCA, Doug Thompson, Bubbles in the Air, OIBA and others,
• Responsible for initial project researching, estimating, analyzing, concepts creation, designing and developing static and interactive websites,
• Designing User Interface (UI) for burbek’s in-house CMS platform and implementing it on numerous client sites,
• Other duties include reviewing, preparing, approving the assembly of final layouts and art materials for printing, creating logos and other curatives for various projects such as NCHCA, Osgoode Medieval Festival, Boxma, Bubbles in the Air and others,
• Interacting with clients on a daily basis for project management, CMS questions, minor adjustments and other website enhancements,
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Web Developer and Graphic/Web Designer
Jessica Rousseau Design
Aug 2011 - Jan 2012 (5 months)
• Researching, estimating and analyzing projects, creating concepts, compiling initial site mock-ups, designing and developing WordPress and Squarespace websites,
• Contributing to the WordPress and Squarespace community by writing for the company’s blog,
• Designing illustrations for an array of print materials such as cards, calendars, blog posts and web pages.
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Web Developer and Web Designer
SilenceIT Inc.
Jul 2010 - Jul 2011 (1 year)
• Acting as a lead designer/developer on numerous projects such as GoldenEar or BPFS and becoming profound in the ability to take a job from the conception to the final stage as well as working part of a bigger team on large-scale projects such as PoliChat, PoliVote, Pixacard,
• Responsible for initial project researching, time estimating, analyzing the competition and the market, creating concepts, designing mock-ups, reskinning themes, developing WordPress and Joomla websites, as well as designing and developing UI elements for in house and client projects.
• Creating how-to use Joomla and WordPress user guides for clients,
• Contributing to the WordPress and design community by writing a few blog posts,
• Other duties included designing and building MailChimp templates, creating and implementing Facebook pages, producing logos for various inhouse projects such as PoliChat, PoliVote, Pixacard and others, as well as expanding knowledge base and experimenting with HMTL 5, CSS3, PHP, jQuery and Javascript,
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Tank Commander, Dispatch Staff Sergeant
Israel Defense Forces
Mar 2002 - Mar 2005 (3 years)
• As a loader in Platoon leader’s crew responsible for maintaining and operating multiple machine guns, radio equipment, shell loading mechanism and performing other duties such as maintaining proper ammunition supply levels,
• As a tank commander substituting the Platoon Leader and acting as active commander for his tank crew,
• As a dispatch Staff Sergeant supervising over a 1500 people military base, coordinating live-fire training fields and tank movement, and performing a Staff Sergeant duties over a team of 8 dispatchers.