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1 Stefan Grambart 1354 Avenue Road, Apt. 1 WEB stefangrambart.ca Toronto, ON [email protected] Canada M5N 2H2 PHONE (647) Last updated July 2015 SKILLSET Aptitude for creative concepts incorporating user experience and interface design. Excellent verbalization, writing, research, and presentation skills. Highly efficient project management and organizational skills. Acute attention to detail. Experienced team leader and contributor. Proven skills in improvisation and reactive thinking. Highly adaptive to changing conditions, priorities, and demanding deadlines. Fluent in English, French and German. SOFTWARE SKILLS Comfortable working in both Apple and Windows operating systems. Exceptional skill with Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. Experience in Flash animation and interactivity. Ability to develop in HTML and CSS, and more importantly to design to usable specs. Understanding of Adobe InDesign and After Effects. Experience developing themes for WordPress and Tumblr. Experience designing for Facebook pages and apps. Familiarity with Actionscript 3. EXPERIENCE April 2015 PRESENT Secret Location Associate Creative Director Responsible for the ideation and creation of high level concepts for digital projects including interactive video, mobile gaming, and 3D VR experiences. Working with the greater creative support team to ensure the quality of output from the studio matches our best efforts and continues to set the standard for interactive, digital entertainment and advertising in Canada and beyond. Co development of best practices and process as the company expands as well as ongoing mentorship of the creative team.

Excellent verbalization, writing, research, and presentation skills. Highly efficient project management and organizational skills. Acute attention to detail. Experienced team leader and contributor.

2 SEPTEMBER 2011 APRIL 2015 Secret Location Senior Art Director Working directly with the Creative Director to develop interactive pieces focused on storytelling. Ideation and brainstorming, design concepts, and interface design comprise the bulk of the work. Daily responsibilities include direction of junior designers, review of work, as well as meeting with clients and presenting design work. AUGUST 2009 MAY degrees Integrated Communications Senior Interactive Designer (Real Interactive) Primarily working alongside the Creative Director providing design concepts for interactive projects. Mostly a creative role, with some duties in design production and development. Projects include online and in person interactivities, touchscreens, websites, online advertising, and contest microsites. MAY 2009 AUGUST 2009 Marketlink Solutions Senior Interactive Designer Creative role designing concepts for websites and online advertising directly with the creative director. While primarily a creative role, many projects included design production as well as development duties. Worked with a multi disciplinary staff, directing larger project teams. MARCH 2006 MAY 2009 Fenix Solutions Creative Director Development of an internal artistic direction, as well as the concepting, design, and production of all client driven work. As design lead, duties also included delegation of tasks and mentoring of co op student placements. SEPTEMBER 2004 MARCH 2006 Pixelera Inc. Senior Designer Ideation/planning, design, and production websites and interactive installations. Initial role as a team member, with team lead responsibilities in later projects. Projects included the touchscreen installations for the Canadian War Museum. DECEMBER 1998 MARCH 2013 Freelance Designer Illustrator & Interactive Designer Ideation, creative design and production of graphic material for (largely) interactive media such as websites, online advertising, touchscreen apps, and interactive displays. Illustration for print and web; including greeting cards, editorial illustration, and icon development. Experience in print design as well creating brochures, invitations, annual reports & documents, as well as corporate branding and logo design.

Daily responsibilities include direction of junior designers, review of work, as well as meeting with clients and presenting design work.

3 MAY 1996 MARCH 2001 Freelance Animator Animation Artist & Effects Designer Experience working as a classical (hand drawn) animator for various television, film, and game projects. Responsibilities included FX and prop design, character concept design, backgrounds and layouts, and 2D animation, as well as quality assurance and managing team deadlines. Clients include: Borealis Animation, Lacewood & Amberwood Productions, Funbag Studios, Dynomite Animation, and ARTECH Studios. Projects include: Space Jam, The Undergrads, Freaky Stories, and Bob Morane. EDUCATION JULY 2002 MARCH 2003 Graphic Design & Multimedia Fast Track Certificate with Honours Algonquin College Study of typography, layout, pre press, and desktop publishing. Study of New Media, including user experience design, HTML, interface design and online marketing. SEPTEMBER 1994 APRIL 1996 Classical Animation Diploma Algonquin College Study of Classical Animation, including character design, background painting, and motion animation. SEPTEMBER 1993 APRIL 1994 Fine Arts University of Ottawa Study of Fine Arts, focusing on illustration and photography. AWARDS & HONOURS Over the last year, I was responsible for ideation and art direction on the following award winning projects: 2015 International Digital Emmy Awards Are You On The Blacklist? Digital Program: Fiction (Nominee) 2015

Clients include: Borealis Animation, Lacewood & Amberwood Productions, Funbag Studios, Dynomite Animation, and ARTECH Studios.

4 Canadian Screen Awards Big Brother Canada S02 Best Cross Platform Project Non Fiction Grojband Best Cross Platform Project Children s and Youth Cynopsis Kids!magination & People Awards Grojband: The Show Must Go On Website for a TV Series/Special (Finalist) Grojband: The Show Must Go On Online Interactive Experience (Finalist) Digi Awards Sleepy Hollow VR Experience Best in Cross Platform The Next Star Best in Multi channel Communications (Nominee) Grojband: The Show Must Go On Best in Cross Platform Kids (Nominee) AToMIC Awards Grojband: The Show Must Go On Broadcast Engagement (Silver) FITC Awards Grojband: The Show Must Go On Web based Game (Flash/Unity) Canadian Screen Awards Big Brother Canada Best Cross Platform Project Non Fiction (Nominee) Social TV Awards Big Brother Canada Best TV Show Specific Social TV Award (Nominee) Big Brother Canada Best TV Everywhere TV Award (Nominee) FWA Awards Big Brother Canada S02 Mobile of the Day, June 7th Perfect Terrorist Mobile of the Day, January 4th The Great Martian War Mobile of the Day, January 10th Webby Awards Gitchhiker Social Media Campaign (Honoree) OTHER INTERESTS JUNE 2006 PRESENT

Experience Best in Cross Platform The Next Star Best in Multi channel Communications (Nominee) Grojband: The Show Must Go On Best in Cross Platform Kids (Nominee) AToMIC Awards Grojband: The Show

5 Art Exhibits & Conventions Artist & Illustrator Experience working as an artist and exhibitor in both gallery and convention settings. Working with not for profit and charity organizations, collaborations, and building fan/customer relations. SEPTEMBER 1994 MAY 2008 Canadian Improv Games Judge, Adjudicator, Volunteer, Coach Experience developing improvisational acting skills in High School students from across Canada. Use of abilities to train, critique, judge, and manage teams. Also responsible for the regional games branding and print advertising. JANUARY 1994 JULY 2008 Zaphod Beeblebrox (as well as other venues) Promoter & DJ Experience planning events, organizing entertainment, booking artists, and advertising in multiple media. Use of abilities to judge client response, gauge success and learn from failure, and improvising solutions on the fly. Also experience designing print and online ads, logos and other collateral.

SEPTEMBER 1994 MAY 2008 Canadian Improv Games Judge, Adjudicator, Volunteer, Coach Experience developing improvisational acting skills in High School students from across Canada.

DOMINIKA MIKA KOWALCZYK GRAPHIC + WEB DESIGNER

DOMINIKA MIKA KOWALCZYK GRAPHIC + WEB DESIGNER cell email web 613.818.1965 [email protected] www.dominika.ca June 2007 August 2010 June 2006 April 2007 August 2005 March 2006 GORDONGROUP SENIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER + WEB DESIGNER Able to present