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Katherine Weishar
 
email:
portfolio: www.cre8tivevisions.com

address: Calgary, Alberta
Canada

home: 403-244-6147
 

www.cre8tivevisions.com

Professional Graphic / Web Designer
March 2001 - Present


URLS:
www.pauljbannerman.com
www.voicebyduffy.com
www.djmikehogan.com
Honest Ed's www.opticaldepo.com dot(Currently offline)
www.RESPLady.com dot(Currently offline)
www.expressivehealing.com
www.orvilleheyn.com
www.treeoflifewellnesscenter.ca
www.TanisDay.com dot(past design not currently online)
www.RMTstudents.com
www.yogagoa.com dot(past redesign not currently online)
www.bestmoving.ca dot(site currently in limbo)
www.dinamikyoga.com
www.limitedhomes.com
www.funairphotos.com dot(site maintained by Client)
www.fundraisersonly.com
www.hfpi.ca
Web Experience
Objective

My goal is to secure employment in an interesting and healthy work environment that will allow me to grow and develop as a person, while at the same time learning new skills within a supportive educational framework.
Toolkit
Programs:

Adobe:  After Effects, Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks, Illustrator, ImageReady, Photoshop, Premiere

Quicken, Microsoft Access / Excel / Powerpoint / Word

Programming:

HTML, DHTML, Javascript, CSS

Education

dotTrinity Yoga Teacher Training
Yoga Instructor's Course
Calgary, Alberta, CANADA December 2007,  July 2008
 

dotEscuela de Español Juan Sisay
Spanish Immersion
Xela, GUATEMALA May 2006
 
dotInternational Academy of Design
Digital Media Design
Toronto, Ontario, CANADA  March 2000
 
dotCarleton University
Bachelor of Arts - Criminology / Psychology
Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA July 1986
 
Volunteer Experience
 
Voices on the Street, Calgary May 2007
The Mustard Seed, Calgary December 2007
NPH, Volunteer, Guatemala June 2006
Victoria Place, Music Therapy, Canada 2003, 2004
Flash in the Can, Canada 2002, 2003
After Effects West, USA 2001
 
Work Experience

dotWeb Designer  / Administrative Secretary
Calgary Health Region 2007 - present


dotFreelance Parachute Packer and Skydiving Videographer
Worldwide 1995 - present

dotChase Crew
     Sundance Balloons,
Kitchener, Ontario, CANADA

2003, 2004, 2005

dotSocial Co-ordinator
     Meet Market Adventures,
Toronto, Ontario, CANADA

2002

dotDigital Media Lab Instructor
     International Academy of Design and Technology,
Toronto, Ontario, CANADA

2000-2002

dotGraphic Designer and Editor
     Barnetts Group Ltd.,
Pretoria, SOUTH AFRICA 1993 - 1994

dotExecutive Secretary
     Psychosynthesis and Education Trust,
London, ENGLAND 1990 - 1993

dotVolunteer Freelance Editor and Production Assistant
     Sports Parachutist Magazine,
London, ENGLAND 1992 - 1993

Awards
dotEarned a partial Scholarship to the IADT
dotCanadian Woman Record Holder in Skydiving (2002)
dotAll-Female Skydiving Competitive Team: go.diVAs
  (
placed 3rd in USA Intermediate NSL Meet)
 
Hobbies & other Skills

dotYoga (practice and teaching)
dotPrivate Pilot
dotSkydiving  (Professional Skydiving Videographer / Packer)
dotTravelling and Travel Writing
dotPhotography
dotContact Dance
dotCreative Writing