I'M
SYLVIE TREMBLAY.
GRAPHIC DESIGNER
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I am a Graphic Designer with over 20 years of design experience in the areas of Advertising, Publishing, Media and Marketing.
With a great eye for detail, composition and colour, my goal is to produce high quality designs that get my client's message across with high visual impact.
I've worked on a huge variety of projects, including, magazines, newsprint,
promotional products, displays, social media, web platforms and more.
02 PORTFOLIO
MY WORK.
LOGOS
This logo, I created for the Employment Help Centre. It was the winning logo for a new logo competition launched a few years back.
This was a t-shirt design I did for a friend of mine who was organizing a fundraiser to help raise money for the victims of Haiti after the 2010 disaster.
I designed this logo for a freelance company a friend of mine and I decided to venture in to.
One of the logos I designed for my partner and his band.
BUSINESS CARDS, PROGRAMS & BROCHURES
Engima logo and business card design I created for my freelance graphic design business with a partner some years ago.
Business card design for a friend trying to get into the music/entertainment field.
Map cover design for a 2007 Grimsby map, done through the Grimsby Lincoln News.
"Bear with Me"...theatre production program front cover design for Lyndesfarne Theatre Projects, done in 2010
Lyndesfarne Theatre Projects 2009 Season Program cover design and layout.
PACKAGING, FLYERS, POSTERS & ADS
CATALOGUES & MAGAZINE LAYOUTS
Cover design for Metroland's West Niagara Life Magazine for December's Holiday 2016 edition.
Cover design for the Fall 2016 edition of Metroland's Niagara Life Magazine
03 Experience
2020 - Present
GRANDERIE HOME HARDWARE BUILDING CENTRE
Graphic Designer/Marketing Assistant
I've been working at the GrandErie Home Hardware Building Centre for over a year and a half now. I'm a Marketing Assistant with the main responsibility of Graphic Designer.
I work on a PC platform with Adobe Creative Cloud. I design flyers, ads, promotional pieces, business cards, posters and much more all in keeping with the Home Hardware brand.
I'm also responsible for product shots, brainstorming new creative ideas with my team, participating in staff meetings and working on presentations.
With the marketing responsibility of three store locations, our department is always busy and meeting tight deadlines is essential.
We also assist in the planning of store events to get the communities involved and raise funds for local charities. (Ladies' Days and Communities that Care, Tim Horton 'Smile Cookie' and more)
My interactions include the in-house Marketing team, the owners, the retail staff, ad representatives for newspaper and magazines, local and digital printers and of course our Home Hardware customers.
2020 - PRESENT
THE FORT ERIE OBSERVER
Graphic Designer
Create ads and design story layouts with pagination for community newspaper. Collaborating with the publisher, sales representative and printer. Meet deadlines with strong attention to detail and review proofs for accuracy.
2003 - 2019
2007 - PRESENT
FREELANCE
Graphic Designer
I also do freelance design work from home. I design logos, brochures, catalogues, booklets, posters and much more. I've done work for DiCAN Inc, OCNA, Human Society of Niagara, Political Candidate, Real Estate agent, a Legal Firm and more.
METROLAND MEDIA GROUP/
Niagara this Week
Graphic Designer/Production Coordinator
I started at the Grimsby Lincoln News in 2003 as a Graphic Designer and was promoted to Production Co-ordinator three month later.
As a Graphic Designer for Niagara this Week, a community newspaper, I have had the opportunity to work on many products such as: magazines layouts; ads and logo designs; flyers; brochures
and much more. As Production Coordinator, I was responsible for creating the newspaper layouts and magazine "dummies", pagination, sending
products to press, working with the Sales,
Editorial and Circulation departments
to meet tight deadlines.
1996 - 2003
TRAJAN PUBLISHING CORP.
Graphic Designer
Designed ads and page layouts for collector magazines and newspapers. Also created posters, brochures and display products. Also did typesetting and proofing.
