Skills:

• Developing PHP / MySQL websites since early-2000s
• WordPress
• creating themes, modifying existing ones
• developing plug-ins for Facebook and GoogleMaps integration
• modifying existing plug-ins
• CakePHP framework
• developing websites with CakePHP since 2009
• jQuery / jQueryUI
• developing since 2010
• familiar with popular add-ons

Overview:

• Volunteer Coordinator for HotDocs (Largest Documentary Film festival in North America). Ran department that handled recruitment, training and scheduling over 450 volunteers for week-long festival.
• Set-up and ran social media for volunteers including newsletters, Facebook / Twitter
• 10 years as Volunteer or Volunteer Captain with festivals including: HotDocs, TIFF, Luminato, Toronto Fringe Festival and Sprockets
• Excellent computer skills, both PC and Mac, and extensive experience with MSOffice, including databases and spreadsheets
• Ability to multi-task, learn quickly, and work with minimal supervision in a friendly environment full of distractions
• Strong leadership and customer relations skills
• Strong team player

Volunteering and/or managing volunteers

• (2011) Volunteer Coordinator for HotDocs, Organized team of 450+ volunteers
• (2008-2009) Front of House Assistant at TIFF, Manage groups of 10-25 volunteers with different levels of experience
• (2006-2009) Volunteer Captain at HotDocs
• (2008-2009) Team Leader at Luminato festival
• (1999-2002) Volunteer Captain at TIFF
• (1997-2009) Volunteered at various positions at TIFF, Sprokets, Toronto Fringe Festival, HotDocs and Luminato

Communication Skills:

• Experience working with volunteers with limited English
• Taught computer-training classes for CreaNova
• Wrote articles for York and Ryerson University newspapers
• Write regular book reviews for YYZtech.ca (online blog)

Bio:

ZEE4, Owner, 2002 – 2011

• Work as an independent contractor either managing projects or working with other companies to develop websites for clients
• Prepare proposals, cold-call clients, and perform other marketing and sales tasks
• Clients include: the Toronto Industry Network, Leaside Business Park Association and SimcoeDining.com

Dine.TO, Partner/Chief Applications Architect, 2003 – 2008

• Responsible for developing the company’s entire website along with a graphic designer
• Prepared reports on website viewers and other information for marketing and sales staff
• Training designers in how to use features developed on the website.

New Media Architects, Web developer, 1999 – 2002

• Programmed various parts of database-driven websites including security, dynamic content, surveys and over-all usability as part of a team
• Sites developed included: HeartAndStroke.ca, IsrealBonds.net, iPhoto.ca, and xlibris.com

Creanova Canada, Trainer, 1995 – 1999

• Authored an employee training tracking system manual
• Implemented an Microsoft Access-based database to track training
• Taught courses in Canada and the U.S. on using this training system as part of Creanova’s ISO 9000 certification process

Professional Courses:

• Public Speaking
• Marketing
• French (basic spoken)
• Unix/Linux system Administration

Education:

• York University. BA in Anthropology. Graduated 1998.
• Seneca College, courses in computers, marketing and design.

Associations:

• Member of The Canadian Association of Journalists, 1998 – 2004
• Member of NAPP (National Association of Photoshop Professionals), 2002 – 2005