I am a Windsor-based freelance graphic designer and web developer. I love my job. I love my clients. I love taking on new and challenging projects.


Leesa Dawn Micallef

Education +
2003-2008 University of Windsor, Windsor, ON
Bachelor of Science - Honours Computer Science with Multi-Media Specialization & Co-op
Concentration: Computer programming and concepts, Visual Arts, Communication Studies.

[close]

Work Experience + Primary Employment:

Jan. 2009 – Present: LDMedia
Owner/Graphic Designer/Web Developer
www.ldmedia.ca

  • Maintain & recruit clients
  • Design creative concepts for websites & print work
  • Develop websites using various techniques & programming languages
  • Maintain website hosting
  • Provide technical support
  • Prepare proposals, invoices & receipts
  • Maintain accounting records

Secondary Employment:

May 2010 – Present: Tanya’s Art Studio
Teaching Assistant
www.tanyasartstudio.ca
  • Teach various aspects of the visual arts
  • Assist students with creative flow through instruction of art techniques
  • Arrange & set up exhibitions
June 2009 – Present: National Bank of Canada
Customer Service Representative
  • Manage cash float
  • Assist customers
  • Respect confidentiality & trust between customers
  • Represent a professional & respectful image
Previous Employment:

July 2008 – Jan. 2009: Mediaduo Inc.
Web Programmer
Responsibilities: Build websites from concepts, provide back-end programming for interactive websites, create Flash movies, design and implement MySQL databases, maintain website hosting and provide technical support.

Jan.- May 2008: University of Windsor
Teaching Assistant
Responsibility: provide assistance to the students enrolled in the Advanced Multimedia Systems course.

Jan.-Aug. 2006: Ministry of Transportation of Ontario
Senior Client Support Analyst, Operations/Data Centre
Responsibilities: worked in team-oriented atmosphere solving computer software and hardware issues for employees of the MTO and maintained the company's development and production servers as well as ensured network and data accessibility.

May- Sept. 2005: Allied Domecq Spirits and Wines (now Pernod Ricard)
Web Developer
Main accomplishment: Worked on a team-oriented project that developed a web-based portal site for US Allied Domecq distributors.

[close]

Skills +
Operating Systems Excellent knowledge of MAC and PC platform systems, including Microsoft Office Suite programs.
Graphic Software Excellent proficiency & knowledge with the Adobe Creative Suite, including Photoshop, Illustrator & Bridge, Flash.
Development Software Experienced with Dreamweaver IDE, Microsoft Visual Web Developer, Adobe Flash Builder, & traditional Notepad to edit code.
Programming Languages Experienced in HTML / XHTML, CSS, PHP, JavaScript, XML, SQL, C programming, Java, J2EE, C#, ASP.NET, JSP, UNIX shell scripting, Visual Basic & VBScript.
Social Networks Experience with setting up social networking applications such as Facebook, Twitter, Google Blogger blogs & Constant Contact email marketing.
Search Engine Optimization Experienced with applying Search Engine Optimization techniques & tracking results with various 3rd party analytics accounts such as Google Analytics & Webmaster Tools, & StatCounter.
Languages Fluent reading & writing in English & French. Intermediate with the Spanish language.
Animation Software Experienced with video & audio software Final Cut Pro, Flash, Macromedia Director & Maya.

[close]

Links/Portfolio +
Please visit my Website portfolio and my Design portfolio for LDMedia projects.

Other LDMedia projects:

• www.windsorwestliberals.com: Design and development.
• www.kjn.com: Re-design of existing website.
• www.phoenixmachinerymovers.com: Applied CSS and SEO to existing website.

Agency work and my contribution to the project:

• www.peleeisland.com: Flash introduction, Web development with PHP and MySQL database, implemented secure checkout.
• www.geniusrecordz.com: Web development with JSP and MySQL database.
• www.artofbyte.com: Web development with PHP.
• www.arc-scs.com: Web development with ASP.
• www.interaxgrp.com: Flash header, Web development with PHP.

[close]