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Leigh Nelson - Art by Design
Leigh Nelson is a graphic artist with experience in various roles including filing, design for Gilda's Club, and event administration at the Canadian Auto Show. She has created logos and marketing materials while actively networking and seeking job opportunities to enhance her career. Her background includes work in office management, catering, and dog walking, along with formal art education and personal artistic projects.
Leigh Nelson - Art by Design
- 1. Leigh Nelson Linkedin Graphic Artist - Art by Design www.creative-socks.com
- 2. Artistic Technology Savvy Savvy Savvy
- 3. Leigh’s Current Job: Tuesdays & Thursdays 2012 Filing sheets and more sheets and more sheets........... Each sheets 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 contains 5 digits 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 Match all the 76000+ files After: Match all the 77000 files After that: Review all sheets to make sure all is correct. File all files into their filing storage. Afterwards, into the cabinet they go.
- 4. Volunteer Work 2012 Wednesday Afternoons Gilda’s Club Greater Toronto Area Design all their flyers for upcoming events. What’s Gilda’s Club? Supports families with the evil ‘C’ word Cancer Healthy Cooking Wellness Arts & Crafts Yoga Oh, I also take over the reception on Wednesday afternoons. “Speedy” BUT, they love my flyers.
- 5. Artistic Technology Savvy Savvy Savvy
- 6. The Search began...fora Job.
- 7. Canadian Auto Show 2012, 2011 Canadian Auto Show •Assisted with running the Eco-Friendly Driving simulator as an administrator, while enforcing Federal Government rules, laws, and regulations as required •Eco-Friendly driving tips and FAQ’s •Responsible for greeting spectators to the Government of Canada’s top ten Eco-Friendly automotive picks for 2012 and 2011
- 8. School Time: CanadianBusiness College 2010-2011 Fell in love with Won their award for Photoshop and Illustrator contest. Learned about Sadly hardly any help from CBC about connecting myself with a job. So the madness started: Doing it myself. Not fun. Thanks. Let’s Continue On.
- 9. Artistic Technology Savvy Savvy Savvy
- 10. Everyone’s favourite words: NOT ENOUGH EXPERIENCE What I did with “Not enough experience ?” GRAPHIC OFFICE Created logos, business cards,letterheads for clients. More networking: Agency's for work. Networking Events. #DevTO Meetup.com More interviews for office work. Design T-shirt designs and participate in contests. Brush up on interviews, resumes, covers. Network. Started blogging, increased traffic on my site. NETWORK with everyone.
- 11. Office Job: MGISecurities, Toronto ON 2006 - 2009 Special deliveries/ pickups Brokers-banking/accounting processing Worked with the I.T Staff - Helping Scanning / faxing /copying with moving from office to office. restocking fridges Cleaned after meetings Organization supply rooms Responsible for maintenance of office equipment. Provided daily positive smiles Set up lunch display Yes it’s important! Laid off in 2009 :(
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- 13. The Artist inMe The Artist in Me Sold Paintings to employees at MGI Securities
- 14. Before the OfficeLife, Family Visits I traveled the West Coast! Grouse Mountain Kitsilano, BC
- 15. Artistic Technology Savvy Savvy Savvy
- 16. Kitchen Days All the Best Fine Food Catering 2003 – 2005 •Took inventory of supplies and consumables on hand on a regular basis to ensure consistent stock. •Maintained cleanliness and sanitization standards of station and all food preparation equipment to ensure everything was in safe, clean, and operable condition. •Regularly demonstrated continuous effort to improve turnaround times of personal station performance, and to work cooperatively and jointly to provide quality and seamless customer service. •Followed established schedules to ensure proper and efficient turnarounds for customer needs.
- 17. Dog Walker •In just 5 years, I was walking 8 dogs, six days a week. • Sometimes 7 times a week. •30 minutes for each client. •30 minutes in afternoon. 30 minutes at night. •60 minutes a day, everyday •6 Days a week • Sometimes 7 times a week. ★Created greeting cards and sold to my customers
- 18. Learned how toCreate like an Artist Attended Toronto School of Art Drawing Advanced Painting Portraits Abstract Perspective Portrait Shading / Toning Colours Life Drawing Fundamental Acrylic Drawing 101 Painting 101 Colours 101 - Art by Design
- 19. Artistic Technology Savvy Savvy Savvy
- 20. Created by LeighNelson Graphic Artist - Art is Design www.creative-socks.com