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Joanna Dacko
Charlottesville, VA
email: joanna@dacko.ca
EXPERTISE
-Specialize
in practice and instruction of graphic and web design
EDUCATION AND TRAINING |
2006
Piedmont Virginia Community College
2001 - 2005
(Class of 2005)
Honours B.A Multimedia & Cultural
Communication Studies (Summa Cum Laude)
McMaster University, Hamilton, ON
2003
Dundas Valley School of the Arts, Dundas, ON
2002
Dundas Valley School of the Arts, Dundas, ON
RELEVANT EMPLOYMENT |
May 2006 -Present
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
-develop interactive courseware, simulations and multimedia cases (i.e. http://it.darden.virginia.edu/collins/) that are used for educational purposes at the Darden School of Business and other academic institutions
September 2001-Present
Self-Employed: Hamilton, ON
-create posters, brochures, interactive websites, and other visual texts, and also edit/re-touch photos
December 2004– May 2006
McMaster University: Hamilton, ON
-conducted research on interface design concepts, with a focus on enhancing the first-time user experience
-created interface layouts, logo, and visual skins for the TAPoR Portal under the management of Professor Geoffrey Rockwell
September 2005– May 2006
McMaster University: Hamilton, ON
-created web pages and enhanced graphics for www.globalautonomy.ca
December 2005 - April 2006
McMaster University: Hamilton, ON
-created a new website for a conference that was held at McMaster in May of 2005 entitled: Over the Waves: Music In/And Broadcasting
July 2005 - December 2005
McMaster University: Hamilton, ON
-taught University instructors how to build and maintain their academic and personal websites
April 2005– September 2005
McMaster University: Hamilton, ON
-designed the visual aesthetic and logo for the Le Patron Writing Assistant, under the management of Professor Stefan Sinclair.
November 2004– January 2005
McMaster University: Hamilton, ON
-edited images in preparation for a publication by Virginia H. Aksan, Chair & Associate Professor within the department of History at McMaster University.
August 2003-January 2005
Logical Innovations Concept Group Inc: Hamilton, ON
- created graphics and dynamic websites for such clients as Weddington Dental and hockey player Rick Nash
June 2003 -
October 2004
Community Center for Media Arts: Hamilton, ON
-created promotional materials for other non-profit organizations
-collaborated in re-designing the www.monkeybiz.ca and ccma.ws websites
-encourage at-risk youth to become involved in the arts to promote positive self-expression
September 1998-August 2001
Self-Employed: St. Catharines, ON
-developed creative ways to teach students to enjoy piano
RESEARCH and TEACHING EXPERIENCE |
March 2005 - April 2007
McMaster University, Hamilton, ON
-developed visual skins for the TAPoR portal and wrote tutorial content (http://tada.mcmaster.ca/Main/TATutorial) to assist with the first encounter with the portal interface
June 2004 –December 2005
McMaster University: Hamilton, ON
-prepared and led tutorials, for three consecutive semesters, teaching students html and the use of Adobe Photoshop and Macromedia Dreamweaver for effective design
-graded assignments and consulted with students both in person and via emails
December 2004 – March 2005
McMaster University: Hamilton, ON
-studied the use of personas as a design methodology for successful interface design (http://tapor.humanities.mcmaster.ca/interface)
May 2004 – September 2004
McMaster University: Hamilton, ON
-assisted Professor Andrew Mactavish with research pertaining to Machinima
-designed a website to house and display machinima works, and created an XML document for a future database project
SKILLS |
TECHNICAL
OTHER
Verbal Languages: Fluent
in English and Ukrainian; knowledgeable in French; Italian basics
Music: Proficient in piano
VOLUNTEER WORK / MEMBERSHIPS |
November 2006 -Present
Outdoor Adventure Social Club
-volunteered to create the Outdoor Adventure Social Club online newsletter (http://www.outdoorsocial.com/Stream_2006_12/index.html), to promote awareness of the club
September 2003-Present
David Suzuki Foundation
- 'Works to find ways for society to live in balance with the natural world...uses science and education to promote solutions that help conserve nature' [source]
June 2004 - April 2006
Alexander Place Nursing Home: Waterdown, ON
-volunteered with arranging activities for the elderly, visiting with individuals, playing piano during socials, executing certain office duties etc.
January 2005 - March 2005
Volunteer Promotions Coordinator and Graphics and Web Designer
Smiling Over Sickness: McMaster University
-coordinated promotional material, and created the graphics and web site
for the 2005 Smiling Over Sickness Winter 'Care-nival', which raised money for
a children's charity.
June 2003 -
October 2004
Volunteer/ Volunteer Coordinator
Planet Youth and Community Center for Media Arts: Hamilton, ON
-coordinated the participation of other volunteers
-designed and ran displays at various community festivals to raise awareness
of Planet Youth and the Community Center for Media Arts, and to recruit volunteers
-participated in various fundraising activities
AWARDS/RECOGNITION |
September 2004-
April 2005 (Year 4)
Dean’s Honour List
McMaster University: Hamilton, ON
-graduated with Distinction (Summa Cum Laude)
August 2004
McMaster University: Hamilton, ON
September 2003-
April 2004 (Year 3)
Dean’s Honour List
McMaster University: Hamilton, ON
September 2003
McMaster University: Hamilton, ON
September 2002-
April 2003 (Year 2)
McMaster University: Hamilton, ON
May 2001
McMaster University: Hamilton, ON
- 90% + average in high school
2000
Grade 8 Piano, Piano Theory, Music
History
Royal Conservatory of Music
-completed Piano Theory with Honours, and Music History with Honours with
Distinction
June 2000
PC Citizenship Award
St. Francis Secondary: St. Catharines, ON
-received upon graduation from Secondary School, for exemplifying the
qualities of a good citizen within the community
SHOWCASES and PRESENTATIONS |
March 2003 - Present
Online: www.terminus1525.ca/studio/view/294
-display personal creative works on this site developed for Canadian artists
March 2003 - Present
McMaster University: Hamilton, ON
-presented research on the use of personas for interface design
(http://tada.mcmaster.ca/blog/?p=11)
December 2004
New Space - McMaster University: Hamilton, ON
-showcased a work of graphic design within an exhibit curated by Mark Tharme, instructor of the 'History of Graphic Design' course at McMaster University
February 2003
Humanities Symposium
McMaster University: Hamilton, ON
-submitted a narrative multimedia project for display, which was done collaboratively
with two other artists
-project can be viewed at www.terminus1525.ca/node/view/1905
November 2002
Digital Art Show
New Space - McMaster University: Hamilton, ON
REFERENCES |
PDF VERSION OF CV |
