Francois Renaud

Francois Renaud

I am a native French-Canadian from Montréal looking for design job opportunities. I have both a four years bachelor's degree and a 3 years college degree in industrial design. I am very efficient with computers especially with CAD programs such as Autocad, Catia and Soliworks. Furthermore, I am fluent in 3 languages (French, English and Italian) and I have experienced living in at least 3 diffrent cultures.

Resume

WORK EXPERIENCE
Cambie Malone's Group [MAY 07 to JUL 09]
Creative Director
• Responsible of communications (posters, events, etc ...).
• Homogenization of the various brands (creation + coding).
• Tracking & enhancement of the brands.

Hostels Alessandro [Feb 06 to Dec 06]
Web & graphic designer
• Conception, creation & coding of web sites.
• Optimization & promotion of the newly web site.
• Development of publicity messages & marketing tools.

Iegor - Auction house [Aug 05 to Oct 05]
Mandatory / computer technician:
• Art presentation & display.
• Responsible for presentations.
• General & computer help.

Aquam Aquatic Specialists [JUN 00 to JAN 04]
Industrial designer:
• Responsible of all CAD drawings.
• Product management.
• Product research & development.

McCarthy - Thetrault (attorneys) [JUL 00 to SEP 00]
Library clerk:
• Responsible of volume updates.
• Cataloging volumes & periodics.
• General help in research.

INDEPENDANT WORK IN INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
Leclair Designer
• Correction of technical drawings.
• Product development.

DIBIS projet et communications
• Generation of computer renders.
• Computer consultations.

INDEPENDANT WORK IN GRAPHIC DESIGN
• Sanuvox Technologies
• The Burrow Lounge
• RipSpacer
• Nomad dinghy inc.
• Usimak inc.
• Edventure Tours.ca
• CCREG Rosemont

INDEPENDANT WORK IN WEB DESIGN
• VIBE Vancouver
• Edventure Tours.ca
• Reiki Pura Vida
• Couper Coiser
• SEVI construction
• Jeux du commerce ESG
• Symposium GRH 2005

ACADEMICS
Baccalaureate in Industrial Design [2001-2005]
Universite de Montreal

8 months university exchange [2004]
Istituto Europeo di Design, Rome (Italy)

College Degree in Industrial Design [1998-2001]
Cegep du Vieux-Montreal

Graphic Design Formation [1995-1998]
College Jean-Eudes - DEXOR

INTEREST POINTS
• good sketching skills.
• very fast learner and great teamwork abilities.
• able to work under pressure.
• creative and criticism sense.
• fluent in French, English and Italian.
• excel in computers and graphic/web design.

SOFTWARE KNOWLEDGE
CAD: autocad/mechanical, catia/solidworks
3D: 3dstudio, truespace, formz, rhino, cobalt
Graphics: photoshop, illustrator, corel, indesign
Web: dreamweaver, flash
Programming: basic, pascal, html, php, mysql
Office: ms office(word,excel,powerpoint,access)

Location

Montréal, PQ

Specialties

  • Industrial Design
  • Art Direction
  • Interaction Design

Experience

5 years

Education

University of Montreal
Istituto Europeo di Design (Roma)

Website

www.francoisrenaud.ca