Russell McGorman, Owner/Designer at Our House Graphics Inc. in Richmond Hill, ON

About

Summary:

Skilled graphic designer, typographer,

Type designer.

Excellent illustrator and draftsman.

Excellent and creative problem solver.

I’ve worked in the graphic arts as a production artist and graphic designer, in the field of signage and environmental graphics and as a wayfinding signage specialist with experience in the development and implementation of identity graphics and graphic and physical standards for major public transit agencies and the design of wayfinding signage systems for public transit agencies and facilities.

Specialties: Capabilities:

• Adobe Illustrator

• Adobe InDesign

• Adobe Photoshop

• CoreDraw

• Corel Photo Paint

• Adobe Acrobat

• AutoCAD

• FontLab Studio 5

• Glyphs Font Editor

• Sketchup

• Adobe Dreamweaver

• HTML / CSS

• Drawing, painting & illustration

Experience

Part time instructor

Sheridan College

Oakville, ON

Jan 2019 - Present (7 years 5 months)

Teaching Typography, Wayfinding (Experiential) Design, Typeface Design, Project Management for Designers.
Restoring WWII Lancaster bomber

Volunteer with Lancaster FM-104 Restoration Group

at former Toronto Aerospace Museum). Conducted Parts inventory and condition report, restoration work, designed, Linkedin built and maintained the website, include very effective S.E.O., which was of great help in locating parts and attracting volunteers Bēhance *
On-Line

Designed wrote curriculum and taught an online introductory font design course for FontArc (online type design app)
Union Station Revitalization Project

S.M.E., contributing to development of wayfinding strategy, message content and ongoing design work. Designed and coordinated production and installation of tempo- Design Skills rary signs as required by ongoing construction work, for which purpose I managed two concurrent contracts with sign manufacturers providing Environmental graphic design temporary signage for detours around work sites. Wayfinding strategy and signage design *
UP Express

Initial, Pre-Tender Planning- High level wayfinding strategy and guidelines for signage requirements. *
Initial Planning

GO Electrification-Order of magnitude impli- cations for signage requirements. 2 Russell McGorman GO Transit Soft Skills
SEGD Society

Member of Environmental Graphic Designers) need to learn new skills. *
Self-Employed Design Consultant

Our House Graphics Inc.

Our House Graphics Inc., Other Courses and Workshops SOTA: Fontlab V Owner/Designer at Our House Graphics Inc., a graphic design business concen- ATypeI: Variable Fonts trating on signage and wayfinding design and the design and development of bespoke and retail typefaces. Projects include: ATypeI: introduction to shell scripting *
Legibility Tests

Working with CNIB researchers on projects to measure legibility of fonts on sigane. Designed and conducted SignAgent: Medium own in-house tests comparing relative legibility of typefaces for use on GO signage. The results lead to demonstrably improved legibility of signage and SketchUp: Medium contributed positively to GO's mandated requirement to provide a barri- er-free transit system. *
Senior wayfinding designer with Envision Design
Ongoing

Emergent Signage Design contract with Metrolinx/GO Transit, in partnership with A.I.A. Engineers Inc. *
Wayfinding Specialist and S.M.E.

Metrolinx

Toronto, ON

Dec 2009 - Mar 2017 (7 years 3 months)

Metrolinx, 2009–2017: Wayfinding Specialist

Subject matter expert, advising on wayfinding strategies, installation plans for infrastructure expansion and revitalization projects. Ensuring compliance with standards, guidelines and quality assurance.
Instrumental in the development of GO Transit’s Static Signage standards and guidelines and the implementation of an English/French bilingual signage program, development of new design standards and guidelines for signage products and implementation.
Projects of note:

GO Transit Brand Refresh: Brand implementation, re-design of existing signage and system wide roll-out.
UP Express brand implementation and design guidelines. Wayfinding strategy and signage system guidelines, Wayfinding signage for UP Express terminal stations.

Affiliations

SOTA, ATypeI, SEGD

Industries

Skills

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