01 PROFESSIONAL
SAMPLE KNOWLEDGE LEVELS
HTML & CSS
85%
JAVASCRIPT
70%
PHP
65%
DREAMWEAVER
85%
PHOTOSHOP
85%
ILLUSTRATOR
85%
FINAL CUT PRO
85%
gord
morison
DIGITAL MEDIA DEVELOPER
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experienced with tight deadlines ... experienced designing, building and updating modern websites ... experienced at solving all kinds of various online issues ... experienced in dealing with large corporate departments ... experienced in dealing with demanding customers and their ongoing needs ... experienced in a variety of software and hardware configurations
02 PORTFOLIO
OVER THE YEARS I HAVE WORKED ON MANY TYPES OF PROJECTS. FROM BASIC DESIGN WORK TO FULLY COMPLETED INTERACTIVE WEBSITES.
MY 9 YEARS OF DIGITAL LIFE AT THE CALGARY HERALD DAILY NEWSPAPER HAS
NOW ALL BEEN ABSORBED BY THE NEW WEBSITE DESIGN AT THE NEWSPAPER.
BELOW IS ONLY A VERY SMALL SAMPLE OF WORK I DID FOR
OTHER CLIENTS IN THE PAST FEW YEARS.
This is a scrolling site created and coded by me for an Author Client (right down to the video compiled by stock footage and images). The buttons on this page auto-scroll up and down on the page with a smooth scrolling action. This site was developed before responsive websites were popular.
This is a scrolling site created and coded by me for a dancer/actor (including demo video compiled by video shot by me in or before 2011). The buttons on this page auto-scroll up and down on the page with a smooth scrolling action. This site was developed before responsive websites were popular.
This is a fully responsive complete e-commerce website created and populated by me with a variety of my product designs: liberally driven political t-shirts.
03 Experience
2016-PRESENT
XSPEC STUDIOS
Chief Developer
design, develop and manage entire websites for various clients as well as design and develop print material for various client publications.
2007-2016
THE CALGARY HERALD
Regional Digital Media Developer
developed graphics (static and interactive),
video and media-rich editorial and advertising templates, built entire sections
daily on website in a rigid, structured HTML environment for four different city daily
newspapers. Shot and edited editorial
as well as shot, edited and published
numerous complete video advertisements. Built various free-form user interfaces in
JavaScript for daily use on site,
plus backend database management and automation through use of HTML, CSS, JavaScript and PHP.
2005-2007
THE CALGARY HERALD
Shift Captain (Supervisor) EPP
organized, supervised and managed 10 or more employees in the department each night. Responsible for making sure the daily
newspaper went from digital to plate each night under extremely rigid deadlines.
1994-2005
THE CALGARY HERALD
Electronic PrePress Technician
manipulated colour photos, created
structured layouts for daily editions, gathered digital materials for daily output of
newspaper under extremely rigid deadlines.
Previous to 1994
VARIOUS COMPANIES
Various Positions
various positions such as Prepress Technician,
Graphics Designer, Printing Plant Foreman, Film Output Technician, Hot Air Balloon and Airship Captain, Private Investigator, Publisher and Department Supervisor
© 2016 - 2025 – Gord Morison
CONTACT ME
Please contact me with any positions you have to offer or any challenges you think I'd be interested in ...
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email:
cell:
403.796.4828