Nicky (Honglin) Guan

A digital portfolio.

Education|Skills|Experience|Volunteer|Honours

Honglin Guan (English Name: Nicky Guan)

Emai: guannicky [at] gmail [dot] com

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PDF VERSION OF CV

 

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EDUCATION

McMaster University
Hamilton, ON
Program: Combined Honours in Multimedia & Economics-2009 Graduate

Great Lakes College of Toronto
Toronto, ON
Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) - 2005 Graduate

 

SKILLS

Digital Media Skills

Programming:
XHTML, ActionScript 2.0, 3.0 & 4.0, CSS, C language

Software:
Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Corel Painter IX, InDesign, Premiere; Macromedia Flash, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Freehand;
Maya; Final Cut Pro; MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint

 

Traditional Media Skills

Acrylic and Watercolor paint; Carbon dust, Pencil, Graphite; Pen and Ink, Pencil Crayon; Sketch, Chinese Calligraphy and Traditional Chinese Painting; Photography

 

Langugage Skills

English, Chinese Mandarin

 

WORK EXPERIENCE

March 2010 – Present :

Multimedia Designer
Gala Toronto Travel Centre Inc.: Toronto, Canada

-Design and create company website, display posters, flyers as well as preparing other advertising materials.

 

August 2009 – October 2009:

Graphic Designer
Harbin Liangliang Lamps Ltd.: Harbin, China

-Designed and created posters, flyers, and website.

 

April 2009 – May 2009:

Website Designer/Graphic Designer (online working as a freelance)
Ted China: Beijing/Shanghai/Guangzhou, China

-Designed, built and updated TedtoChina and TedxSySu websites and posters

-TED is an academic organization. It is famous for its lectures, known as TED Talks, which focus on technology, entertainment, design, science, arts, politics, education, culture, business, and global issues


May 2007-September 2007:

Intern-Journalist
City News, Harbin TV Station: Harbin, China

-Gathered and wrote news; edited video clips

 

July 2005-August 2005:

Communication Assistant (summer job)
Hei Longjiang Provincial Foreign Affair Office: Harbin, China

-Communicated with Euro companies that have trade relationship with China

 

VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES

February 2008 – December 2008:

Graphic Designer/News Editor
CCL Chinese Journal: Hamilton, Canada

-Gathered and edited news; designed newspaper layout and advertisment

 

December 2005-April 2007:

Multimedia Designer/Graphic Designer
McMaster Chinese Students and Scholars Association (CSSA): Hamilton, ON

-Created graphic works for CSSA Spring Festivals
-Volunteered to arrange different kinds of social activities
-Participated in various activities
-Helped with recruiting members and selling activity tickets

 

September 2006:

Volunteer
Southern Ontario Chinese Alliance Association (Canada): Hamilton, ON

-Volunteered to arrange activities for Mayor pre-election speech

 

HONOURS

McMaster University: Entrance Scholarship, 2005-2006

The Great Lakes College of Toronto: Honours Student, 2005

The Ontario Scholars Award, 2005