About Gordon

I'm a Toronto-based UX/UI Designer with over 10 years of industry experience in Financial Services, Advertising, and Government. Well rounded, solutions oriented, and a great team player. Deep expertise in User Experience Design & Accessible Frontend Web Development.

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Skills

A few things I do well

Technical Skills

Figma
Photoshop & Illustrator
‍Drupal & WordPress
HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript
Node.js, Webpack
SASS, Bootstrap5
Web Animation - GSAP, AOS
AODA, WCAG

Design Skills

Usability testing
User research
Design systems
Wireframing
Prototyping
Visual design
Advertising

Soft Skills

Communication
Storytelling
Team work
Presenting
Training & mentoring
Languages (English, French)

Experience

Over ten years of experience in Design & Development

Web Designer @ Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario (FSRA)
September 2020 – Present | Toronto, ON

UX research and UI design for web and mobile consumer products, frontend web development.

Web Designer @ The Globe and Mail
March 2019 – September 2020 | Toronto, ON

Interaction design, visual design, ad creation, frontend web development.

Web Designer @ iA Financial Group
August 2013 – March 2019 | Vancouver, BC

Visual and UI design, frontend web development.

Education

Learning is experience

"Learn continually – there's always one more thing to learn".

NNg UX Certificate
April 2024
Brain Station UX Certificate
October 2022
Drupal Theming & Site Building
November 2021

Evolving Web

Frontend Web Developer
Bootcamp
January 2020 - April 2020

Nano-degree, Udacity

New Media Design & Web Development
January 2016 - January 2017

British Columbia Institute of Technology, Vancouver BC

Bachelor of Business
Administration, BBA
January 2009 - December 2012

Langara College, Vancouver BC

Portfolio

UX/UI Design Portfolio

Here are a few of my most recent projects.