Overview

As a contractor for the Future Skills Centre (FSC), I offered graphic design support, designing digital projects such as reports and learning bulletins, developing templates, preparing advisory board materials, and creating infographics.

Digital Projects

Microcredentials in flux

My task was to transform the bulletin from a text document into a designed PDF, including the cover pages, sidebars, and author page, as well as source and edit the imagery. This bulletin is part of a series and had to follow a specific template.

I designed the bulletin using Adobe InDesign.

The title text is on a semi-transparent black background and is overlayed on an image of a man wearing a plaid shirt and a hardhat working on an electrical panel.
Front cover of the Microcredentials learning & insights bulletin.
The single-column layout includes a bolded title, body copy, and a sidebar textbox that is overlayed on a large background image of a microchip.
Page 2 of the Microcredentials learning & insights bulletin.
The single-column layout includes a subtitle, body copy, and a large image of person in protective equipment welding at the bottom of the page.
Page 7 of the Microcredentials learning & insights bulletin.
The single-column layout includes a subtitle, body copy, and a pull-quote in a black textbox in the top left corner of the page.
Page 13 of the Microcredentials learning & insights bulletin.

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Template Design

Impact Stories

My task was to design an on-brand template for the FSC’s Impact Stories. The featured participant had to be at the center of the design without making the process appear cyclical, and the template had to be in a 16x9 aspect ratio so that it could be used in a slide deck.

I created the template using Adobe Illustrator.

Circular textboxes connected by colourful arrows form a semi-circle around the picture of a man.
Sample text was provided to build the template.

Infographics

Bridging the school-to-work transition for youth

My task was to develop an infographic to accompany the Youth learning and insights bulletin I designed.

I created the infographic using Adobe InDesign.

The title is in a semi-transparent black textbox and is overlayed on an image of a group of young adults walking down a hallway. Below, key information is listed and large textboxes with colourful drop shadows make up the body of the infographic. The footer includes an image of a young adult working on a laptop.
Information was extracted from the Youth learning & insights bulletin.
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