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About Me - Cliff Notes


Education

  • BBA in Marketing Communications
  • Google Analytics Certified
  • Hubspot Certified
  • Pretty much everything else - Self-taught

(The Most Important) Experience

  • Sales & Marketing Manager - VRX Simulators (2014-2017)
  • General Manager - VRX Simulators (2017-2018)
  • C0-Founder & Creative Director - Encompass Marketing & Design (2018 - present)

For the Extended Cut:

My Skillset: The Breakdown

(Nothing is 100% - there's always more to learn)


The Tools

Graphic Design


Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Photoshop
Flexi
InDesign

Web Design & Management


Wordpress
eCommerce Development
Joomla
cPanel

Web Development


HTML5/CSS
Javascript/jQuery
SQL
PHP

Video & Editing


Videography
Adobe Premiere
Adobe After Effects
Reevio

IT & Infrastructure


File Management & Backups
Networking
Scripting & Automation
Software Integration

Software Development


C#
Python
C/C++
Google Apps Script

Audio Production


Mixing & Producing
Logic Pro X
Writing & Composing

3D Modelling & Animation


Blender
Sketchup
Unity

Tools are great. Here's how I've used them.

The Skills

Marketing Skills


Creative Direction
Digital Marketing
Online Advertising
SEO

Team Player


Work Independently
Teamwork
Leadership

Proficiency


Windows OS
MacOS
iOS
Android

Core Tools Power User


Most Email Clients
Office Suite
Collaborative Tools
IM Tools (Slack etc.)

Communication Skills


Writing (English)
Reading (English)
Networking

Administration


Organization/Planning
Project Management
Budgeting

Some of My Favourites


9 September 2020
Building a Dynamic Escape Room

In January 2020, the team at Encompass was commissioned to design and implement an escape room experience. Even though we had experience with interactive experiences through the simulation industry, we had never performed this type of project before.

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2 December 2020
Implementing a Job Management System at Renoson Auto Films

In this article, I will discuss how I implemented Airtable at Renoson Auto Films to help the team collect information for new jobs, manage ongoing jobs, and store customer and job information for easy access by all members of the team.

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4 December 2020
Taking Escape Experiences Online: A Pivot Due to COVID-19

During the start of the COVID-19 pandemic (March 2020), the team at Encompass converted an existing "who-done-it" experience into an online experience that could be enjoyed from home. This posed a series of challenges and this article talks about how we solved them.

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