Keith Durrant - President & Co-Founder of Ecentricarts
- Business background
- 20 years new media experience
- In 200 started Ecentricarts and was focused on arts and culture
Jen Michie - Sr. UX Designer
- Design Background
- 15 years new media background
- took a bachelor of fine arts then took web design at Sheridan
- First full time UX designer at Ecentricarts
Ecentricarts
- Well recognized - many awards & nominations
- 33 full-time staff + network of freelancers
- Technology veterans
- Boutique studio - strategy execution
- 97.5% online, 2.5% branding/print/other
- Implementation partner for 2 leading CMS solutions
- Completed 800+ projects for 200_ clients
- Good projects/good people
What they do
- Consultation and strategy
- Branding and design
- Web development
- Web app development
- Custom app development and integration
- Content management solutions
- Mobile web and mobile app
- Social media strategy and app development
- Web analytic and search engine opt
- Website hosting
Clients
- Canada's National History Society (200)
- Scotiabank (2004)
- Textile Museum of Canada (2004)
- College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (2007)
- Osler, Hiskin & Harcount LLP (2008)
- Munk Debates (2008)
- College of Family Physicians of Canada (2009)
- Work in Culture (2008)
- Bennet Jones LLP (2010)
- Law Society of Upper Canada (2010)
- Powerplant Contemporary Art Gallery (2011)
- Bell Media (2011)
- Shred-it (2011)
- E one Entertainment (2011)
- Canadian Physiotherapy Association (2011)
- Canadian Red Cross (2012)
- Canadian Bar Association (2012)
- Princes Charities (2012)
Process
- Discovery/requirements gathering
- Branding
- IA/site structure and wireframe
- Design mock ups (start with mood boards to home page design)
- Final specifications (functional specification and technical specification)
- Development
- QA testing
Process: Key tools
- Basecamp
- YourTrack
- Continuous integration server
- Source control: SVN, Mercurial
- QA: TestRail test case management software
Job opportunities
- Strategiest
- Business Analyst
- Designer
- UX Designer
- Front End Developer
- Java Script Developer
- Back End Developer
- Content Strategist
- SEO Strategist
- Social Media Strategist
Job Hunting
- Making a good first impression (resume's matter)
- Online portfolio
- Attention to detail
- Non web creative is relevant
- Communication skills
- Be focused
- Research the company
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