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Information
Education
Work Experience
Projects
Volunteer Work
Awards
Interests
Skills

Information

Peter Organisciak

Education

Undergrad: Communication Studies and Multimedia

September 2004—present | McMaster University, Hamilton, ON

  • Expected graduation date: June 2008.

Work Experience

Teaching Assistant

September 2007—present | Department of Communication Studies and Multimedia - McMAster University | Hamilton, ON

  • Course topic is Introduction to Digital Media in the Humanities.

Instructor

August 2007 | Metroland West Group | Hamilton, ON

  • Design of course "Mashups" for Web U, operated at The Hamilton Spectator.
  • Expected to teach the course: October 2007.

Website Designer

June 2007—present | Mixed Media | Hamilton, ON

  • Website redesign for the James Street North Art Crawl.
  • An example of the future site can be found at http://www.porganized.com/JameSt.
  • Coded in CSS and PHP, uses Wordpress as a content management system.

Graphic Designer

July 2004—July 2006 | Hayden Industries | Hamilton, ON

Graphic Designer

July 2004—September 2004 | Crawford and AssociateS | Hamilton, ON

  • Created icons for computer software interfaces.

Volunteer Experience

Layout Editor

June 2005—present | Between the Lines | Hamilton, ON

Club President

September 2006—present | McMaster Multimedia Students Society| Hamilton, ON

  • prior to President, held the position of Treasurer, August 2005-April 2006.

Residence Rep

September 2005 | McKay Hall | Hamilton, ON

Faculty Rep

September 2005, September 2006 | McMaster Humanities Society| Hamilton, ON

First-Year Representative

September 2005—April 2006 | McMaster Humanities Society| Hamilton, ON

  • Position representing the interests of the first-year students of a university faculty.

Awards

  • McMaster Dean's Honour List (2007)
  • The Bank of Montreal Humanities Multimedia Scholarship (2007)
  • St. Joseph's Community Scholarship (2004, 2006)
  • McMaster University Entrance Scholarship (2004)
  • Honour J: "For Excellence in academic and extra-curricular activities at Saint John's College" (2004)
  • Silver Medal - Skills Ontario Animation Competition (2004)
  • Runner-up - Notmad Skin Design Contest (2003)
  • Saint John's College Honour Roll (2002, 2003, 2004)
  • 1st Place City Standing in Cayley Mathematics Competition (2002)
  • 1st Place City Standing in Pascal Mathematics Competition (2001)

Skills

Software

  • Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Flash, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, Premier, InDesign)
  • Final Cut Pro
  • Lightwave
  • Maya
  • Cubase

Design

  • Photo editing, Photo manipulation
  • Editing
  • Programming (Actionscript 2.0, PHP, XHTML)
  • 3D Modelling, 3D Animation
  • Photography
  • Vector design, vector animation

Interests