# Christina G. (@coldironchef.bsky.social)

Profile: https://sifa.id/p/coldironchef.bsky.social
Headline: Web Developer, WordPress contributor, Graphic Designer & Illustrator

## Career

- **Senior Developer at Plank** (May 2022 - Present)
  Full-time · Hybrid
- **Intermediate Developer at Plank** (May 2020 - May 2022)
  Hybrid
- **Independent Graphic Designer at Christina Garofalo Graphic Design & Illustration** (2007 - Jan 2021)
  Apparel graphics, Montreal Fringe Festival, Black Box Productions, Orange Wine Productions, Two Seul Productions, Contingency Plan Productions, Tiny Arms Productions, Communauté Sépharade Unifiée de Québec, Teknovar
- **Junior Developer at Plank** (May 2017 - May 2020)
  Hybrid
- **Senior Graphic Designer / Web designer / Web administrator at communauté sépharade unifiée du québec (csuq)** (Jun 2012 - Dec 2015)
  Graphic design and illustration for the LVS magazine & promotional material. Design and administration of the organization's many websites.
- **Instructor at Artista Café Céramique** (Jul 2011 - Jun 2012)
  15757 blvd Pierrefonds, Pierrefonds
  Customer service, instruction of ceramics painting
- **Paint Department Sales Accociate at The Home Depot** (Mar 2009 - Apr 2011)
  Customer service
- **Graphic Designer at Hallmark Knits (1997) Inc.** (Jun 2007 - Jun 2008)
  Montreal
  Apparel graphics Responsible for art kits & tech-packs Submitting approval forms to licensors (Warner Bros., Fox, MGM, It’s Happy Bunny)
- **Sales Associate & Receptionist at Sears Canada** (Mar 1999 - May 2007)
  Customer Service

## Publications

- La Voix Sépharade — Communauté Sépharade Unifiée du Québec

## Skills

### Other
- Acrylic Painting
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Advertising
- Apparel
- Apparel Graphics
- Art
- Creative Writing
- CSS
- CSS3
- Digital Illustration
- Digital Painting
- Drawing
- Dreamweaver
- Flyers
- Graphic Design
- Graphic Design Software
- Graphics
- HTML 5
- Illustrator
- Image Editing
- InDesign
- jQuery
- Laravel
- Laravel Nova
- Layout
- Leadership
- Mac
- Marker Rendering
- Microsoft Office
- MySQL
- Office Software
- Oil Painting
- Organization
- Packaging
- Painting
- PC
- Photo Retouching
- PHP
- Pixel Art
- Posters
- Problem Solving
- Public Speaking
- Sculpture
- Teamwork
- Time Management
- Typography
- Vector Illustration
- Wordpress

## Education

- **Concordia University** — BFA -  With distinction , Fine Arts, Major in design (2009 - 2012)
- **Dawson College** — DEC -  With honours, Illustration and design (2004 - 2007)
  Activities & Societies: Vice-President of the Science-Fiction and Fantasy Club, Secretary of the Science-Fiction and Fantasy Club, Advertising Executive for the Science-Fiction and Fantasy Club, Secretary of the Fencing Club
- **Dawson College** — DEC, Pure and applied science (1999 - 2002)
  Activities & Societies: Vice-President of the Science-Fiction and Fantasy Club, Secretary of the Science-Fiction and Fantasy Club, Advertising Executive for the Science-Fiction and Fantasy Club, Secretary of the Fencing Club
- **St-Thomas High School** — Bilingual Secondary School Degree - With honours (1994 - 1999)
  Activities & Societies: Director of the Grad Fashion Show (1999)

## Awards

- Frankie Award for Best Poster Design / Visual Identity (Jun 2016)
  For the production of "Star Trek: Discovery" (Black Box Montreal Productions)
- Frankie Award for Best Production Design (Jun 2010)
  For the production of "Shades of Grey" with Black Box Montreal Productions.

## Languages

- English (native)
- French (professional working)

## Links

- ORCID: https://orcid.org/ 0009-0005-0545-2617
- Dev.to: https://dev.to/feed/cgarofalo
- linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cgarofalo
- GitHub: https://github.com/cgarofalo (verified)
- Popfeed: https://popfeed.social/profile/did:plc:h4u6z5gyd7gcwzgznszf35or
- GitLab: https://gitlab.com/cgarofalo (verified)
- Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@coldironchef (verified)