On graduation I began work as an estimator for the first half web in Toronto. I moved to sales in that same company and was given CARD as my cold call resource. I targeted small to mid-sized publishers. I learned a great deal about magazine financials and decided I'd like to work on the client side. Subsequently I took a job at a small magazine - The Ceramic Hobbyist - as ad sales/circulation manager, art director and even wrote the odd piece. It was fun, sales and circulation increased 30% in my first year. I then moved back into the manufacturing environment as a CSR for incoming publications. Next an opportunity presented itself as a promotions manager for a large group of publications. In this role I was responsible for the development, design and budgeting of all material required to generate ad sales. Then a job at the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants offered the challenge I'd been looking for. I became the production and promotions manager for CAmagazine. It was an exciting time as the process of publishing was being significantly impacted by computer technology. After two years a pet project I'd long considered, came my way. It was a citywide high school newspaper called Fresh Perspective, run by Youth Communications Toronto (YTC). I approached my publisher at CAmagazine and proposed a reduction in my time and salary to three days a week which would allow me to devote two days the paper. He agreed to a test period on the condition that if CAmagazinesuffered I would return full time. YCT functioned as a co-op, where students from many city schools worked for credits toward graduation. I taught ad sales, newspaper design and production skills. About 4 years later YTC was shut down when a book keeper stole the operating funds. Meanwhile, my three days at CAmagazine continued. In 1995, with two partners, we launched Sweep! Curling's Magazine. I was the art director and production manager. It ran until 2010. After a structural change at CAmagazine, I found my position eliminated! I took a short term contract with the Canadian Aids Treatment Information Exchange to launch a new magazine - The Positive Side. I then moved to the Canadian Kennel Club (Dogs in Canada) for a maternity leave and worked as production coordinator for all their publications. I then took and year to fulfill a curiosity I'd had, and worked as an extra and sound grip on movie sets. It was interesting and I learned much about that industry. With a down turn in production dollars the movie industry slumped and I began installing hardwood and ceramic floors. I took the winter of 08-09 off and went sailing in the Caribbean. Returning to Windsor in the fall of 2011 to help my ageing parents, I've embarked on a second career centered around the arts.