Interactive Resume

Cymbria is a freelance writer,
designer, and creative business problem
solver based in Calgary, Canada

You can contact her at savingcymbria@yahoo.ca
for all your professional writing
needs, and for more information
on her creative design services

 

 

EDUCATION
2006 Flat pattern and Clothing construction Algonquin College (A+ ave.)
2004 Writing workshop with Rick Taylor (ungraded)
2001-2002 Carleton University Bachelor of Industrial Design (A+ ave.)
1994-2001 Immaculata High School (95% graduating ave.)

RECENT WORK HISTORY
Current glamourous day job
Oct. 2007-present
-Supervisor of Printing and Document Management at Matrix Geoservices

Freelance Writing <email savingcymbria@yahoo.ca for full texts>
Calgary Fashion
“Open Your Purse, Opens Hearts” November 2009
-How often do you see a well built man in his underwear lay down his purse, ever so gently, and hit the floor for a vigorous set of clap pushups? Event review of the YWCA of Calgary’s first annual celebrity purse auction and fashion show. (785 words + Photos)

“Fleur Féminine’s ‘Love Collection” December 2009
-The launch of Fleur Féminine’s ‘Love Collection’, November 13th, at Naked proves just as intimate and enticing as the wording suggests. Launch review of Canada’s first designer line for sizes 12-24. (306 words + photos)

“A Stitch in Time” January 2010
-A Calgary handbag designer launches her first collection during a city crippling blizzard. Bow Trail was covered in black ice that night, but Sabra Mottram’s handmade leather creations were even slicker. (490 words)

The Globe and Mail
“An SOS from the land of self-scan” Thursday, Apr. 12, 2007
-A humourous examination how current self-scan technology is failing both its users and operators, written from an industrial design perspective(906 words)

The Ottawa Citizen
“It’s in the mail” Saturday, Apr. 14, 2007
-Six Ottawa authors share their views on the importance of hand written letters(848 words)

“Tweak to chic” Saturday, Sept. 30, 2006
-Profile of Ottawa design duo who turn used clothes into wearable art(539 words)

“Ottawa’s largest closet” scheduled for Style Section
-Exploring The Ottawa Little Theatre’s wardrobe through an interview with the lucky woman who runs it(738 words)

The Calgary Sun
“Pedestrian point of View” Monday, Nov. 29, 2010
-Letter to the editor encouraging Calgary drivers to give winter pedestrians a ‘margin for error’(98 words)

Business Writing/Creative Problem Solving
June 2011
-Complete website text for The Remodelers: Calgary’s Home Renovators

Apr. 2011
-Entry interview/writeup for nominee for 2011 Business in Calgary Magazine Leaders of Tomorrow Awards
Note: Nominee selected as one of Calgary’s top 20 business leaders of tomorrow!

Jan. - Mar. 2009
-Independent manuscript editing for Writer’s Guild of Alberta (WGA) Calgary Prose Writers Group

Apr. 2008
-Design/review of marketing plan for Aristocraft Imports (wholesale beads)

Jan. 2007
-Augmented and edited text for Covell Homes commercial website

Design Commissions
Sept. 1998 to present
-Fashion design commissions, Christian Cross-Stitch, crafting commissions, High School Mascot, High School Uniform Poster, window dressing for Mother Tongue Books

Apron Jobs
May 2003-Jan. 2007
-Click for visual

COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERING
2009-present The Papertrail
-Founded and organized program that delivers unused office paper and cut-offs from data-processing firms to downtown Calgary daycares for student art projects

2007-present Writer’s Guild of Alberta(WGA) Calgary Prose Writers Group

2001-2002 The Glebe Center
-Started reading group for residents, designed and created personalized placemats

2000-2001 Caring Cake Workshops
-Founded and ran program giving free cake decorating workshops at women’s shelters

2000 Tulip Festival Youth Committee
-Helped plan Major’s Hill Park area for youth and organize a youth fashion show of young Ottawa designers, as well as designing the festival’s “Youth Zone” logo

1998 Winterlude Fashion Avalanche
-Created mini-collection for Winterlude fashion show on Parliament Hill

SCHOLARSHIPS/AWARDS
2001 Canada Millennium Excellence Scholarship
2001 Top Bracket Carleton Entrance Scholarship
2001 English Department Graduation Award
2001 Leonardo DaVinci Award for Innovation
2001 Edward J. Cuhaci & Associates Architects Award for Design
2001 Aiming For The Top Tuition Scholarship
2001 Johnsons Inc. Scholarship
2001 90%ile in Waterloo Chemistry Competition
2001 Junior & Senior School Letters
2000 Honorable Mention in Industrial Design Competition sponsored by Carleton University
2000 First Prize in Tulip Festival Young Designers Fashion Show