Marcelo Arce

6205 Somerled, app. 302
Montreal, Quebec, H3X 2B5
Tel.: (514) 486-6390
Cell.: (514) 576-2056
arce.marcelo@gmail.com

Profile

• Professional certificate in web design.
• Solid background producing and developing multimedia presentations.
• Microsoft Office Technical Trainer.
• Creative, customer- oriented, organized and quick-learner.
• 10 years of experience in Technical Training.
• Familiar with various industries: Telecommunications, IT, Banking, Fashion, Pharmaceutical and Manufacturers.
• Great abilities in Project Management.
• English, French and Spanish.


Computer skills (PC & Mac):

Office Applications

MS PowerPoint:


Design and production of large scale presentations, including multimedia projects (text, image, sound, video) as well as any interactive content (charts, shapes, pictures) with strong knowledge of animations and corporative identity management.
MS Word:

Production of several training manuals for different industries. Technical writing of facilitator and participant guides with special formatting and artwork
MS Excel & Access


Processing of large volume of data to be presented in graphical reports (e.g. pie charts, columns, bars,etc.). Use of pivot tables and interaction with Access and PowerPoint. Design of source documents for collecting forms-based data, like surveys and need analysis for training (e.g. Kirpatrick).
MS Project & Visio
Planning and developing of process-based tasks(Gantt diagrams, resource planning,flow charts,etc)

Desktop Publishing and Graphic Design

Adobe Photoshop:
Image editing: cropping, resizing, blurring, merging and blending, special effects, production for web-sites and pre-printing.
Adobe Illustrator: Production of artwork for printing, web publishing and PowerPoint presentation
Adobe InDesign: Production of brochures,newsletters, posters and any layout-based documentation
Adobe Acrobat: Printing setup and PDF files production for any kind of publication. Color Management.
Web Design:

Information Architecture. Navigation Systems. XHTML code. CSS styling. Dynamic websites with PHP and MySQL databases. Adobe Flash animations. Content Management with Dreamweaver, MS Expression Web and Dreamweaver.
Video and Audio: Editing and production. Adobe Premiere. Windows Movie Maker. Audacity.
Corel & QuarkXpress: Same tasks as mentioned above for other applications.

Education and Training

Web Design Image Campus Center Buenos Aires – Argentina
Graphic Design Concordia University Montreal – Canada
B.Sc. in Communication University of Buenos Aires Buenos Aires – Argentina
HR Training & Development McGill University Montreal – Canada
Telecommunications Technician National Technical School Buenos Aires – Argentina
Project Management AT&T Latin America Buenos Aires – Argentina
Internal Communications France Telecom Buenos Aires – Argentina
Microsoft Office France Telecom Buenos Aires – Argentina

Work Experience

2009 Graphic Designer (free-lance) Axima - Cofely Services Montreal – Canada
  Production and update of company’s brochures.
Special effects and optimization of images.
Animation effect of the logo and brand migration.
  Web Designer (HTML-CSS) CaniSpa (pet shop) Montreal – Canada
 
    ALAC (non profit organization)
Montreal – Canada
  Designed contents, navigation system, images, user interface and complete structure of the websites.
  Computer Trainer ALAC (non profit organization) Montreal – Canada
  Facilitated training in MS Office 2007 suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
Produced pedagogical resources (PowerPoint presentations and Word manuals)
Designed and developed a training program intended for improving computer skills in job seekers.
2007-2008 Instructional & Graphic Designer Reitmans Fashion Group Montreal – Canada
  Design and Production of multimedia training materials (presentations, videos, facilitator’s and participant’s guides, manuals, job-aids)
Created navigation systems for visual presentations. Graphic Design of communication pieces for Human Resources campaigns (posters, logos, banners, postcards, newsletters, forms, stickers, CD-covers, employee’s manual, etc.)
2006
Web designer (HTML-CSS)
Enrique Bouron - (Biologist) Montreal – Canada
 
    Enfants du quartier – (restaurant)  
  Designed architecture, contents, user interface and complete structure of the website.
Developed a PHP / MySQL platform for a dynamic and customized site’s update.
2006 Technical Training & Support MVP Group (formerly Canadist) Montreal – Canada
  Designed operation and training manuals.
Trained field technicians and Wrote technical reports.
2003 Training Consultant Banco Banex
Buenos Aires – Argentina
  Developed structure, contents and objectives on a sales training course.
Produced the first ever "Training manual for tellers” for the company as well as facilitator’s guides (PowerPoint).
1995-2003 Assistant Professor University of Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires – Argentina
  Taught classes on Organizational Learning and Knowledge Management.
2000-2002 Sr. Training Analyst AT&T Latin America Buenos Aires – Argentina
  Planned and developed the technical-training map (MS Visio - MS Project)
Produced content from raw material (facilitator guides, manuals, PowerPoint presentations)
Designed a web based skill assessment system with the purpose of collecting the technical background of the Engineers in a real time database (based on content architecture and taxonomies)
Attended Telecommunication training programs in the USA in order to transfer knowledge to newly hired employees for the start-up of the company in Argentina.
Provided ongoing consultative services to managers.
Contacted subject matter experts about industry trends in order to prospect training needs.
1996-2000 Training Analyst France Telecom Argentina Buenos Aires – Argentina
  Produced content and graphic design on technical manuals, articles, reports and brochures.
Produced reports and presentations to provide follow up to management on the success of the programs and trainee’s performance based on metrics and statistics.
Scheduled training sessions, classrooms, instructors and resources.
Facilitated technical training using plan of lectures, laboratory works, hands-on practice and discussion groups.
Supported logistically the training team: setting-up classrooms, connecting PC's and projectors.

Other work experience in Canada

2004-2006 Administrative Support Novartis Pharma – Neurochem
Red Cross Canada - Kelly Services
Montreal – Canada
 

References available upon request.