Structured visual systems for modern brands and technical environments.
Dominic Daniel is a graphic designer and technical production specialist with 7+ years across print production, technical layouts, branding, prepress, and web design. Based in Québec, Canada.
7+ years in print production · Branding · Editorial · Technical design
- Based in
- Québec, Canada
- Disciplines
- Branding · Editorial · Technical
- Status
- Open to permanent, contract & freelance roles
- Studio
- DomDesign
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About
My path into graphic design did not follow a straight line. It was built through years of hands-on work in the print and production industry — before I ever sat down at a designer's desk.
I came up through production. At Imprimerie Paragraph, I worked as a project manager — coordinating jobs, handling files, and learning how design survives ink, paper, registration, and the unforgiving reality of the press. That foundation reshaped how I think about every layout I touch today.
At PMU Québec, I now produce evacuation plans — technical drawings where every line, label, and legend has to carry meaning under pressure. Precision is not a stylistic preference there; it's a requirement. That discipline carries directly into my branding, editorial, and identity work.
I trained formally through three complementary programs: a DEP in Graphic Design at CBG Sorel-Tracy, a DEC in Project Management & Graphic Communication at Ahuntsic College, and an AEC in Graphic & Web Design at John Abbott College. Each one added a different layer — craft, process, then the digital and strategic dimension.
Today I work as a graphic designer and technical production specialist, and I am open to permanent, contract, and selected freelance roles. I build work that holds up on press, on site, and on screen — not work that only photographs well on a feed.
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Experience & Education
Professional
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2022 — Present
Evacuation Plan Technician / Graphic Designer
PMU Québec
Production of technical evacuation plans — drafting, symbol systems, plan layouts, and graphic output for printed safety signage in collaboration with fire safety and project teams.
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2019 — 2022
Graphic Designer
Production JG
Design and pre-press for production-oriented print work. File preparation, layout systems, and on-brand visual output.
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2019
Project Manager
Imprimerie Paragraph
Coordination of print projects from intake to delivery. Hands-on involvement with paper, ink, registration, and press realities — the foundation of my design instinct.
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2018 — 2019
Print Industry
Various roles
Production-floor experience across the print industry — where design either works or it doesn't.
Education
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2023 — 2026
Graphic & Web Design AEC
John Abbott College
Digital methods, web fundamentals, and contemporary visual communication.
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2020 — 2023
Project Management & Graphic Communication DEC
Ahuntsic College
Strategy, production workflow, and the management side of design — how projects actually get made.
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2016 — 2018
Graphic Design DEP
CBG Sorel-Tracy
Foundational training in design craft, typography, and the discipline of layout.
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Selected work
Selected work across technical layouts, print production, branding, and digital design. Each project shows a practical approach to clear communication, durable systems, and production-ready detail.
PMU Québec — Technical evacuation plans
Ongoing technical design work: floor-plan drafting, evacuation routes, symbol systems, and code-compliant signage layouts. Every plan is a working document — it has to be legible under stress, in poor lighting, and across different print sizes. Read the full case study →
Freelance client concepts
Independent client work outside my employer. Small businesses, local services, identity refreshes. The scope is modest by design — the goal is to ship work that actually gets used.
Concept Development — Brand System
This concept case study shows how I develop a visual system from a brief through identity, packaging, presentation materials, and digital direction.
Concept study. Heritage skincare brand — identity system & investor pitch
Client need. An emerging skincare brand pursuing a "heritage-meets-clinical-science" positioning needed a complete identity system plus investor-facing pitch materials — logomark, packaging, and website direction — to support a funding round.
Creative direction. A warm gold-and-ink palette, a custom lattice logomark, three distinct homepage explorations (dark immersive, ingredient-led editorial, apothecary-style), and a full packaging mockup system across the product line.
What worked. The identity held together cleanly across every touchpoint — packaging, pitch deck, and web. Maintaining visual coherence across that range of deliverables in a single engagement is one of the harder production challenges to solve, and this system did it.
Process. This self-directed concept was developed as a complete system across identity, packaging, presentation materials, and web direction. It demonstrates how I carry one visual idea through production-ready touchpoints.
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Skills
Design
- Branding & visual identity
- Editorial & layout systems
- Typography
- Hierarchy & grid
Technical
- Evacuation plans
- AutoCAD layouts
- Production-ready files
- Pre-press & print specifications
Web
- HTML & CSS
- Visual Studio Code
- GitHub & GitHub Pages
- Responsive design
Software
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe InDesign
- AutoCAD
- DaVinci Resolve
- Microsoft 365
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Contact
Looking for a designer who can take a project from concept to production? Let’s talk.
dominic@domdesign.ca