Oliver Tomas Janousek

Current

• Web Developer & Designer at Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
• Designer at Oliver Tomas Janousek

Education

• British Columbia Institute of Technology
• University of Toronto
• The University of British Columbia

• Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design

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Connections

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Industry

Design

Websites

• olivertomas.com
• flickr.com/olivertomas

Oliver Tomas Janousek’s Summary

Oliver Tomas Janousek is a designer and academic with a background in visual art, academic scholarship and new media design.

Oliver Tomas Janousek’s Specialties:

Graphic design and typography, Web development and online strategy, Modern Scandinavian and Italian design, Bauhaus education, Modernist art and design, Classical and avant-garde literature

Oliver Tomas Janousek’s Experience

• Web Developer & Designer

  Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)

  (Broadcast Media industry)

  November 2007 — Present (2 years 2 months)

  Web development and design for regional television/radio news and programming.
  
  Responsibilities:
  Project management, training and support, audio/video and photo gallery integration, data visualization tools (interactive maps, graphs, tag clouds, etc.), Movable Type (MT) template customization, graphical headers and branding assets
  
  Backfill position: Intake Associate Producer
  Video transcoding for television news and management of online media players, photo galleries, and interactive maps.
  
  Backfill position: Associate Producer at CBC Radio 3
  Creation of web, podcast, and print graphics.

• Designer

  Oliver Tomas Janousek

  (Design industry)

  October 2006 — Present (3 years 3 months)

  Web development and design.

Oliver Tomas Janousek’s Education

• British Columbia Institute of Technology

  Senior Management Certificate , New Media Design and Web Development , 2006 — 2007

• University of Toronto

  Master of Arts , Classics , 2002 — 2004

• The University of British Columbia

  Bachelor of Arts , Classics , 1998 — 2002

• Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design

  Drawing and Printmaking 1996 — 1998

Additional Information

Oliver Tomas Janousek’s Websites:

• olivertomas.com
• flickr.com/olivertomas

Oliver Tomas Janousek’s Interests:

design, typography, information architecture, architecture, new technologies, photography, art, literature, film, travel, language, bicycles

Oliver Tomas Janousek’s Groups:

•    Communication Arts
•    Type Directors Club
•    Typophile
•    User Experience Jobs
•    Design & Architecture

Oliver Tomas Janousek’s Honors:

2009 Jack Webster Award for Excellence in Online Journalism
2008 RTNDA: Best Use of New Media Award
2006 CTV New Media Award
2003 University of Toronto Fellowship
2003 Maynard Scholarship
2002 John L. Catterall Scholarship in Classics
2002 Bickell Fellowship

Oliver Tomas Janousek’s Contact Settings

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