Norja Vanderelst

Creative Director • Web & Graphic Designer • Photography • Video

Objective: Helping small businesses with their on- and off-line marketing efforts from custom WordPress website design, to logos, rack card, brochures, ebooks, photography and videos.

About me: I am a hard-working, goal oriented person who loves to serve a purpose. My main goal is to give honest advice during consultations, deliver great products, and match it up with excellent customer service. My favorite is creative design where I can be in the flow of the energy you want to put out to the world.

Let's work in the best possible way for both of us.

Specialties: Marketing Consultation | Lead Capture | eBooks | Custom WordPress Web Design | Web Development | Newsletter creation & automation | Photography | Video Production & Editing | Logo Design | Print and Digital Marketing Materials

Education

Fashion School

Technical School of Fashion
1986 - 1996
Fashion Design. Graduated in Men's clothing due to technical requirements with a seperate course in Image Consulting with the UK company Color Me Beautiful. Getting the best looks through the right colour and style for the person's skin tone and body type.

Usui & Karuna Reiki Master/Teacher

Jane McKenzie Reiki
2001 - 2004
Usui & Karuna Reiki Training. Obtained my Reiki Master/Teacher training for personal development purpose. Worked in the field for 7 years and it is still very much part of my life-style to date.

HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP

SAIT Polytechnic
2009 - 2011
Web Design Certification. HTML and CSS are the foundation for publishing on the Internet and its understanding is required to do anything with web design. My strength is in HTML and CSS, with good knowledge of JavaScript and PHP.

Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator

SAIT Polytechnic
2009 - 2011
Graphic Design Certification. Advanced image correction, image manipulation, compositing and illustration. I truly enjoy the creative design process of promotional materials. My energy expands with these projects.

Sales

Mount Royal University
2011
Sales Development Certification. My strength & goals are to be a "Trusted Advisor", not just making a "sale". I will network at every opportunity, including thinking of you when I come accross something that may benefit you and your business.

Photography & Portrait Lighting

SAIT Polytechnic
2014 - present
Basic Photography and Portrait Lighting; Profile pictures, business card photos and Bios. I will help you along and capture your essence in a genuine way. Selfies sure won't do!

Adobe InDesign

SAIT Polytechnic
2018
Further development of my Graphic Design skills with InDesign in my tool box. It is used to create works such as posters, flyers, brochures, magazines, newspapers, presentations, books layouts, ebooks and interactive PDF's.

Adobe Premiere Pro

JFL Media
2018
Video Marketing is an important tool these days. Adobe Premiere Pro is used for digital video editing. Premiere provides with a myriad of comprehensive tools and functions to create dynamic videos.

Brainspotting Phase 1

Get Connected & Melanie Young Psychologist, PsyD.
June 2020
Brainspotting is a brain-body technique which access parts of you that can hold you back from shining your brightest light in business or career and personal life.

Brainspotting Phase 2

Get Connected & Melanie Young Psychologist, PsyD.
July 2020 (coming soon)
Brainspotting is a brain-body technique which access parts of you that can hold you back from shining your brightest light in business or career and personal life.

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