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# Megan McLeod
I am a Graphic Designer whose passion is effective communication. After working in the field for over a decade, my interests have expanded and evolved, branching further into the world of UI/UX Design, and Design Systems.
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I am a Graphic Designer whose passion is effective communication. After working in the field for over a decade, my interests have expanded and evolved, branching further into the world of UI/UX Design, and Design Systems. Having always been dedicated to efficiency and organization, I love to delve into the everyday and ask myself: how can we optimize this experience not only for our users, but for ourselves?
Whether wire-framing or establishing a design archive, my enthusiasm (and my laugh) has been known to leave a lasting impression. If you are ever interested in having a discussion—whether professional or a nerdy chat about design—please feel free to reach out.
As a young mom of two, I was looking for somewhere that would be flexible to my everyday needs and yet would still deliver a quality educational experience. I also loved that OCAD U School of Continuing Studies has options for what classes you can take to complete your certificate, giving the opportunity to enrol in subjects that you are interested in. It was a great experience!
After completing all my courses, I felt refreshed. It had been so long since I had been in an educational environment where I felt inspired to learn more about the subjects I had been engaged in, and excited to incorporate my new learnings into my professional work. The subjects covered were eye-opening, and I’m very thankful to have been exposed to them.
The Empathy and Social Insight\* course really made me stop and reflect upon how I was approaching my design solutions. I have always loved to conduct research, but this course gave me the chance to truly dive into a subject matter and look at it from all angles so that I could develop the most effective solution to the problem posed. By engaging with my peers in our discussions, whether on the discussion board or on a call, it was also interesting to see how they broached topics and what problems they strived to solve. Overall, it was a wonderful learning experience.