JW Designs

Always Under Construction

Resume

A brief glimpse at my work history. For a full CV please reach out.

Lighting Designer

Freelancer since 2015. Highlights include:


The Spinsters

Small Matters Productions

Shadbolt Arts Centre, Burnaby
Westbury Theatre, Edmonton

Created by: Tara Travis and Christine Lesaik

2023 – 2025

Sterling Nominated: Outstanding Production

Juliet: A Revenge Comedy

Monster Theatre

The Historic Theatre, Vancouver

Created by: Pippa Mackie and Ryan Gladstone

2024

The Sound of the Beast

Rumble Theatre, Theatre Passe Muraille, and Push Festival

Revue Stage, Vancouver

Created by: Donna-Michelle St. Bernard, Jivesh Parasram, and Andy McKim.
2024


Men Express Their Feelings

Zee Zee Theatre

Firehall Arts Centre, Vancouver

Directed by: Cameron Mackenzie

2022

Jessie Winner:
Set, Sound, and Choreo

Love/Sick

With a Spoon Theatre
Pacific Theatre, Vancouver

Directed by: Jamie King

2020

The Wolves

Rumble and With a Spoon Theatre

Pacific Theatre, Vancouver.

Directed by: Jamie King

2017 + 2018

Jessie Nominated: Outstanding Production


Technical Positions

Working professionally since 2015. Highlights include:


Vancouver East Cultural Centre (the Cultch)

Assistant Technical Director
Head Electrician and Console Op

2020 – Present

Taks tasks tasks

Presentation House Theatre

Technical Director

2018 – 2020

Taks tasks tasks

Granville Island Cultural Society

Head Venue Technician/ATD

2015 – 2018

Taks tasks tasks


Education and Training

Always learning and collecting new skills.


Capilano University – Technical Theatre and Design – Grad. 2016

University of British Columbia – 2017 (Theatre Design Classes)
Vancouver Island University – 2013 (General Studies)


Certification

ETC Eos Family Level 4

Vectorworks Spotlight

First Aid Level 1

Firearms Safety Level 1

Aerial and Scissor Lift

Fall Protection

Related Skills

Qlab (Video, Audio, Lighting)

Strong knowledge of network systems.

Projection Cueing/Mapping Softwares (Touch Designer, Madmapper, Isadora.)

Knowledge of Drafting Softwares (Autocad, Vectorworks).

General Rigging and Construction knowledge.

General Audio knowledge.


On the unceded and ancestral territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and səlilwətaɬ Nations