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

Presentation House Theatre

Technical Director

2018 – 2020

Granville Island Cultural Society

Head Venue Technician/ATD

2015 – 2018


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)


Certifications

ETC Eos Family Level 4

Vectorworks Spotlight

First Aid Level 1

Firearms Safety Level 1

Aerial and Scissor Lift

Fall Protection

Related Skills

Knowledge of Drafting Softwares (Autocad, Vectorworks).

Strong knowledge of network systems.

Qlab (Video, Audio, Lighting)

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

General Rigging and Construction knowledge.

General Audio knowledge.


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