Résumé
Becca Baird
Ontario, Canada
Summary
A developer and designer who approaches challenges with an analytical and creative mindset, while using a thorough understanding of each phase of the development process in order to ensure seamless handoffs in any role.
Employment history
Policy analyst
November 2022 – present
Employment and Social Development Canada, Canada Service Corps
Product owner for a scrum team delivering on a volunteering portal prototype for youth
Develop business requirements, provide input on various procurement documents, take part in scrum ceremonies, lead backlog refinements, plan work required per sprint
Design internal Microsoft PowerApps client relationship manager to keep track of engagements, contact information and funding information
Ad hoc design requests for briefing materials and other internal documents shared up to the Prime Minister level
Junior policy analyst
November 2020 – November 2022
Employment and Social Development Canada, Canada Service Corps
canada.ca/en/services/youth/canada-service-corps.html
Onboard students and oversee their work
Design Microsoft PowerBI dashboards to aggregate and display program and website data
Work with internal stakeholders to lead the design of webpages for the Civic Participation Pilot
Program generalist
September 2017 – November 2020
Employment and Social Development Canada, Labour Market Information
clmi-explore-icmt.ca [link to demo]
Design graphics, using Adobe Creative Cloud, Figma and Invision to enhance the appearance of the site as well as aid in communicating technical concepts to internal and external stakeholders
Front-end development for desktop and mobile formats, using RESTful APIs, JavaScript/jQuery, HTML, CSS, JSON and AJAX to analyze and disseminate labour market information to Canadians
Ensure accessibility of the site through collaboration with an external communications firm
Implement and monitor web analytics using Matomo and Google Analytics
Develop and SEO strategy to increase daily visitors from around 50 to 300+
Develop a custom executive dashboard, using C3/D3 libraries, to report on key project indicators for upper management
Web publishing specialist
June 2015 – September 2017
Employment and Social Development Canada, Red Seal Secretariat
red-seal.ca
Formatted 600+ documents for web while the site was being updated to ensure all pages adhered to Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0
Produced infographics on program data used as briefing materials
Maintained a stakeholder mailing list, scheduled e-blasts, and tracked metrics around those e-blasts
Education
2013 – 2017
Bachelor of Information Technology – Interactive multimedia and design
Carleton University
2013 – 2017
Advanced diploma – Interactive media development
Algonquin College
Skills and tools
Design
Graphic design
UI/UX design
Adobe CC (Illustrator, Photoshop, After Effects)
Figma
Invision
Programming
CSS
HTML
JavaScript
jQuery
C3/D3
JSON
AJAX
C#
Unity
Github
Atom
Eclipse
3D Modelling
Maya
Substance Painter
Project management
Agile/scrum
Trello
Azure DevOps
Slack
Gitlab
Awards and certifications
Assistant Deputy Ministers' Award of Excellence in Policy Design
February 2024
Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Assistant Deputy Ministers' Award of Excellence in Innovation
October 2021
Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Certified ScrumMaster® (CSM®) 🔗
Scrum Alliance
January 2024
Certification of completion - an Introduction to Parapsychology
University of Edinburgh
September 2020 - November 2020