Primary Job Title Senior Director, Design, Interactivity and User Experience Primary Organization 
La Presse
Gender Male
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Benoît Giguère, a pioneer of multimedia in Québec, has worked in graphic communications since 1984. He is skilled in every aspect of creation and art direction for both print and digital media. As Senior Director, Design, Interactivity and User Experience, for La Presse’s digital projects since 2010, he is responsible for the design, art direction
and production of interfaces for projects on mobile devices. He also acts as special design advisor for the La Presse daily newspaper and the lapresse.ca website. Previously, Benoît Giguère served for 10 years as Art Director and Deputy News Editor of La Presse. In that capacity, he directed several graphic redesigns of the newspaper and contributed to modernizing its production methods, including introducing video. His vision helped elevate La Presse several times into the ranks of the Society for News Design’s Top 10 worldwide for best visual journalism in newspapers.
Benoît Giguère has worked for La Presse since 2000 and has been in charge of the newspaper’s design and photos and Deputy News Editor for several years. He has been entirely dedicated to La Presse’s digital project since its very beginning three years ago. He oversees the entire design team and has been involved in every step of the La Presse+ creation process in terms of design, art direction and interface production.
