things I love
Being a dad. A husband. Super Heroes. Pinterest. Lego. Elvis. Modigliani. Zaha Hadid. Movies. Disco. Red Wing boots. Hiking. R&B. No. 13. Chocolate chip cookies and cold milk. Typography. A crisp white shirt. OO7. Levis. Ellsworth Kelly. Murses. Moleskins. Audiobooks. Josef Albers. Black turtlenecks (when I'm not wearing a crisp white shirt). Podcasts. Travel. Mentoring. Netflix. Burgers. Anything well crafted.
my specialties
Building Brands. Design Direction. Mentoring. Leading with an open mind and a supportive heart. Nurturing. Empathizing. Providing safe environments for creatives to do their best. Collaborating. Inspiring. Concept Development. Human-Centred Design. Creating Design Systems. Packaging. Environmental design. And solving business challenges with smart, strategic, and beautifully executed creative.
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Adobe InDesign. Photoshop. Illustrator. Figma. PowerPoint. Google Docs and Slides. Visual Design. UI Design. Wireframing, Presentations. Photo shoot Direction. Styling. Tabletop Shooting. AODA Compliance.
clients I've worked on
Retail The Bay, Canada Goose, Canon, Fuji film, GoodLife Fitness, Herbalife, Holt Renfrew, Home Outfitters, Ikea, Lavalife, Love Craft, Miele, Olympus, Rakuten Kobo, Reliance, Rona, Scott’s Towels, Swiss Herbal, Vaseline Automotive BMW, Honda, Mercedes Food Clover Leaf, Dr. Oetker, Harvey’s, McDonald's, Molson Canadian, Sobey's, South Street Burgers Tech Tensor Machinery Education Branksome Hall, UNB University of New Brunswick, York University Government AGO Art Gallery of Ontario, Canadian Advertising Museum, Ministry of Health and Long Term Care, ROM Royal Ontario Museum Financial Mackenzie Financial, Capital One, NEI Investments, Ethical Funds, Northwest Funds, B2B Bank Service/Pro Bono CFRB, Diabetes Canada, Girl Guides of Canada, Habitat for Humanity, Marshall McLuhan Award, World Wide Short Film Festival
awards I've won
One Show. Canadian New Media Awards. Advertising & Design Club of Canada (ADCC). Marketing Awards. Summit International Awards. Council for Advertising & Support of Education (CASE). Applied Arts. Extra Awards.