Core strengths

Creative leadership
Art direction
Brand identity
Brand systems & guidelines
Packaging design
Retail, signage & wayfinding
Digital & ecommerce creative
Product marketing
Print & editorial design

I’m a brand designer and creative director with a background that spans agency, freelance, contract, and in-house roles across Canada and the UK.

My work has always at the intersection of strategy and craft: shaping the bigger idea, system, or direction, then staying close enough to the details to make sure the work is cohesive. My experience spans visual identity, art direction, packaging, digital and retail experiences, environmental graphics, and creative team leadership.

Most recently, I was Associate Creative Director at Article, where I helped lead day-to-day creative direction across a multidisciplinary in-house team, connecting brand, marketing, ecommerce, production, and execution.

I don’t believe good design has a fixed ‘style’. The best work is appropriate, useful, well-made, and specific to the problem it needs to solve. That’s the thread through my work: clear thinking, strong craft, and creative direction that helps brands become more coherent, distinctive, and effective.

Awards

2015 REBRAND Hall of Fame honouree

I contributed to four of the projects counting toward this award for Karacters DDB.


BC Egg Marketing Board 2013 Annual Report

2015 Lotus Awards — Gold
2014 Communication Arts Design Annual 55 Award Winner
Marketing Awards 2015 — Silver


Camino chocolate packaging

2011 Pentawards — silver
Applied Arts 2011 Design Annual (in book)
Rebrand 100 — merit


Silver Hills Bakery packaging

Cannes Lions 2009 — Bronze Lion
2010 Graphex Awards — honourable mention
2010 Rebrand 100 — distinction
2009 Lotus Awards — merit
2009 Pentawards — silver
Applied Arts awards 2009 (package design)
Advertising & Design Club of Canada awards 2009 — merit
Communication Arts Design Annual 2009 (in book)
Appears in: The Package Design Book (Taschen, 2010)


Vancouver Convention Centre

2010 Rebrand 100 — merit.


Mountain Equipment Co-op

Graphis Annual 2008 — environmental design, gold
2007 Rebrand 100 — merit