Sharecost ad

We have no control over or contact with the ad agency who does our external work. So most of the time, their stuff looks nothing like our stuff. I took elements from their Toolbox Pak "campaign" and did a series of ads and posters in our visual identity that can be customized by the broker with their logo and contact information.

Brochure, display and an ad

Here's a template brochure that I've taken a little further as for once I wasn't just provided information copy as usual. Content drives design.

This is a sponsorship sign and a series of pop-up banners.

And this is a full-page Flavours magazine ad. No copy was provided so I wrote the headline, then pulled from here and there and got to determine the structure. Made it much easier to design within the few hours I was given.

New pieces to fit the template

Creating a visual identity and then working within it while evolving it is a challenge. Here are some ads, templated ads, some carousel banners and screen shots of the website for our competitive insurance side.

Wedding shower and party invitation

A wine and cheese soirée, here's the invitation I designed to celebrate the upcoming wedding of some friends who will be getting married in November in Hawaii.

Infographic - unfinished

Got squashed before finishing, but this is what I had come up with.

New visual identity

Been working on some new branding for the competitive part of our operations. It encompasses three companies operating in seven provinces. I wanted to make it flexible enough so that one day, perhaps they'll all use the same logo, but also so that we're not managing three different identities.

Turning into a collection

Here's the most recent issue of the Broker newsletter.

2011 Annual Report

The theme for this year's annual report was Changing Landscapes. Rather that just present a traditional landscape, I used gradients of colour to represent change. The clouds in the background imply land below without having to show it.

Convention print materials - Better Together

Better together. This + this = better together. Plus. Addition. Chalkboard. Get it? A fun excuse rock the typography a bit.

Old rate posters, bus backs and calendar

 

These are all from 2003 and 2004 which is a really long time in graphic design years, all within 5 years of getting out of school. 

Our provincial government used to promote our auto insurance rates so I used to do a lot of posters. On the first two I also came up with the theme/headlines as we don't have anyone to do any actual copywriting, just information writing. The calendar, bottom, was a retrospective on the province of Saskatchewan's 100th anniversary and how public insurance came to be.

Masthead

Here's the masthead for our family blog. Though all my work is so colourful, I would love to design everything in black or one to two colours for the rest of my days...

Label

Label for a recipe book for my brother and sister-in-law to accompany the immersion blender I got them. Inspired by this: http://pinterest.com/pin/202099101997899176/