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I intimately understand the design process. I have been afforded the opportunity to be involved in that creative process for over 30 years. As a passionate graphic designer who embraces my creative instincts and intuition, I have a burning desire to cultivate flawless outcomes in branding, photography, and web design. The process of the idea, from its first beginnings, to its concrete creation and conclusion, excites and inspires me. This affords me the capability to walk alongside my client in understanding what they wish to convey. I then ensure that their message is visually created with a most powerful and pleasing end product.
What I'm Doing
I am currently Senior Creative at Outcrop Communications. I get to work with a team of very talented individuals who work across the arctic. The Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut. Outcrop is the oldest agency in the north – 50 years young. I continue to work with many Indigenous and non-Indigenous organizations helping Indigenous communities. I’ve helped design websites for The Grizzlies, the movie, BC Museums Association‘s Indigenous Resources subdomain and Indian Horse, the film. I’ve also created branding and visual identities for Cohen Quash aka Mesdizih Eskiye (Owl Boy), Turtle Island Institute, EntrepreNorth and many others. Other long-standing clients include Shot in the Dark Productions, Bean North, Gunta Business, Kwanlin Dün First Nation, Ta’an Kwäch’än Council, Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre, and the Yukon Child and Youth Advocate Office.
My Portfolio
My Skills
I am both a team player and an independent, self-motivated worker. I am a quick learner, enthusiastic, focused, reliable, organized and responsible. I have strong communication and interpersonal skills, is friendly and is always open-minded.
DESIGN
PHOTOGRAPHY
WEB DESIGN
I have worked with several agencies, in Ottawa, Toronto, Burlington and most recently in Whitehorse, Yukon. I have worked with Fortune 500 companies like Royal Bank, Xerox, Bell Mobility, Apotex Pharmaceuticals, Canadian Health & Lifestyle Magazine and most recently with Yukon Energy, Yukon Tourism, Yukon Wild and the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre. In addition to my private and public sector design experience, I am one of the few designers with deep roots and deep experience designing for Canada’s First Nations Communities. I have worked closely with the Chiefs of Ontario, the Assembly of First Nations, the Blue Feather Music Festival, the Champagne and Aishihik First Nations and the Ta’an Kwäch’än Council.
Education And Career
OUTCROP COMMUNICATIONS
ANIMIKII INDIGENOUS TECHNOLOGY
DESIGN PROFESSIONALS OF CANADA - NATIONAL PRESIDENT
MIT SLOAN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT
OUTSIDE THE CUBE
GRANTED CDP ACCREDITATION
AASMAN BRAND COMMUNICATIONS
MAXIMUM 60 DESIGN COMMUNICATIONS
HANGAR 13 ART & DESIGN
GRANTED RGD CERTIFICATION
DESIGN ARTS DIPLOMA
A beautiful evening near the Yukon river.
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#tranquility #goldenhour #yukonriver #whitehorse #instagood
Another amazing piece by Eloy Bida. ❤️✊🏾💯🔥
Eloy's work is always thought provoking and resonates with me on a deep level.
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Repost from @eloybida
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The Ancestral Dance Of The Persecuted and Untamed Flowers
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#untamed #dance #lovers #dancers #flowers #ancestors
I need this! 😍✊🏾💯🔥
Repost from @seagodssup
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Love is in the Air! Did you know that the art on the Carta Marina by #markanthonyjacobson is a legendary Love Story? Fall in love and paddle out on the top rated Touring Board!
#historyofart #cherryblossomseason #lovestory #vancouver #cowichan #beautifulbritishcolumbia #seagodssup #paddleboardcanada #explorecanada #seagods #paddldboardingbc #adventurewaits #aprilvibes #cherryblossoms
A WAY FORWARD
Sacred Fire
Open discussions and relationship building in support of the Yukon opioid crisis.
May 31st, 10am to 10pm
Long lake day use campground.
Open to community. Snacks, coffee, tea provided all day. Dinner at 5 pm, followed by Prayer circle at 6pm.
For any questions or involvement, please contact:
Doronn Fox
+ 1 (867) 335-4479
[email protected]
Lauren Manekin Beille
+1 (867) 333-5708
[email protected]
A WAY FORWARD
Sacred Fire
Open discussions and relationship building in support of the Yukon opioid crisis.
May 31st, 10am to 10pm
Long lake day use campground
Open to community. Snacks, coffee, tea provided all day. Dinner at 5 pm, followed by Prayer circle at 6pm.
For any questions or involvement, please contact:
Doronn Fox
+ 1 (867) 335-4479
[email protected]
Lauren Manekin Beille
+1 (867) 333-5708
[email protected]
#yukon #opioidcrisis #community #supports #longlakecampground
I cried 🖤🥺 made me go home and cuddle all my fur babies 😂 #guardiansofthegalaxy
So much pain in this conversation 💭💬🗯 💔
Devon grew up in a home with a highly emotionally reactive father.
Unable to cope with his internal dysregulation he would regularly charge around the house. “This place is a pigsty!” He’d throw things or rant about how hard he works and ask why no one in the family was competent. Living with him meant living in emotional tornado.
When anything of his was out of place he’d spiral screaming at his wife and kids about not touching his things.
By 7, Devon’s nervous system was wired towards danger anytime she heard his footsteps. If she was playing, she’d run to pick up a book to pretend she was doing homework. Not being ‘productive’ was seen as laziness by him
She started easily and could never feel at ease in he
Devons mother was highly dissociated. If she was upset she internalized. She got quiet, and would remove herself from Devon completely.
Devon prided herself on being able to read the room as an adult. This was a survival adaptation from from growing up around people with unpredictable behavior. It’s the body in hypervigilance.
She struggles to trust people because of it.
She’s always second guessing people. Even her closest friends. She won’t hear from them and will assume they’re mad and that she’s done something wrong. She can’t shake the feeling that something about her is unlovable or broken. And she’s scared that the people close to her will catch on.
It feels unbearable at work where she convinces herself her co-workers can’t stand her. On multiple occasions she’s spiraled that she will lose her job. Even though she’s quite good at what she does and never lets the team down.
Her psychiatrist tells her she has social anxiety. And it’s true that Devon is anxious, relationally.
How could she not be? She has attachment wounding.
Her first relationships left her to protect herself, as a child.
She assumes to try to keep herself safe.
She fawns and struggles to express how she feels because she’s never been taught she can trust people to react in healthy, regulated ways.
She apologizes habitually because at 35 years old a part of her is still that 7 year old kid waiting for that punishment from her father #selfhealers
The process from concept to final implementation is beautiful to witness. Crystal's vision for @alaskaair livery is simply stunning. Kudos to all involved in this project. ❤️✊🏾💯✈️
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Watch @crystalworl’s monumental ‘X̱áat Ḵwáani’ (Salmon People) design come to life in 60 seconds. “I want people to look at it and feel proud of being Alaskan and being a part of this community and being inclusive of this beautiful culture that we have that’s so worth sharing,” says Worl. Learn more via the link in our bio.
Outstanding work by an amazing artist! ❤️💯✊🏾🔥
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Repost from @crystalworl
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That moment you see your art come to life… from the computer screen to full size! The sky is the limit!
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I have high hopes that this project will encourage people to embrace Indigenous culture and values. We have much to learn about this planet and it’s inhabitants including ourselves.
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@alaskaair Gunalchéesh Marilyn Romano for working with me to share the salmon story!!
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As one of the judges in the Graphic Design category I throughly enjoyed the process of evaluating and judging the worlds best creative. Over 600 pieces were reviewed over two days.
It was an honour and a privilege to meet and collaborate with some of the worlds top creative minds.
I would be remis if I didn't mention my brothers from the south, Raymond Otene McKay and Brad Cooke
Time flew by as I crossed 8 time zones to reach London, England. It was a quick trip but will remain in my mind forever. What an amazing time.
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See behind the scenes of judging at this year's D&AD Awards, and hear from the jury members themselves on what they saw and how they found the experience. ✏️ 💭
Not long until we find out who's won a Pencil, as we count down to the D&AD Awards ceremonies at BFI Southbank on 24 and 25 May. Hit the link in bio to get your tickets.