Nicole M. Kowalchuk

Red penny design offers solid, sophisticated and successful design solutions. Approaches each project with creative flair. PRINT • DIGITAL • ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN

Responsibilities include:
• Developing concepts and communicating ideas
• Balancing strategic development with client business objectives
• Creative lead on a number of integrated online and traditional marketing campaigns
• Ensure designs are aligned with creative briefs and marketing strategy
• Provide quality assurance on all creative deliverables
• Ensure projects are sufficiently resourced, and delivered on time and on budget
• Establish and nurture good client working relationships
• Create new business development activities

• Maintain the identity and branding of the agency's accounts - Bayer, GM, SAIT, Goodwrench & Imperial Oil
• Utilizing design and typographic skills
• Produce digital media and print collateral for agency's accounts
• Collateral: PowerPoint and multimedia presentations, web ads - static & animated, advertisements, brochures, promotion materials, newsletters, annual reports, displays and other materials
• High-level proficiency of Adobe CS 6 Suite - InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Flash, After Effects, Premiere
• Microsoft Office 2011

Developed 100+ themes for online collateral sales. Canadian designer for http://www.canadaticketprinting.ca - aided in brand development.

Responsibilities include:
• Developing concepts and communicating ideas
• Directly contributing to project design and development
• Creating initial graphic concepts
• Ensure that the visual design communicates the desired message, and functions successfully for varying technical and performance specifications

Canadian shopping centre owner manager developer and investor. CrossIron Mills Mall development project.

Responsibilities include:
• Ensure designs are aligned with landlord design criteria
• Provide quality assurance on all environmental design projects (mechanical, installation and design criteria)
• Ensure stores opened on start date
• Establish and nurture good contractor and tenant relationships
• Correcting any deficiencies with the general managers
• Maintained accurate records of work in progress and the control to related financial matters.

Cygnus is a multi-disciplinary firm specializing in wayfinding, environmental graphic design and signage. They create solutions that help people understand and enjoy public spaces.

Responsibilities include:
• Creative lead on major accounts
• Present and communicate conceptual ideas and design rationale to team and clients
• Lead internal and external client meetings
• Creation of visual designs
• Effectively communicate and coordinate with other designers, interior designers, fabricators, installers and contractors
• Ensure that the visual design communicates the desired message, and functions successfully for varying environmental specifications
• Serve as a mentor to junior designers
• Work cross-departmentally in order to transform client needs into tangible design solutions

Osprey Media Publishing Inc is a private company categorized under Newspaper Publishing and Printing Manufacturers. The Sarnia Observer, Can Pages, The Edge.

Responsibilities include:
• Communicate conceptual ideas to sales team and clients
• Creation of visual designs
• Effectively communicate and coordinate with other designers
• Ensure that the visual design communicates the desired message

East Hill Productions Inc. is a Canadian owned production company specializing in the development and production of feature films, documentaries, television, music videos, and music concert video recording and “multi-media mutli-platform” experiences.

Responsibilities include:
• Present and communicate conceptual ideas and design rationale to team
• Creation of visual designs
• Ensure that the visual design communicates the desired message, and functions successfully for varying technical and performance specifications

Pre-press Department.