Hello. Bonjour.

Since 2004, I have provided creative consultation and design services as the sole proprietor of Oblada Creative specializing in collateral that inspires, educates and engages. Sectors of specialty include agriculture and mining with a focus on corporate and government communications. My peer-recognized and awarded body of work encompasses traditional and emerging media, print, digital & environmental design, to branding, custom illustration and marketing mentorship.

I feel that the influential role of designers and writers has the ability to empower, leverage and revolutionize all by transforming the simple to the sublime.

Full-time, remote/hybrid or freelance, I am interested in working with you. Let’s work together and bring your brand to life.

Industry Awards and Recognition: 

• 2024 CCAE Prix D'Excellence, Gold, Best Marketing/Communications Initiative (Saskatchewan Polytechnic, “Enhancing the Graduate Experience”). Role: art/creative direction and design.

• 2023 CCAE Prix D'Excellence, Gold, Best Creativity on a Shoestring Budget (Saskatchewan Polytechnic ). Role: art/creative direction and design.

• 2021 Graphis Gold Award, 2021 Protest Posters 2 ("Portrait of Vladimir Putin").

• 2020 Saskatchewan Polytechnic Above and Beyond award.

• 2019 LERN International Award for Exemplary Home Page (Saskatchewan Polytechnic Extension).

• 2019 RGD In-House Design Award of Distinction (Saskatchewan Polytechnic Indigenous Student Success Strategy “miyo wahkohtowin”).

• 2017 Saskatchewan Polytechnic Outstanding Service award.

• 2017 CCAE Prix D'Excellence, Silver, Best PR/Marketing/Communications Initiative (Saskatchewan Polytechnic Aboriginal Student Success campaign). Role: art/creative direction and design.  

• 2016 Redgee Best in Region, Manitoba/Saskatchewan/Nunavut (Saskatchewan Polytechnic Viewbook 2017/18). 

• 2016 Graphis Silver Award, Annual Report compilation (SIAST 2011-2012 Annual Report "Impact")

• 2015 Graphis Gold Award, 2016 Poster Annual ("Portrait of Vladimir Putin")

• 2015 Graphis Silver Award, 2016 Poster Annual ("Carpe Diem")

• 2015 Graphis Silver Award, 2016 Poster Annual ("Big Fish Haul")

• 2015  Redgee Award, Manitoba/Saskatchewan/Nunavut region (Saskatchewan Polytechnic Strategic Plan "Tomorrow in the Making"); best print marketing piece and honourable mention best overall design piece for the region.

• 2014  IABC Gold Quill Award of Excellence, Division 3: Communication Skills, Category 33: Publications (SIAST 2014-2015 Recruitment Viewbook, "Go!"). Role: art/creative direction and design.

• 2014  Graphis Merit Award, 2015 Poster Annual ("Let Them Eat Cake").

• 2013  UCDA Award of Excellence, Print (SIAST 2011-2012 Annual Report, "Impact").

• 2012  Elevators Award, Annual Report Under 10K (SIAST 2010-2011 Annual Report, "Driving Economic Growth"). 

• 2012  Sask ACE Award of Excellence for Communication Creative (SIAST "Life is Multiple Choice and We Have the Answer Key"). Role: creative direction.

Exhibits: 

• DesignThinkers Conference, Toronto, Ontario. An exhibition of winning pieces from the RGD In-House Design Awards (2019).

• UCDA Design Show, Louisville, Kentucky, USA. An exhibition focusing on excellence in post-secondary design (2013).

• Peace Signs: Posters Of The Anti-War Movement. An international travelling art exhibit focusing on posters from the war in Iraq, uncensored, political and thought-provoking (2004). 

• Little Pieces, New Wagner Gallery, Edwardsville, Illinois, USA. An art exhibition focusing on international contemporary design (2001). 

Publications: 

• Public Relations Writing: Strategies and Structures by Doug Newsom and Jim Haynes (2016). Case study of project featured. 

• DesignEdge Canada (May/June 2015). Design work featured. 

• What Happens in Vietnam…, Designer Magazine (Winter 2015). Authorship and photography for an article about deployment to Vietnam. 

• Love Letter To Japan, Designer Magazine (Summer 2013). Authorship and photography for an article about finding creative inspiration in Tokyo. 

• SIAST in Vietnam, Partners Magazine (Spring 2012). Photography. 

• That Skating Rink in the Dark, Winnipeg Life Magazine (Winter 2004). Illustration. 

• Peace Signs: The Anti-War Movement Illustrated by James Mann (Edition Olms Zurich, 2004). Design and illustration of several posters.

Other: 

• Judge, education sector, RGD SoGood Awards (2020).