We base our choices on the intangibles. The inner drivers at the core of our most important player – the consumer. Insights. Understanding. Personality. Attitude. Promise. Reputation.
Marketing, branding and design are largely about these emotional dimensions.
It’s not just what it is, it’s who it is. Make the intangibles relevant, express them clearly and consistently, and support them faithfully over time.
We are not an agency. We are a communications resource. A hub of collaboration. A network, comprising talented, experienced specialists from across the communications spectrum. Whether you are looking for help with a specific project or a long-term relationship, when we partner with you, we cherry-pick, drawing on our network to put together the optimal team. There is a world of expertise out there. We give you access.
JASON KONTOLEMOS
One foot in the forest and a hand on the pulse of the city. Jason gets inspired by the world around. He is an award-winning and diversely experienced creative director. Equally comfortable brainstorming in a boardroom as he is storming the slopes. He is full of energy and passion. Always questioning, ever curious, Jason seeks out the essence of every brand to artfully, authentically express it.
His successes are many, including branding, promotion and advertising for numerous sport, resort, and real estate properties for clients like the Montreal Alouettes and Intrawest. The past 10 years have been spent focusing mostly on healthcare advertising for both consumer and healthcare professionals, working on global and national campaigns for companies like Pfizer, Merck, Valeant and Abbvie, just to name a few.
MARIE BRASSARD
‘She’s on a mission!’ – that’s what we say about Marie. Driven, determined, results-oriented, she’s an experienced marketing and communication strategist who believes in a consumer-focused approach to problem solving.
Versatile and fluent with online & offline marketing activities and a fluently bilingual professional, Marie possesses strong analytical and synthesizing skills that positively contribute to the profitable growth of any business and team. She possesses solid experience developing and implementing current, leading-edge marketing strategies. Over her career Marie has worked in multiple industries (tourism, food, CG, financial institutions, restoration and health) and small and large businesses such as BDC, Dairy Farmers of Canada, NAPA, Intrawest and Tremblant.
Marie’s pragmatism and experience mean she manages projects effectively and rigorously while maintaining control over budgets and deadlines.
STEVE CRAWFORD
From the hard concrete of the Montreal urban jungle to the wide expanse of the St Laurence river, Steve is an explorer of new ideas and new adventures. Work, fish, golf, cook, repeat obsessively!
Livelifelive is his mantra. Forever searching out creative expressions to help fuel his need to tell tall tales, he brings his Viking spirit and unstoppable drive to the wonderful world of brand building.
Creative thinker, designer, art director and writer, Steve feels privileged to have worked with some of Canada’s best loved brands. From burgers and subs, to trains, planes and automobiles. He has helped create memorable 360 degree brand campaigns for Dairy Farmers of Canada, Via Rail, Air Canada, Burger King, Subway, Tourism Montreal, GM, Chrysler, Merck, Novartis, BDC, Winners, Walmart and Target.
Steve believes that the client and creative teams form a powerful alliance that defines a core emotional creative insight. Ultimately the sharing of that true brand emotion, starts in the now of today and transitions into the future and this is what makes a brands creative leap of faith so exhilarating, so relevant, and finally so successful.
Marketing & Sales Analysis
Target Analysis
Competition Audit
Positioning & Branding
Marketing & Communication
Offline & Online Activities
Media
Advertising Campaigns
Direct Mail
Packaging
POP
Website & SEO Optimization
Social Media Campaign
Community Management
SEM and Advertising
CRM & Email Campaigns
Market Research
Data mining
ROI and CPA Analysis
Brand Identity
Packaging Design
Advertising
Exhibition and Display Design
Sales Materials
Detail Aids
Annual Reports
Web Design & Email
Presentation Design
Banner Advertising
Integrated Interface Design
Video Editing
Motion Design
TV and Web Advertising
Exhibition &Display Design
Signage
Medical
Infographics
Photorealistic
Whether you are looking for help with a specific project or a long-term relationship, we cherry-pick, drawing on our network to put together the optimal team.
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