THE PROBLEM
You need to balance growth, profitability and sustainability. While your team also needs to keep everything else alive and well in your business. Brand design, marketing and sustainability roles are all very separate and specialized. Having full time people in these roles is typically not a reality. Fresh ideas, continuous effort and creative vision are all required.
Our experience is that small & medium businesses hit walls in three key areas:
Consistent action
Competing ideas & priorities
Staying current & objective
OUR SOLUTION
Through a deep understanding and appreciation for how brands can improve the lives of many and solve problems large and small, we approach everything with a sense of wonder and possibility for creating change:
01. Discuss
Every project begins with a discussion. We ask questions. Sometimes we push back a little. Sometimes we seek to understand more deeply. Sometimes we get overly excited. And it all starts with a discussion.
02. Clarify
What are we doing? Where are we going? How will we know when we’ve arrived? What impact are we creating? How do we want people to feel when interacting with what we are creating?
03. Design
Now the real fun begins! We roll up our sleeves and get to work on concepts. Sometimes we will have something really great in mind on the first round, sometimes we’ll take a few kicks at the can.
04. Implement
This is where ideas and concepts come to life. It might be a really cool printed piece made of reclaimed materials or ethically sourced and created gear, or a new website. We help bring ideas to life.
05. Partner
No ghosting here! We stick around. We evaluate and adjust with you over time and celebrate wins together along the way. We’ll seek to be a part of your team enough to have harmony and flow, and be just removed enough that we contribute energized ideas worth getting excited about.
APPROACH
Let’s create. Let’s evolve. Together.
Partner.
Your business is up and running or ready to launch with a solid game plan and appropriate funding in place. Your aim is to be a thriving SMB in your market. Budgeting is your jam, and you want a partner who consistently shows up with energy, vision, process and ideas for getting you where you want to go. You understand the long game in your industry and need to keep the rubber on the road.
AT A GLANCE
THIS WILL BE A GOOD FIT IF:
Coach.
Your small business is just starting out, or you are ready for some new life and new energy. Either way, your vision is to create something sustainable, long term, and you enjoy wearing multiple hats in your day to day life. You need help to keep traction and do all the things, but you’re not at a point to hire an agency or create massive growth. It’s more about positioning, growing organically, learning, and sharing experiences with an amazing group of likeminded businesspeople and solopreneurs.
AT A GLANCE
THIS WILL BE A GOOD FIT IF:
Project.
You’re ready to launch something new. A startup, venture, service, campaign or product. Or maybe you need to breathe new life into your brand to appeal to a new audience or mark an anniversary in your business. Let’s get clear on what you need, the best way to get there, and create something great. Together.
AT A GLANCE
THIS WILL BE A GOOD FIT IF:
Project Lead. Coach.
Reuben
HE / HIM. VANCOUVER ISLAND, CANADA
Reuben lives in Brentwood Bay and has been on the Saanich Peninsula for over 15 years. With a wide range of business and project management experience across different industries, he gets excited for each new client relationship and project that we take on. Passionate about design, creative problem solving, and working with people doing cool stuff.
Summed up: Hiker dad. Two amazing kids. Geeky iPhone flower photographer. Likes espressos pulled a little longer than baristas are comfortable with. Eats too much peanut butter. Maybe a bit of a hopeless romantic. Idea generator.
Favourite sayings: “Tizzyf*ck” or “Hey, just for fun, let’s…”
Favourite Instagram account you should follow: @the.kouncil
The designer.
Aiva
SHE / HER. BASED IN RIGA, LATVIA
Aiva spent many years in Edinburgh, Scotland. She’s an incredibly detailed and meticulous artist and strives for simplicity, elegance and excellence in everything she touches. Her passion for design and creative brand expression shines through in everything we send out the door.
Summed up: Traveller. Artist. Foodie. Wine lover. Thinker. Passionate about leaving things
better than she found them.
Favourite sayings: “Ok, but…”
Favourite Instagram account you should follow: Nope, put the phone away.