Totem Communications

2001 - 2010

Totem Communications was a brand a design agency delivering marketing and communications across various channels.

Creative Director

Achievements:

• Design of the Police Remembrance Pin to honour the memory of police
  officers who were slain in the line of duty

• Design of the New Zealand Police Association Bravery Award to recognise
  and honour the most outstanding acts of bravery performed by members

• Design and development of Mojo Coffee’s brand

• Research, Information Architecture and the design of the Families
  Commission website

• Helping to secure government procurement projects including the Families
  Commission website, and the brands of Statistics NZ and Sport and Recreation NZ (SPARC)

• Design and implementation of an end to end recruitment process

Responsibilities: 

• Brand development and management

• Creative Director and manager of the design and production team

• Production and supplier management

• Brand and advertising creative 

• Graphic design and production

• Illustration and photography

• Art direction of suppliers including designers, writers, photographers,
  illustrators and developers

• Team development and mentoring

• Stakeholder engagement and account management

• Supplier relationship building and management 

• Client pitch and concept presentations as well as with workshop facilitation

• Building and supporting client-side in-house design teams 

• Overseeing the quality of all out-going work