I help build brands and enable my clients to reach their business goals with expert strategy and great design. With 15 years of in-house agency and freelance experience, I have worked with a wide range of clients- from enterprise-level companies to ambitious startups, and have helped them build their brands and exceed industry standards through top-level creative direction, design, and strategy. I am an innovative and entrepreneurial thinker with hands-on technical skills and an eye for impeccable design.With ample experience in branding, ad campaigns, packaging, and web design, I am a savvy and distinctive brand designer backed by exceptional technical expertise. I have experience leading a team of subcontractors, spanning the disciplines of graphic design, UX design, art direction, illustration, photography, translation, and 3D modeling, to help execute my clients' high-level vision and goals.www.redhotcreative.cawww.behance.com/AmyRustonSKILLS-------------------------- Creative Direction- Art Direction- Branding- Strategic Planning- Brand Management- Graphic Design- Print Production- Social Media Marketing- Copy WritingBRAND EXPERIENCE-------------------------Great-West Life, Canada Life, Freedom 55 Financial, Equitable Life of Canada, C.R. Plastic Products, Capterra Casual, Canadian Tire, Canvas, Stratford Tourism, Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance, Clinical Research Dental, Clinician’s Choice, Henry Schein Dental, Strickland’s Automart, Boston Pizza, ToyotaSPECIALITIES-------------------------advertising, art, corporate communication, creative, customer relations, design, design principles, direct mail, financial, insurance, newsletters, print design, promotional materials, quality, research, web design, web development.