Gunar Skillins Email & Phone Number

Toronto, On, Ca

Aurora, Ontario, Canada

Gunar Skillins is an Art Director who operates as a hands-on resource for visual communications supporting brands and their presentation to their respective markets. Enhancing impact of the client message is addressed through a spectrum of tools to apply the concept including its development, all dimensions of graphic design, illustration, and digital applications including web and video, and related production. One stop.Skillins’ 20-year career in NYC as an advertising agency art director / associate creative director provides the base for the services he provides today assisting clients and start-ups, providing sound decisions and executions to support their needs. Skillins was fortunate to work and learn with many iconic brands including Pepsi, HBO, Black & Decker, General Electric, Purina, Polaroid, Crayola, Lever, ARM & HAMMER, Pfizer,... providing him a broad range of market understanding and solutions.Skillins has operated as an independent resource over the past 20 years, providing solutions for both existing brands and start-ups to implement in the market as required with clients all over North America.Skillins returned to his home town, Aurora ON in 2014. Current clients include a Canadian Telecom Solutions company and a single-origin coffee company based in New York City.Skillins provides his services from his studio in Aurora ON, Canada, delivering all related assets via the web or by hand on a project-by-project basis. Meetings can be scheduled as required. This negates need for space and assets hosted by the client to their economic benefit and efficiencies. A small footprint.

Aurora On Canada

TELONIX Communications is a major Canadian telecom technology supply company offering Fiber Optic and Broadband Solutions, respected for their innovative offerings backed with unprecedented support including advice, service, training, and repair.Skillins’ responsibilities with TELONIX includes branding and communications development and writing, including web site design, production, and maintenance, video product demos, email newsletters creation, production and results study, logo creation, product photography, and collateral materials.TELONIX sales continue to increase since Skillins has introduced renewed messaging, through both content and visual presentation to their market.

Greater New York City Area

The concept for Dancing Moon Coffee Company was to introduce exclusively-roasted, small-batch, high-end coffee varieties for sale through Amazon. The varieties represent the world's best single-origin varieties available: organic, Free Trade, no GMO.Skillins’ services include brand concept development, logo graphics development, packaging design and production, web site design and production, and collateral concept design and production. Commercial sale of “TheLegendary Coffees of the World” was initiated June 22, 2015 with product purchase available through Amazon. Sales have demonstrated an acceptance and following by the market understanding the brand delivers a special quality, unique product, achieving five-star reviews on Amazon, with continuously increasing sales.

New York City

TV, print, collateral materials work, creative group management and supervision for Church & Dwight/ARM & HAMMER, American Home Products, Pfizer, Mead Papers, Dutch Boy

New York City

TV, print, collateral materials work for: Ralston Purina, General Electric Auto, Crayola, TWA, Bausch & Lomb, A.H. Robbins, Pfizer, The Upjohn Company, U.S.Trust, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Art News

Art Director / Creative Supervisor for accounts including Pepsi, HBO, General Electric and Black & Decker