Jennifer Cottreau Email & Phone Number

Toronto, On, Ca

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

✓ Rolled out real deliverables based on new Foresters brand guideline concepts and brought them to life even more with the use of colour and dynamic shapes. Additionally filling in gaps and drawing new whimsical illustration assets.✓ Developed a Repository (knowledge database) containing relevant brand studio information for all graphic designers (internal and freelance), video editors, and external agencies. Making it easier to onboard new staff and share client specific information and specifications, while also supporting brand consistency and business continuity.✓ Further enriched Foresters social accounts with a mix of static and animated social graphics that saw an increase in engagement of 6.8% - 11%.✓ Designed an agent welcome onboarding journey that resulted in a 3% bump of first policy submits in the first 30 days over and above the previous welcome journey.✓ Onboard and work with freelancers day-to-day offering oversight, quality control, and design support.

Toronto, Canada Area

Driven Magazine / Mamone & Partners (S Style & Fashion Magazine, LCBO, BIrks, HomeSense) / Oxford Properties (Fairmont Hotels & Resorts) / Watt (McDonald’s) / Foresters Financial / Agnostic (Environics - Roche Pharmaceutical, Catelli) / Sharpe Blackmore (Volvo, Air France, Dell) / Format / Medcan / Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital / Call Me Scotty Productions / New Romero Productions

Toronto, Canada Area

✓ Received public recognition by Sears President & CEO for outstanding design that contributed to a successful campaign that encouraged residents of Alberta to consider a career with Sears Canada.✓ Art directed a photo shoot for the cover (and interior photography) of the corporate annual report.✓ Saved a client $11,000 per issue on a newsletter by taking initiative and revitalizing the design. ✓ Reworked the layout of the design studio for relocation by reusing and adapting over 80% of the existing furniture. Coordinated with and gave direction to the installation team during the rebuild.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Owl and Chirp magazines (Bayard Canada) / Brazil Communications / Cole Abrams Blake (The Collective) / Foresters / Harbinger Communications / Mad Design / The Marketing Store / Metro Toronto News / Riddock Dickinson Communications / Riverhorse / Sutton Javelin Communications / TrojanOne

Toronto, Canada Area

✓ Provided Adobe Illustrator training and technical support to designers and PA's.✓ Closely supported Managing Editors and the French Translation Department.Clients: CIBC, RBC, BMO, TD Canada Trust, Canadian Heart & Stroke Foundation, Becel

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

✓ Designed a reoccurring series of 'StyleWatch' Pages.✓ Designed a multiple page editorial feature 'What's your real age?'.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Clients: KKJ Graphix, Midnight Sun Graphics, Rapid Print

Diploma, Graphic Arts

Curriculum : Media and Techniques, Advertising, Corporate Design, Digital Design, Production, Creative Copy Writing, Corporate Identity.

Certificate, Graphic Arts

Activities and Societies: Lambton College Student Art Exhibition, Gallery Lambton.Curriculum : Drawing Research and Marker Rendering.

Certificate, Art Fundamentals

Activities and Societies: Lambton College Student Art Exhibition, Gallery Lambton.Curriculum : Drawing Techniques, Painting Techniques.

Certificate, Business Startup Program

Writing a business plan, Start-up business basics.