Steve Murphy Email & Phone Number

438 W. Mile Rd., London Ontario Canada

London, Canada Area

Multidisciplinary Art Director & Graphic Designer

Lashbrook Marketing & Public Relations founded in 1995 specializes in “not for profit” and healthcare sectors. They provide strategic planning, creative, art services and awareness campaigns that help organizations communicate their mission in surprising and innovative ways.As creative director I was responsible for hiring, managing and leading the creative team. Ensuring the quality of the creative met strategy and sales requirements. Our team stayed on top of the latest and most… Show more Lashbrook Marketing & Public Relations founded in 1995 specializes in “not for profit” and healthcare sectors. They provide strategic planning, creative, art services and awareness campaigns that help organizations communicate their mission in surprising and innovative ways.As creative director I was responsible for hiring, managing and leading the creative team. Ensuring the quality of the creative met strategy and sales requirements. Our team stayed on top of the latest and most effective marketing trends and innovative technologies to best promote our clients' products and services. Under my creative lead, our team wrote and designed award winning campaigns: 3 projects winning IABC Best of Best awards and 11 projects winning IABC Awards of Excellence 4 years in a row (2010-2014). Three of these include:- Art Attack, for the London Downtown Business Association, won the Communication Creative Award and the Communication Skills Award, IABC Best of Best Awards.- Logo Design, for Regional HIV/AIDS Connection Ontario, won the Graphic Design, IABC Best of Best Award.- Country Classic Auction Photo Booth Campaign, for London Health Science Foundation, won Special Events, IABC Best of Best Award. Show less

Surge, a full service advertising agency, servicing both direct to consumer clients and B to B clients including The Mufflerman Canada, Mapleleaf Foods and Ivey School of Business. Creating radio, television, direct mail and online campaigns. As creative director I was responsible for staffing and leading our creative team. I made sure the sales requirements of the company were met, along with quality of the creative achieved client needs and expectations.I developed an… Show more Surge, a full service advertising agency, servicing both direct to consumer clients and B to B clients including The Mufflerman Canada, Mapleleaf Foods and Ivey School of Business. Creating radio, television, direct mail and online campaigns. As creative director I was responsible for staffing and leading our creative team. I made sure the sales requirements of the company were met, along with quality of the creative achieved client needs and expectations.I developed an innovative system for company meetings and inspirations called: 20/20. During these weekly meetings, each person contributed their inspiration, ideas, and experiences which led to the infusion of creativity to the overall team.Our team transitioned client campaigns from newspaper marketing to targeted online banner ads on the major newspaper websites, increasing consumer response and interaction by 200%. We also wrote and designed award winning conceptual designs that won multiple Virtuoso IABC Awards. Show less

MC, a full service advertising agency, servicing B to B clients across North America, including agriculture, home improvement and construction, and the telecommunications industry.As art director at a large agency, I managed and led multi-million dollar national campaigns. Some of our most notable campaigns were for Bell across Canada and The Canadian Diabetes Association.I designed and initiated a creative briefing process that streamlined and targeted our messaging which… Show more MC, a full service advertising agency, servicing B to B clients across North America, including agriculture, home improvement and construction, and the telecommunications industry.As art director at a large agency, I managed and led multi-million dollar national campaigns. Some of our most notable campaigns were for Bell across Canada and The Canadian Diabetes Association.I designed and initiated a creative briefing process that streamlined and targeted our messaging which increased our team's productivity and our clients' campaign effectivenessAdditionally, I had the pleasure of transitioning our creative team from table top and storyboard graphic design into the modern era of computer graphic design.I led an amazing team that won local, national and international awards for creative campaigns including: RX Awards NYC, Applied Arts Magazine T.O., Art Directors Awards, T.O., Ad and Sales Awards, London. Show less

Education record

Marketing, 98%

Activities and Societies: Manage creativity, innovation and change in business, education, healthcare and government. This course is.

Advertising

Fine/Studio Arts, General

Fine/Studio Arts, General

Art/Art Studies, General