What is it like to work with Michelle?
Michelle is “design personified”. She always approached projects matching a good understanding of the challenge, with “out-of-the box” inspiration and creativity. Clients loved her work, be it package design, sales aids, retail display materials, branding development… moving brands ahead of the clutter.
— Regan Takenaka, Partner (retired), Marko Creative Productions
Michelle has been our exclusive “go to” designer for nearly 30 years.
She’s creative, intuitive and brilliant at deciphering whatever’s required even if we’re not even sure ourselves! We’ve come across no one who compares with Michelle's quality of the design, depth of creative talent and undying commitment to client service. She’s been our longtime creative partner for years – may it continue for years to come.
— Timothy J. Fallis, Founding Partner, Black Rock Marketing Group
I have worked with Michelle for over 20 years and she has always delivered incredible creative, typically with tight timelines and tight budgets.
When reviewing briefs, she knows the right questions to ask so she definitely has great attention to detail. She provides enough options that enable us to work collaboratively and decide on a final design which has always worked for me. She is a consummate professional with exceptional customer service skills in addition to her creative expertise. As long as I continue in this business, Michelle will always be my creative go-to for years to come.
— Lynn Catterall, Freelance Project Manager
For two decades, I have had the distinct pleasure of working very closely with Michelle. Michelle’s work speaks for itself: unique, thoughtful, complex, layered, innovative. But beyond her many creative assets, it is Michelle’s people skills and professionalism that helped to propel our long term, fruitful partnership.
I could speak at length about Michelle’s attention to detail, her consistent timely delivery of excellent work and her extensive understanding of design principles, however, I think there is one very specific attribute which makes Michelle so good at what she does; her ability to take sometimes bare-bones briefs or complex branding challenges, and come up with amazing visual solutions time and again.
Though Michelle and I worked on dozens of projects over the years – everything from branding/logo design to sell sheets to point-of-sale elements – I think our favourite project came from a long-time wine client. Each year, there were new wines requiring several labels and other materials to launch the releases. Michelle approached each year with fresh eyes and always delivered a range of wonderfully curated options, each year exceeding my (and my client’s) expectations. Trusted collaborator, strong communicator, creative expert, top-tier designer. That’s Michelle.
— Michele Agnew, Marketing Professional