About

With 15 years of design experience, Mark knows how to get his clients to the finish line.

Mark began his career at Hangar 13 Art & Design in Ottawa, Ontario where he quickly built a reputation for cutting edge design and top-notch client service.  While at Hangar13, Mark was promoted to senior designer and then production manager. He worked with Fortune 500 companies like Royal Bank, Xerox and Bell Mobility.

In his next role at Maximum 60 Design and Communications in Burlington, Ontario, Mark honed his skills as the Director of Client Relations specializing in healthcare. He worked with clients like Agro Health and Associates, Westpark Healthcare Centre, Apotex Pharmaceuticals and Canadian Health & Lifestyle Magazine.

Mark is currently the Senior Designer with Aasman Brand Communications located in Whitehorse, Yukon. Working as an integral member of the brand communications team, he reviews and assimilates projects and creative briefs to form a rational basis for developing creative concepts and perform creative design tasks utilizing both his creative and production skills. Collaborating with the team, Mark generates ideas that help to build concepts into design presentations. The variety of projects include print materials, advertising, displays, packaging and other promotional pieces.

In addition to Mark’s private and public sector design experience, he is one of the few designers with deep roots and deep experience designing for Canada’s First Nations Communities.  Mark has worked closely with the Chiefs of Ontario, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, SPIRIT Magazine and the Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards.

Mark’s portfolio is rich in annual reports, corporate brochures, research reports and book cover designs, but Mark’s real passion is for branding and visual identity.  Mark has worked with a number of organizations to design their entire visual identity including logo, business collaterals, internal materials and stationary.

Mark holds a Diploma in Graphic Design from Seneca College in Toronto.

A proud Ojibwa, Mark is also traditional dancer, and when he’s not slaving away at his latest design project, he is teaching children how to dance in the pow wow arena.