Jody Burry

Creative Director / Designer

18 years working as a creative director and designer. Looking for opportunities to lead creative in a team-based corporate environment. 

— Capabilities

  • Visual Identity & Branding

  • Corporate Design

  • Graphic Design

  • Digital Design

  • UI/UX Design

  • Editorial Design

  • Copywriting & Editing

  • Video Design & Editing

  • Digital & Traditional Illustration

  • Front-end Development

  • Photography

— Skills

  • Adobe Creative Suite: Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, After Effects, Muse

  • Wordpress, SquareSpace, Wix
    Figma, Sketch

  • Wrike, Cage, BaseCamp, Slack

  • Microsoft Office 365

  • Powerpoint

  • Mailchimp

— Education

NSCAD University
Bachelor of Design, Honours in Visual Communication Design,
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

— Training

Digital Nova Scotia
Leadership Lab with Eleanor Beaton
February - July, 2019

— Professional Experience

St. Joseph Communications, Toronto, Ontario
Associate Creative Director, April 2020­ — Present
www.stjoseph.com

I collaborate with a team of directors, managers, copywriters, animators and designers to develop and produce integrated multi-channel campaigns (online, social, traditional, publication, animated and broadcast) for clients like Eastlink, CIBC, TD Canada, GMC. Leading in this environment has honed my skill in remotely managing teams, ensuring the delivery of innovative strategies and solutions for major commercial and retail clients.

• Manages timeline, budgets, and resources

• Govern brand identity and guidelines for clients across strategies and platforms

• Develop and maintained brand standards

• Lead development of brand and content messaging

• Direct creative teams to execute creative concepts and reinforce brand integrity with consistent results

• Present strategies and concepts to clients and external stakeholders. Communicate priorities to the internal team and manage resourcing throughout the agency

Fogo Creative, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Creative Director / Designer, April 2004­ — Present
fogocreative.com

At Fogo Creative, I’ve had the opportunity to work in a wide variety of settings, from the corporate headquarters of FIX.com, to intimate coffee shop conversations with non-for-profit and small business clients. Creating and working within this boutique consultancy built my skills as a director, designer, and manager.

• Directed and designed branding and identity strategies, interactive and web projects

• Produced traditional media and digital assets and communication materials

• Managed timelines, budgets, and resources

• Presented strategies/concepts to clients and external stakeholders and communicated priorities to the internal team

Twist by Trampoline, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Creative Director / Designer, May 2018­ — March 2020
trampolinebranding.com

I led a team of designers and developers to create and produce integrated multi-channel campaigns for clients like the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Tourism Nova Scotia, NSLC, Saint Mary’s University, St. FX University, and NS SPCA. Helping this emerging company grow and find its voice shaped my understanding of how to craft strong creative teams, mentor junior designers and developers, and fluently speak a UI/UX and digital language.  

• Managed timelines, budgets, and resources

• Governed, developed, and maintained brand identity for clients across strategies and platforms

• Led development of content messaging

• Directed a 7-person production team

• Directed an 11-person web/digital development team, including detailed involvement in front-end development, UI/UX design, accessibility standards, brand insights, and strategy alignment

• Presented strategies and concepts to clients and external stakeholders and communicated priorities to the internal team

Associés Libres, Montreal, Quebec
Designer / Designer, July 2004­ — August 2005
associeslibres.com

• Designed educational books for McGill University and Concordia University

• Designed identities and brand collateral