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I'm a designer who has won World's Best Creative Director.* Four times.
Now I freelance.  Let's build something amazing together.
No job too large or too small.

DESIGNS CREATED WITH MY AMAZING TEAM OF COLLABORATORS

* World's Best Newspaper Design, Society for News Design, 1998, 2001, 2011, 2015, finalist 2000, 2012, 2015

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WHAT I DO

MEDIA . e-mail newsletters . responsive web design . magazines . books . annual reports . posters . CREATIVE DIRECTION . redesign . mentoring . team building . production . photo direction & editing . VISUAL STRATEGY & BRAND MANAGEMENT. corporate identity. marketing & advertising materials . 

MARKETING, INTERACTIVE E-MAIL NEWSLETTER

Design of an weekly e-mail newsletter pointing to stories on the home website,
evolving the brand.

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BOOK COVER DESIGN

 Redesigned a book cover jacket
for New Village Press, New York, NY

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WEB DESIGN, RESPONSIVE MEDIA, BRANDING

 Creative Director of website 

for a non profit organization offering support

to survivors of sexual abuse.

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TEAM BUILDING, PRINT, RESPONSIVE DESIGN, BRANDING

Creative Director of the rebranding and redesign of four platforms for a new vision for Canada's largest newspaper chain. 

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TEAM BUILDING, PRINT, RESPONSIVE DESIGN

Creative Director of  NATIONAL POST
for 17 stunning years since launch in 1998.

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BRANDING, PACKAGING

Design Consultant for PROPOSALS of BRANDING 
and PACKAGING of a line of BEAUTY PRODUCTS

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Gayle Grin has the rare gifts of vision and the discipline to carry it through. Whether it is print or any other media, she sees the end result and marks the progress toward it in incredible detail. A true artist: Gayle is the reason the National Post was one of the best designed newspapers in the world for more than a decade.
— LOU CLANCY, VISITING SCHOLAR, JOURNALISM OUTREACH, MASSEY COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO AND A FORMER BOSS

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