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GAYLE GRIN, AN INDEPENDENT DESIGNER AND CREATIVE DIRECTOR IN NOVA SCOTIA
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.
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DESIGNS CREATED WITH MY AMAZING TEAM OF COLLABORATORS
Freedom fro Sexual Abuse website
Creative director, Gayle Grin Editor, Eric Huurre
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* World's Best Newspaper Design, Society for News Design, 1998, 2001, 2011, 2015, finalist 2000, 2012, 2014
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
DESIGN OF NEW SECTION FOR THE TORONTO STAR
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Created and launched theTogether section in two weeks— a weekly secttion celebrating people and places in TO
LAST HISTORIC REDESIGN OF THE TORONTO STAR
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Strategic reimagining of the print edition with a blend of tradition and innovation
WEB DESIGN, RESPONSIVE MEDIA, BRANDING
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Creative Director of website
for a non profit organization offering support
to survivors of sexual abuse.
TEAM BUILDING, PRINT, RESPONSIVE DESIGN, BRANDING
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Creative Director of the rebranding and redesign of four platforms for a new vision for Canada's largest newspaper chain.
TEAM BUILDING, PRINT, RESPONSIVE DESIGN
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Creative Director of NATIONAL POST
for 17 stunning years since launch in 1998.
MARKETING, INTERACTIVE E-MAIL NEWSLETTER
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Design of an weekly e-mail newsletter pointing to stories on the home website,
evolving the brand.
WEB DESIGN, RESPONSIVE MEDIA, BRANDING
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Creative Director of website
for a non profit organization offering support
to survivors of sexual abuse.
TEAM BUILDING, PRINT, RESPONSIVE DESIGN, BRANDING
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Creative Director of the rebranding and redesign of four platforms for a new vision for Canada's largest newspaper chain.
BRANDING, PACKAGING
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Design Consultant for PROPOSALS of BRANDING
and PACKAGING of a line of BEAUTY PRODUCTS
DESIGN OF NEW SECTION FOR THE TORONTO STAR
​
Created and launched theTogether section in two weeks – a weekly section celebrating people and places in TO
LAST HISTORIC REDESIGN OF THE TORONTO STAR
​
Strategic reimagining of the print edition with a blend of tradition and innovation
WEB DESIGN, RESPONSIVE MEDIA, BRANDING
​
Creative Director of website
for a non profit organization offering support
to survivors of sexual abuse.
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.
TEAM BUILDING, PRINT, RESPONSIVE DESIGN
​
Creative Director of NATIONAL POST
for 17 stunning years since launch in 1998.
MARKETING, INTERACTIVE E-MAIL NEWSLETTER
​
Design of an weekly e-mail newsletter pointing to stories on the home website,
evolving the brand.
DIGITAL MAGAZINE, TEAM BUILDING, BRANDING
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Creative Director and Designer of a national digital magazine for Celiac Canada
TEAM BUILDING, PRINT, RESPONSIVE DESIGN
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Creative Director of NATIONAL POST
for 17 stunning years since launch in 1998.
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.
NEWSLETTER DESIGN FOR CELIAC CANADA
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Creative Director and Designer for non profit national organization, Celiac Canada newsletter
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WEB DESIGN, RESPONSIVE MEDIA, BRANDING
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Creative Director of website
for a non profit organization offering support
to survivors of sexual abuse.
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.
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— LOU CLANCY, VISITING SCHOLAR, JOURNALISM OUTREACH, MASSEY COLLEGE,
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO AND MY FORMER BOSS
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