TELUS Communications (Formerly Columbus Group Inc.)

Role: Art Director / Digital Designer (1999 – 2002)
Scope: Interactive Campaign Design, Corporate Communications, Multi-Brand Governance
Key Outcome: Delivered award-winning digital marketing systems through Columbus Group before transitioning internally to anchor TELUS’s enterprise web solutions team post-acquisition.

Originally operating within Columbus Group Inc. to manage high-tier digital strategy and design systems for enterprise icons like Intrawest, Four Seasons Whistler, Sierra Wireless, and TELUS, we seamlessly integrated into the internal corporate infrastructure to design and govern high-volume digital campaigns and strict grid systems that scaled TELUS’s national web presence.

The systems engineered during this period achieved direct commercial alignment and received critical industry recognition:

• Best Online Advertising Campaign — Lotus Awards

• Best Email Marketing Campaign (Merit) — Lotus Awards

• Best Web Experience (Merit) — Digital Marketing Award

• Best Integrated Campaign (Merit) — Digital Marketing Award

• Top Ten Digital Agency — Marketing Magazine