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I’m a Brand Director, Graphic Designer, Strategist and Copywriter living and working in British Columbia, Canada. I’ve worked on and developed multiple high-profile brands for both large and small companies, and I love working at the intersection of design, strategy, and writing. I lead multidisciplinary teams, mentor rising designers, and contribute to new business, portfolio development, and internal initiatives. My work spans branding, corporate identity, packaging, UI/UX, and copy, with a focus on telling stories that get noticed.…I’m a Brand Director, Graphic Designer, Strategist and Copywriter living and working in British Columbia, Canada. I’ve worked on and developed multiple high-profile brands for both large and small companies, and I love working at the intersection of design, strategy, and writing. I lead multidisciplinary teams, mentor rising designers, and contribute to new business, portfolio development, and internal initiatives. My work spans branding, corporate identity, packaging, UI/UX, and copy, with a focus on telling stories that get noticed.

Jordan Darbishire

Brand Designer, Graphic Designer, Creative Director, +2

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I’m a Brand Director, Graphic Designer, Strategist and Copywriter living and working in British Columbia, Canada. I’ve worked on and developed multiple high-profile brands for both large and small companies, and I love working at the intersection of design, strategy, and writing. I lead multidisciplinary teams, mentor rising designers, and contribute to new business, portfolio development, and internal initiatives. My work spans branding, corporate identity, packaging, UI/UX, and copy, with a focus on telling stories that get noticed.…I’m a Brand Director, Graphic Designer, Strategist and Copywriter living and working in British Columbia, Canada. I’ve worked on and developed multiple high-profile brands for both large and small companies, and I love working at the intersection of design, strategy, and writing. I lead multidisciplinary teams, mentor rising designers, and contribute to new business, portfolio development, and internal initiatives. My work spans branding, corporate identity, packaging, UI/UX, and copy, with a focus on telling stories that get noticed.

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I’m a Brand Director, Graphic Designer, Strategist and Copywriter living and working in British Columbia, Canada. I’ve worked on and developed multiple high-profile brands for both large and small companies, and I love working at the intersection of design, strategy, and writing.

I lead multidisciplinary teams, mentor rising designers, and contribute to new business, portfolio development, and internal initiatives. My work spans branding, corporate identity, packaging, UI/UX, and copy, with a focus on telling stories that get noticed.

Skills

Copywriting

Brand Identity

Experience Level

Copywriting

Expert

Brand Identity

Expert

Work Experience

Brand Director at Metalab

January 1, 2024 - Present

As Brand Director at Metalab, I lead a team of seven Brand Designers and a multi-disciplinary group of designers and engineers. I directed visual creative, copywriting, and strategy across multiple concurrent projects, contributed to new business development, internal initiatives, and portfolio-building, and mentored junior designers.

Principal Brand Designer at Metalab

January 1, 2021 - January 1, 2024

Focused on development of visual identities, codification and guidelines, brand strategy and copywriting. Worked with internal and external stakeholders to create identities that tell stories and get noticed. Notable brands include Suno, Windsurf, Ro, Atoms, Somnee, Crusoe, Real Vision, Next Data, and Lazydays, among others.

Creative Director at Jordan Darbishire Studio

January 1, 2006 - September 30, 2021

In September 2021 I left the company I founded in 2018 to refocus my career on branding and brand design. Over 15 years, I completed dozens of projects for agencies, private companies and individuals in branding, print and packaging, UI/UX, and copywriting. Notable clients include GoodLife Fitness, Roots, Canopy, Aphria, Tiidal, Dine Alone Records, Sears and Canadian Tire.

Co-Founder & Creative Director at Charlie

January 1, 2018 - January 1, 2021

Founded a digital agency with partners in Toronto. In 3.5 years, we grew the agency into a profitable business, with exponential growth YOY totalling over $2.25M in sales. Focusing on designing and building digital products and websites, we hired team members, managed an extensive client list, and wrote processes to redefine agency workflows. We worked with several national and publicly traded brands in the cannabis, financial and lifestyle sectors.

Manager, Brand Design at Umbra

January 1, 2016 - January 1, 2018

Led a team of 11 designers, photographers and videographers to design and create content for social media, packaging, the Umbra catalog and website, as well as all internal and external communications. Reorganized the Brand Studio and introduced agency-style processes and project management to increase efficiency and focus on long and short-term goals.

Assoc. Creative Director at Arcane

January 1, 2013 - January 1, 2016

During my time as Creative Director at Arcane, I grew the design studio from a small team to a national agency with offices in multiple cities and a large creative team, contributing to the agency’s growth and success.