About Me
I'm Diane Robertson, sole proprietor of Enthusiastic Elephant Design*.
I am an award-winning Independent Design Consultant with a decade of experience working with clients to bring their ideas to life. I love to learn from the people I am working with, and approach every design with curiosity about the project and the people it serves.
Inspired by the incredible creativity and innovation of the people I work with, I have helped corporations, design agencies, charities, and startups connect and engage with their users and customers through effective visual design solutions in everything from marketing for multi-million dollar charitable events, to children’s book design, to UX design for video analytics technology using machine vision and AI.
In my spare time, you’ll find me reading, baking sweet things, playing with watercolour, catching Pokémon, or simply making stuff.
Visit my UX Case Studies to see my Product Design work.
Please feel free to download my Resume.
Why elephants? I had originally wanted to be an illustrator and was inspired by a personal project to illustrate Edward Lear's Nonsense Alphabet which is where we find the enthusiastic elephant. While I love to draw and paint, I found I was more at home in graphic design.
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Graphic Design Awards
First Prize in Reference Book Category, Alcuin Society Book Design Awards (2011)
Award of Excellence for Special Event Marketing Design, University & College Designers Association for Realities of Race Event Marketing (2005)
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Who I’ve Worked With
DESIGN AGENCIES
Collective Experience Digital Design + Strategy., Electra Design Group; Hyphen Co., Porch Light Consulting, The Gabor Group
Collective Experience Digital Design + Strategy., Electra Design Group; Hyphen Co., Porch Light Consulting, The Gabor Group
CORPORATE
Cervello Capital Group of Companies, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Cervello Capital Group of Companies, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
EDUCATION / NOT-FOR-PROFITS
Regent Park School of Music, Ryerson University Community, Story Planet, The Spectrum Collective, The Chess Institute of Canada, The University of British Columbia, University of Toronto School of Public Policy & Governance, Work In Culture
Regent Park School of Music, Ryerson University Community, Story Planet, The Spectrum Collective, The Chess Institute of Canada, The University of British Columbia, University of Toronto School of Public Policy & Governance, Work In Culture
HEALTH
ImpactBC, Jennifer Goldman Therapy, Spinal Cord Injury British Columbia, UBC & VGH Hospital Foundation
ImpactBC, Jennifer Goldman Therapy, Spinal Cord Injury British Columbia, UBC & VGH Hospital Foundation
TECH
Arcturus Networks, Freshbooks, Hvr Technologies, Rocket 5 Studios
Arcturus Networks, Freshbooks, Hvr Technologies, Rocket 5 Studios
TRADE AND EDUCATIONAL BOOK PUBLISHING
Arsenal Pulp Press, Harbour Publishing Co Ltd / Douglas and McIntyre (2013) Ltd, Lost Moose Publishing, Nelson Education, Novalis Canada, Owlkids Books, Oxford University Press Higher Education, Whitecap Books Ltd
Arsenal Pulp Press, Harbour Publishing Co Ltd / Douglas and McIntyre (2013) Ltd, Lost Moose Publishing, Nelson Education, Novalis Canada, Owlkids Books, Oxford University Press Higher Education, Whitecap Books Ltd
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