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Great design solutions change lives.

We provide the tools, guidance and support for purpose-driven people to maximize their communications efforts. We want to help community champions elevate their branding, tell their stories effectively, attract funding dollars, and make a difference in people’s lives. If you’re playing a part in strengthening your community, we want to work with you.

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Saskatoon Sexual Health: Designing an STI awareness campaign that resonates

During the height of the pandemic we were tasked with developing the theme, messaging, and visuals for a multi-platform awareness campaign reaching young people across the province.

BC Association of Community Health Centres: Creating a thriving brand ecosystem

Through a storytelling framework, we developed a flexible brand system and applied to an interconnected web of tactics and tools.

L’Arche Saskatoon: Care-a-van Campaign

As the Christmas was nearing, L’Arche Saskatoon came to us to develop a fundraising campaign strategy that would capitalize on the season and help to support the purchase of a van for program participants.

Poetica Flower Studio

We worked with this team through brand and packaging development, and came up with a full suite of assets to help propel them forward.

Husbandry Farms: Connecting busy families with nutritious food

Husbandry Farms needed a brand that would engage a variety of audiences while communicating their core mission: to feed busy families.

NatureCity Festival

NatureCity Festival tasked us with revitalizing their website and developing a gorgeous set of custom illustrations. These illustrations depict the Northeast Swale, urban natural habitat, and the creatures that live and visit there.

Island Sexual Health: Building a Brand Family

The Island Sexual Health team was in search of a brand identity that captured the complexity of their work, without falling into the trap of trying to be everything to everyone.

The Broadway Theatre

We support the Broadway team with their regular series of events through the design of promotional materials, as well as with Winterruption, a multi-day, multi-venue event, taking place in the depths of winter.

Adoption Support Centre of Saskatchewan

The result of our engagement was an overhaul of the ASCS brand, materials and new website, helping ASCS to express themselves as a safe, welcoming and trusted source of adoption-related information and resources.

miEnergy

With a strong social and environmental focus underlying the company’s operations, we’ve been thrilled to support miEnergy’s communications efforts through social media strategy, print & digital design, content writing and storytelling through video.

Quint Development Corporation

Working closely with their internal communications team, we addressed internal pain points when using the brand, including development of a child brand system to provide definition and assets for key programs and services.

Office of the Mayor, Charlie Clark

Our partnership began during the election campaign–running the social media team & strategy–and continues in the form of design & digital support for the Mayor’s Office.

Saskatoon Sexual Health: Designing an STI awareness campaign that resonates

During the height of the pandemic we were tasked with developing the theme, messaging, and visuals for a multi-platform awareness campaign reaching young people across the province.

BC Association of Community Health Centres: Creating a thriving brand ecosystem

Through a storytelling framework, we developed a flexible brand system and applied to an interconnected web of tactics and tools.

L’Arche Saskatoon: Care-a-van Campaign

As the Christmas was nearing, L’Arche Saskatoon came to us to develop a fundraising campaign strategy that would capitalize on the season and help to support the purchase of a van for program participants.

Poetica Flower Studio

We worked with this team through brand and packaging development, and came up with a full suite of assets to help propel them forward.

Adoption Support Centre of Saskatchewan

The result of our engagement was an overhaul of the ASCS brand, materials and new website, helping ASCS to express themselves as a safe, welcoming and trusted source of adoption-related information and resources.

miEnergy

With a strong social and environmental focus underlying the company’s operations, we’ve been thrilled to support miEnergy’s communications efforts through social media strategy, print & digital design, content writing and storytelling through video.

Husbandry Farms: Connecting busy families with nutritious food

Husbandry Farms needed a brand that would engage a variety of audiences while communicating their core mission: to feed busy families.

NatureCity Festival

NatureCity Festival tasked us with revitalizing their website and developing a gorgeous set of custom illustrations. These illustrations depict the Northeast Swale, urban natural habitat, and the creatures that live and visit there.

Island Sexual Health: Building a Brand Family

The Island Sexual Health team was in search of a brand identity that captured the complexity of their work, without falling into the trap of trying to be everything to everyone.

The Broadway Theatre

We support the Broadway team with their regular series of events through the design of promotional materials, as well as with Winterruption, a multi-day, multi-venue event, taking place in the depths of winter.

Quint Development Corporation

Working closely with their internal communications team, we addressed internal pain points when using the brand, including development of a child brand system to provide definition and assets for key programs and services.

Office of the Mayor, Charlie Clark

Our partnership began during the election campaign–running the social media team & strategy–and continues in the form of design & digital support for the Mayor’s Office.

Dedicated Change-Makers + Strategic Creative Solutions = Stronger Communities

We believe your big-impact problems need creative and strategic collaboration to achieve the outcomes our communities deserve.

Our strategic approach starts with listening – after all, you and your audiences are the experts of your domains. We sift through the messiness of your problem and create a clear path through the complexity.

We bring talent, tactics, and a bit of magic to create the perfect toolkit to solve your problems. There’s no cookie-cutter process for you to fit yourself into; bring us to the table and we’ll guide you from ideation to implementation, with impact and value at the heart of our actions.

 

Along the way, we keep focus on the minutiae of what you are trying to achieve without losing sight of the big picture we’re operating within. Our goal is to help you think outside the box and create solutions that stand the test of time.

We do this through:

Brand Strategy

Brand Story

Brand Development

Web Design

Graphic Design

Illustration

Narrative Development

Content Writing

Campaign Strategy

Photography

Videography

Animation

Have a problem, but not sure how to start tackling it??

We love to join the team when projects are in development. Bring us on when a problem emerges – let’s explore solutions together!

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Values-driven

We’re driven by a desire to see real-world solutions in action because we have a vision for strong, vibrant, inclusive communities where everyone has what they need to thrive. We want to play our part in transforming societies, and we do that by working with change-makers who have important problems to solve.

We strive to practice what we preach, and we bring the values of empathy, integration, trust, creativity, and community to every project we work on. We love to work with clients who share our commitment to human-centred solutions.

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…incredibly hard-working, wonderfully creative, and an exceptional communicator.

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MICHELLE BEVERIDGE, OFFICE OF THE MAYOR

This particular campaign targeted a hard-to-reach population and they took extra care to incorporate the feedback of our advisory group.

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NATALYA MASON,
SASKATOON SEXUAL HEALTH

 I would highly recommend Arcana Creative to anyone looking for a professional, capable and passionate creative boost for their business.
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MIGUEL DE LUCAS SINTES, PURA VIDA YOGA LOFT