Mark Rutledge

Mark Rutledge

Production Designer | Blogger | Proud Anishinaabe

Location
Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada (Yukon, Canada)
Industry
Marketing and Advertising

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Mark Rutledge's Overview

Current
Past
  • Owner | Creative Director at [mhr] studios
  • Member - Board of Directors at Niwasa Aboriginal Head Start
  • Director of Client Relations / Senior Designer at Maximum 60 Design Communications
  • Member - Board of Directors at Makonsag Aboriginal Head Start
  • Partner at The Thunderbird Group
  • Senior Designer at Hangar 13 Art & Design
Education
  • Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology
  • Newtonbrook Secondary School
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Connections

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Mark Rutledge's Summary

With over 15 years of design experience, Mark knows how to get clients to the finish line.

Mark began his career at Hangar 13 Art & Design in Ottawa where he quickly built a reputation for cutting edge design and top-notch client service. While at Hangar13, Mark was promoted to senior designer and then production manager. He worked with Fortune 500 companies like Royal Bank, Xerox and Bell Mobility.

In his next role at Maximum 60 Design and Communications, Mark honed his skills as the Director of Client Relations specializing in health-care. He worked with clients like Agro Health and Associates, Westpark Health-care Centre, Apotex Pharmaceuticals and Canadian Health & Lifestyle Magazine.

Mark is currently a Designer with Aasman Brand Communications in Whitehorse, Yukon. Aasman is a brand communications group that analyzes, develops and executes strategies that help clients communicate their brand.

In addition to Mark’s private and public sector design experience, he is one of the few designers with deep roots and deep experience designing for Canada’s First Nations Communities. Mark has worked closely with the Chiefs of Ontario, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, SPIRIT Magazine, First Nations Confederacy of Cultural Education Centres and the Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards.

Mark’s portfolio is rich in annual reports, corporate brochures, research reports and book cover designs, but Mark’s real passion is for branding and visual identity. Mark has worked with a number of organizations to design their entire visual identity including logo, business collateral's, internal materials and stationary.

Mark holds a Diploma in Graphic Design from Seneca College in Toronto, 1993, and was granted R.G.D. accreditation in 2006 as a Registered Graphic Designer in Ontario.

A proud Ojibwa, Mark is also traditional dancer, and when he’s not slaving away at his latest design project, he is teaching children how to dance in the pow wow arena.

Specialties

New business development, project and print management, branding and identity, purchasing

Mark Rutledge's Experience

Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry

September 2010Present (1 year 6 months)

Owner | Creative Director

[mhr] studios

August 2006September 2010 (4 years 2 months)

Senior Graphic Designer

Member - Board of Directors

Niwasa Aboriginal Head Start

September 2008August 2010 (2 years) Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Niwasa has a rich governance history supported by a volunteer council comprised of majority members being current and/or former parents/family members of children in AHS.

The council structure includes 4 Executive members and 5 general members and an Elder advisor who meet a minimum of 1x each month throughout the year. As Niwasa is an incorporated non-profit organization and licensed childcare operator with charitable status, the Council has a deep commitment to ensuring the organization’s mandate and operations are carried out honourably and meet or exceed standards and regulations identified through our Municipal, Provincial and Federal funders and legislative guidelines.

Director of Client Relations / Senior Designer

Maximum 60 Design Communications

September 2006November 2009 (3 years 3 months)

On contract with Maximum 60 Design Communications.

Member - Board of Directors

Makonsag Aboriginal Head Start

September 2007August 2008 (1 year) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Aboriginal Head Start is a federal program funded by the Public Health Agency of Canada. It is a comprehensive program to provide early interventions to First Nations, Métis and Inuit children. It includes the protection and promotion of all Aboriginal cultures and languages, education, health promotion, nutrition, social support systems and parental involvement.

Partner

The Thunderbird Group

August 2003August 2008 (5 years 1 month)

Senior Designer

Hangar 13 Art & Design

September 1998September 2006 (8 years 1 month)

Mark Rutledge's Education

Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology

Diploma, Graphic Design

19931996

Newtonbrook Secondary School

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