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What I do 

Fuse disparate concepts into effective solutions

Concept

  • Brand, Marketing, and Org Strategy

  • UX Audit, Wireframe, and Road Map

  • Creative Concept, Art Direct, and Write

Design

  • Advertising, Marketing, Brand Identity

  • UX/UI, Packaging, Merch, and Print Design

  • Digital, Game, and Product Design

Produce

  • Video, motion graphics, content, and 3D

  • Sites, apps, design systems, digital solutions

  • Print and physical product 

Featured Work

Work
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Featured clients

19 Crimes

Abbott

AbbVie

ALMAY

Astra Zeneca

BioNTech

Blackberry

Burnbrae Farms

Canadian Tire

Cardinal Health

CIBC

19 Crimes

Abbott

AbbVie

ALMAY

Astra Zeneca

BioNTech

Blackberry

Burnbrae Farms

Canadian Tire

Cardinal Health

CIBC

Comcast

Days Inn

Eastlink

Epic Games

Epizyme

Fisherman’s Friend

FreshCo

Fuji Film

George Brown College

Giant Tiger

Government of Canada

GSK

Humble + Fume

Instax

Jack Astor’s

Junos

Les Mills

Mac’s Milk

Marriott

McCain

Merck

Meta

Milwaukee Tools

Moderna

Monstercat

Movember

National Arts Centre

NBC Universal

Novo Nordisk

OLG

PC Financial

Pfizer

RBC

Rogers

Sanofi

Sobeys

SOCAN

Spin Master

Takeda

TD

Umbra

Walmart

Winners

Zoovu

About Me

With 20+ years of award-winning experience, I’m JP Spanbauer, a player-coach adept at constructing creative solutions to intricate challenges. I shape organizational structure and processes to harmonize with strategic goals while nurturing an agile, empathetic and dedicated work culture that produces work that instils pride and fascination. As a coach of creatives in corporate settings, my leadership approach integrates talents across team functions, by meeting individuals where they stand and fostering skills exchange in language that resonates.

Specializing in active facilitation of insight from C-suite through frontline teams, I thrive under pressure and am regularly tapped to steer near-impossible project and org crises. My approach blends financial and creative frameworks to create fertile ground for unexpected visionary and operationally sound ideas to flourish, driving dynamic, executable, and aligned results.

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Work History
 

Monstercat | Brand Director
Thrillworks | VP
of Innovation + Creative Director 

Klick! | Associate Creative Director

Fish Out of Water Design | Associate Creative Director

Cleansheet Communications | Senior Art Director

Giants & Gentlemen | Intermediate Art Director

Manifest Communications | Art Director

Umbra | Intermediate Marketing Designer

Mogul Mind | Graphic Designer

HotCards.com | Graphic Designer

Awards

Campaign of the Year North American Excellence Awards | Fujifilm Printlife

Silver ADCC Award | Canada Sound

Bronze Strategy Awards | Canada Sound

Silver Clio | Canada Sound

Silver Strategy Magaizine AToMiC Collaboration  | Canada Sound

Bronze Cassies | Frosterize Your Face

Bronze Cassies | Fisherman’s Friend Suck It Up

Gold CMA Community Engagement Retail | Frosterize Your Face

Gold CMA Integrated Retail | Canadian Tire Olympic Campaign

Gold CMA Digital Retail | Canadian Tire Olympic Campaign

Bronze Effie | Canadian Tire Olympic Campaign

Bronze Strategy Awards | Fisherman’s Friend Suck It Up

Silver Clio | Canadian Tire Olympic Campaign Best integrated campaign

Silver Epica | Canadian Tire Olympic Campaign

IAC Award | Best Integrated Campaign “Frosterize Your Face” Mac’s

IAC Award | Best Retail Social Media Campaign “Frosterize Your Face” Mac’s

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