Annie Weeks
A graduate of the Kootenay School of Art, Annie has worked as a graphic designer in print media and communications in Victoria for many years. Annie held creative positions with Thornton-Trump Creative, Kent Allan Ltd., and Gregson Graham through the 1970s and into the 1980s. In 1981, she co-founded the successful graphic design studio, Weeks & Humphreys. Since 1991, she has been a member of Beacon Hill Communications Group. An established and well-recognized member of the Victoria graphic design community, she has won several awards for design excellence from the Vancouver Island Chapter of the Graphic Designers of Canada (GDC).
annie.w@telus.net
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Patrice Snopkowski, CGD
A certified, professional member of the Society of Graphic Designers of Canada (GDC), Patrice has more than 20 years experience in the design industry. She spent 11 years as a designer for the University of Victoria, and most recently she worked on print and web design at Hot House Marketing and Design. Patrice also designed for New Star Books, spent time as the art director at Key Pacific Publishers, and was production manager at Pacific Rim Publications. Her main areas of expertise are corporate identity and logos, publication design, and new media, including designing and producing web sites and CD and video packaging. Patrice is the GDC National Vice-President Membership 2008/2010.
Frances Hunter
A member of Beacon Hill Communications Group since 1991, Frances is a graduate of the Camosun College Applied Communications program with over 25 years of multi-media arts experience. Frances uses her design skills in a wide range of print communications—from posters and brochures to reports and multi-volume publications. She particularly enjoys collaborating with editors, writers, and photographers in the production of a variety of newsletters and journals. Recent book design credits include titles for Hedgerow Press, The Heritage Group and others, and books ranging from short stories and historical non-fiction to large format books on photography and sculpture.
Wendy Boyer
WendyBoyer has over 25 years experience in written and oral communications writing, marketing, and promotions. For 10 years, Wendy worked for the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria where she was responsible for communications writing, branding, marketing, and media relations. Wendy then moved to government communications in the provincial public sector. She wrote communications material for the Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs (now Ministry of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation). Currently, Wendy writes communications material for not-for-profits and business. She is known for her innovation, fairness, and direct approach to communications, as well as for her ability to analyze information from many sources and apply it to specific projects.
wpboyer@shaw.ca
Gail Harcombe, BSc
Gail Harcombe has worked as a biologist, editor and graphic designer, as a contractor and for the B.C. provincial government. In over 28 years with Ministry of Environment, Gail has gained extensive experience in communications and information management, specifically technical and plain language editing, and graphic arts (biological illustration, all stages of production of technical and non-technical publications). She has over ten years experience in corporate website design and administration, and has led development of web-based applications and related systems. The diverse range of topics and types of projects undertaken has required strong project management skills. Gail’s strong commitment to the environment and to production of high quality products has earned the appreciation of clients, government and NGO alike.
gfh@bhcg.ca
Judith McDowell
A former university teacher and community development worker, Judith McDowell has been a full-time professional writer, editor and communications consultant since 1979. Before turning to public-sector contracting in the late 1980s, she was a successful feature writer and editor for local, regional and national magazines. As a contractor of communications services she has written, edited, and produced newsletters and other educational materials for programs as varied as forestry research, environmental protection, health promotion and community development, family caregiving, human rights, and regional planning. Clients and associates both praise Judith's skill in plain language writing that is accessible to a broad audience, her ability to absorb and integrate information from a wide range of sources, and her consultative, results-focussed approach to project development and coordination.
G.E. Mortimore
George Ernest Mortimore, PhD, is a freelance writer, anthropologist, and former university teacher. He has won a Toronto Press Club national newspaper award for feature writing and a B.C. Environment Minister's media award. He worked as a reporter for the Globe and Mail, an editorial writer for the Vancouver Province, and a syndicated columnist for newspapers across Canada. He now writes a column in several weekly newspapers. He has sold articles to the Reader’s Digest, the Christian Science Monitor, and special-interest magazines on topics ranging from aviation to entertainment.