Meet Colby: Sr. Graphic Designer & Videographer

Colby takes marketing visuals to new heights with his drone-flying skills!
The current has been strong at Twin Creek, and it just brought in our latest goldfish. He moved here with his family from the large ocean of Vancouver BC, here to enjoy the better quality of life offered by our beautiful lakeside town! Our newest Creeker comes with an abundance of creativity and skill, with very rare combined expertise in both graphic design and video production; which makes him a real design unicorn… or should we say narwhal?
Since the moment Colby stepped through the door, he’s been diving deep into creative direction, campaigns, video production and website design, all which are right up our marketing agency’s alley creek.
Colby has over two decades of experience as a professional graphic designer and videographer in the marketing industry, possessing skills such as scriptwriting, storyboarding, video editing & compositing, 2D and 3D animation, graphic design, visual effects, and project management. To top off this impressive skillset, Colby even has a drone license—stay tuned for some epic sky-high TCM footage! (hint hint: our next corporate video??)
‘Sine Timore Aut Favore’, ‘Without Fear or Favor’
His Journey Before Twin Creek
A people’s person, always jovial and ready for creative collaboration, Colby has had a long and diverse career. He started as a junior designer at a corporate design firm, spent years in Investor Relations creating multimedia presentations for public companies, helped create a social media web company, and then finally ended up at an advertising agency, working with global brands like Miller Brewing, Nutrl Vodka Soda, and home-grown favourite White Spot Restaurants.

Throughout his career and personal life, he’s always prioritized working with people he enjoys spending time with, done things that bring him joy, and ultimately believes (even in advertising) in telling the truth. As we all know, integrity goes a long way in building strong relationships; it’s the essence of the marketing world.
Colby had many important role models growing up, but one who was most critical was his high school literature teacher Mr. Wakeham, who allowed Colby the creative liberty of playing his video productions instead of doing book reports. He received an A+ on his production of “Star Trek: The Crucible”, and as fellow sci-fi geeks, TCM gives Colby extra brownie points for that, too!
Ads don’t need to just be entertaining and ‘make noise’ to generate sales; you can make a fun, interesting ad with some strategic messaging snuck in there to grab attention AND be effective!
Finding Inspiration
When he’s not at work, Colby loves to cook. Inspired as a young boy by his grandmother, Colby loves the process of preparing meals and bringing family and friends together. Though he isn’t sure if he could handle the hot kitchen environment as a chef, he knows there are many similarities between the kitchen and the design studio: the collaboration, the creativity, and the importance of quality ingredients! He’s crumbled up nacho chips onto the scanner to get the right “crunchy” pattern for a logo, hand-animated spices and celery sticks for a caesar drink ad, and spent hours throwing fruit slices into buckets of water to capture amazing slow-motion footage, all because he knows design is not about sitting behind a computer and pushing buttons. We couldn’t agree more.
Colby’s willingness to try out unconventional techniques and commitment to creative processes is a testament to his ability to take initiative, think critically and exercise originality. These skills have helped him achieve success with graphic design, post-production, and motion graphics, which align perfectly with our design services, from website design and video production to photography, branding, and so much more.

Besides channelling his creative juices for work, Colby also enjoys creating funny videos with his kids, getting innovative with his drone, and designing and building things in his downtime. He treasures sharing a good rapport with the people around him and approaches hurdles with a problem-solver attitude, and when life hands him lemons, he simply pulls out his citrus juicer and invites friends over for lemonade! We could go on about our multi-talented newest team member, but where’s the mystery there? TCM is super excited to welcome this creative, calm, and conscientious senior designer to our Kelowna Marketing Agency!
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