Sharan has made over 30 fliers for our organization, often with very different audiences, messages, and tones. I have been impressed with her ability to capture my ideas into a visual presentation with very little back-and-forth, while also including her ideas and instincts. As someone who has worked with many graphic designers in my 16 years in the non-profit world and labour movement, I highly recommend Sharan. She is talented, never misses a deadline, and is extremely easy to work with.
Harley Augustino, UNITE HERE Local 40
Sharan is an amazing young designer with a broad range of design knowledge. She’s an excellent team player and collaborator and is very good at understanding the specific task and adjusting her design to include the team’s feedback. She would be great for high pressure environments, as she works well under pressure and brings a sense of calm to the team. Her energy is always positive, she always hits deadlines and is available whenever needed…we love her on our team!
Brandy Svendson, Co-Founder & Creative Director, Be The Change Group Inc.
Sharan is a talented and intuitive designer. I hired her to provide some branding and web design services for the development of a health evaluation conference. After describing the intended feel and tone of the event, Sharan effectively transformed my vision into a professional marketing package that greatly improved conference registration numbers. I would highly recommend her design services to friends and colleagues without hesitation.
Elayne Vlahaki, President, Catalyst Consulting Inc.
Sharan is a terrific designer! She took the idea we gave her in creating a brochure tailored exactly to specific needs that she far surpassed our expectations in executing. Her attention to detail and ease in making edits will keep us as her client. We hope to work with her again on more projects and would recommend her with a glowing reference.
Daniel Eby, Marketing Director, Glossed Up Makeup & Blow Dry Bar
When developing our marketing strategy for a modern farm shop – We looked for a designer who understood not only our vision but could put it together in a creative and thoughtful way. Strong design with sensitivity is what we got when working with Sharan. The end result is a creative visual identity that reflects our vision.
Edward Pickering & Shauna Seabrook, Shed-Chetwyn Farms
In the beginning, I had only a vague and fuzzy idea of what I wanted for my logo/brand. Sharan was able to take my few ideas, make her own suggestions and develop the absolute perfect image for me. She created something elegant and meaningful and I am very grateful and excited to have it out there in the world representing my new business. Everyone who sees it comments on how beautiful it is. Working with Sharan was effortless. She understood exactly what I needed and responded to my emails immediately. She was very professional; I would work with her again in a heartbeat!
Barbara Raphael, Life-Cycle Celebrant
Sharan Pawa has been working with Gap Management since May. We provide marketing solutions for small service-based businesses. I have worked with many freelance design, writing and marketing people over the years. Sharan is great: good imagination, eager to learn, strong skills and very reliable. If you are looking to hire a marketing communications designer/writer, please don’t monopolize her time because I still need her to come up with more usable ideas that help my clients’ businesses grow!
Francis Waller, Gap Management
Sharan has an incredible eye for design. After a brief conversation, she was able to take my branding concept and the tone I wanted to communicate, and created a beautiful newsletter template. The aesthetic is “me” and the layout format allows my content to be easily read. I am super impressed at how quickly Sharan was able to create this for me, and have received great feedback on the newsletter.
Caitlin Padgett, Health & Wellness Coach
Sharan designed a powerful logo for our Men Against Violence campaign that beautifully captured both the spirit of the campaign and our organizational look and style. She had a winning design on the first try, and we couldn’t be happier!
Joya Banerjee, Saheli Boston
Sharan worked tirelessly to complete a corporate sponsorship package, and her efforts showed! Not only did she take direction wonderfully and provide countless edits, but she produced a finished product the client loves! With her creative eye and dedication to meeting client needs, I would confidently work with her again.
Tlell Nazarko, Marketing & Public Relations, Be The Change Group Inc.
After the Cited rebrand, our identity became much more clear to our audience. Our listenership figures grew between 20 to 30% per episode, and numerous other media organizations picked up our programmed. We were syndicated on two other Vancouver-area stations, and a number of our programs played to a much larger audience. Our first episode after the rebrand aired on NPR, and our 3rd episode played on CBC.
Gordon Katic, The Terry Project