About our design agency
We design visual solutions for greater impact.
Founded in 2013, The Beacon Design Collective is an award-winning creative agency offering its services exclusively to organizations in the sustainability and social justice sectors. We’re not just a design agency. We share a common trait with our clients: our passion for social justice and sustainability. As a carbon-negative company with a diverse and inclusive team, we are a values-aligned partner for our clients.
We create brands and help them communicate better and grow stronger through our strategic design expertise. We offer a comprehensive range of services – from branding to strategic campaigns to graphic design– all tailored to support your mission of making a lasting, positive impact on the world.
OUR SERVICES
What we do to
drive results.
Strategic campaigns
We develop thoughtful and effective fundraising and engagement campaigns to achieve your goal and make an impact.
Brand strategy
We create research-driven brand strategies that inspire your audience to take action.
UX for PDFs
We enhance your PDF documents with our specialized user experience (UX) design to ensure optimal readability, easy navigation, and accessibility for all users.
Graphic design
We craft impactful infographics, presentations, and compelling social media graphics that align seamlessly with your brand guidelines and project goals.
AWESOME WORK
Awesome results.
Oxfam Canada
IMPACT
+235%
improvement in ad performance within 30 days.
We strategized and designed creative campaigns for Oxfam Canada to persuade Canada's top five fashion brands to disclose their factories' names and locations and commit to paying the workers a fair living wage.
Moon Jaguar Strategies
IMPACT
+144%
increase in annual revenue in the first year after branding and 34% increase in warm leads generated via the website.
We crafted a new brand strategy, supported by a vibrant visual language for Moon Jaguar Strategies to communicate its values to its target audience with authenticity and integrity.
Kinship Heals
IMPACT
$2.5 million
in funds over a two-month period following the rebrand.
Kinship Heals wanted an impactful website to connect with the women in their communities while striving to access funding programs. We carefully designed their website, capturing the perfect visual ambiance and colour palette, and artfully translating their story into compelling visuals.
Black Fly Environmental
IMPACT
Large
proposals won with ease.
Black Fly Environmental wanted to attract more clients and wow prospects with its proposal for services. We refreshed their brand, revamped their content strategy, designed their website, and developed other brand assets, such as resumes, business cards, and letterhead.
Mountain Kids Outfitters
IMPACT
+10% checkouts
21% boost in international customers, 5% increase in the average order size.
Mountain Kids Outfitters wanted a refreshed brand identity to support their local, regional, and nationwide growth. We rebranded them, crafting their vision and core values, defining a unique selling proposition, and designing a comprehensive visual identity, including logos, fonts, colours, and a custom-illustrated brand character.
TESTIMONIALS
What our clients have to say.
Michael Schmitz VP Strategic Partnerships, Recarbon Inc
Beacon is a top notch design firm, that is remarkably responsive and super easy to work with. Their team is really talented, and really ‘got’ what we were looking for—practicing (not preaching) human- centered design. At the project onset, they provided a comprehensive work plan that outlined exactly what was going to happen and when in order to meet the deadline. They were able to create an attractive, effective, and fresh visual language for our organization in only a few short weeks. Their project manager offers lightning fast email replies so I never have to wonder what’s going on. I wholeheartedly recommend The Beacon Design Collective Inc.
Tara Bojdak Manager, Communications, Carbon Engineering Ltd
Dani Vachon and the Beacon Collective are absolutely wonderful to work with—so much so that this is now the second organization at which I have chosen to work with her team for our design needs. Dani has an impeccable eye for creative design, is incredibly responsive and communicative, and has never missed a deadline (despite us often bringing projects with complex, technical content and tight turnaround times). She is a delight to work with and consistently makes my job easier. I wholeheartedly recommend Dani and the Beacon team.
Jennifer Gosse Director & Environmental Specialist, Black Fly Environmental
When my partner asked me, 'If money were no object, would you still choose Beacon?' I said yes. I've worked with other agencies before, and they just don’t compare to Beacon.
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