We are a small but mighty collection of thinkers, dreamers, and creative-types.
Collaboration and inclusion are what we’re all about. As a female owned and operated business, role model leadership is where it begins, but for sure not where it ends. We’re inspired by our clients. And, together, our diversity makes us all better.
The Bluebrd story: It started as a feeling.
The name Bluebrd came from Lesley’s Grandma, Muriel Smart. Grandmama’s late husband, Dalton, had brilliant blue eyes, which neither of her daughters inherited. However, Lesley did. She was the only grandchild out of five to have blue eyes.
Grandmama called her “my little Bluebird”, making Lesley feel very special and like just maybe, she was the favourite.
Grandmama had a way of making each child feel that special. And that’s how we want you to feel, too.
Lesley van de Ven
President and Chief Dream Catcher
Our combined experience has roots in ad agencies across Toronto. We’ve worked in all the big shops you can name and those with every acronym you can imagine. Today, we’re grown-ups who just happen to love making ads.
Being small doesn’t mean we have challenges delivering; we can scale up at a moment’s notice. The other benefit of working lean is low overhead, so we don’t need to cover a lot of staff unless you need it. (Translation: we don’t cost anywhere near what the other guys do.)
We’ve made TV commercials. Direct TV. Branch screens. Environment designs. Logos. Super-clever direct mailers, websites, emails with ‘scratch-offs’. We’ll also help you with PowerPoint design - something some creative people might sniff at – and you’d be surprised what we can make it do!
We’re fortunate to be partnered (in more ways than one) with commercial photographer, Michael Mahovlich and we can get budget-friendly original shots done for you. In fact, we share office space and four cats. (If you’re wondering, four cats is like 400 and we vacuum a lot.)
Our goal at Bluebrd is to make our clients feel special. We want you to feel like you’re our only client, and our favourite.
We will respond to emails within an hour, minimum. We will listen to what you need, and also try to anticipate what you might not know you need.
We will give you dedicated service and super-fast proposals within 24 hours of briefing. Because who wants to wait to get started?
And above all, you’ll get outstanding creative for your logo, Facebook ad, email, website and everything else. Because we put our all into everything we do.