GRAPHIC DESIGNER IN BARRIE, ONTARIO
Hello! I’m Julie Bateman
I’m a Canadian graphic designer operating in Barrie, Ontario since 2003. I pride myself on work being completed on time, on budget, and to 100% satisfaction of the end client.
Whether you’re a new business owner, ready to have your first logo or website designed—or part of a larger marketing team—I’d love to work with you.
My diverse experience includes branding, editorial, print and website design, and I have taught courses in Digital Photography, Design Fundamentals and Advertising at Georgian College.
Samples of my work have been published in ‘Basic Logos’ by Index Books and ‘Graphically Speaking: A Visual Lexicon for Achieving Better Designer-Client Communication’ by Lisa Buchanan.
I work from a home office, love my job and am available as a freelance part of your team, on a per-project basis or with a monthly retainer system for ongoing projects.
- freelance design for marketing agencies 50%
- Corporate communication design 30%
- Website design & development 15%
- small business branding & logos 5%
our services
Branding & Graphic Design
We design first-class brand elements and marketing material for less than you think by operating as a full service graphic design company that meets the unique requirements of its clients through customized freelance teams.
BRANDING & LOGOS
Branding your company involves developing a visual identity system that serves as the focal point of a communication design system—it provides visibility and “recognizability”. It’s a way to represent the brand through consistent components such as names, logos, typefaces and colours, and is often the only way that a large portion of the public will identify your organization and its offerings.
PRINTED MARKETING MATERIAL
Our creativity, tech-savvy and resourcefulness have been helping businesses achieve their goals since 2003. We have over 20 years of graphic design experience and have developed relationships with local printers so we can take care of your marketing material from concept to creation. We can work as a part of your marketing team or independantly—no project is to big or too small.
EDITORIAL DESIGN & CREATIVE DIRECTION
We love editorial design have enjoyed being involved in the creative direction and design of a variety of local magazines, directories, books and annual reports. We're happy to help with production of your existing publication or to develop the brand and styles from the early concept stage.
Website Design & Development
We're here to help guide you through the web design process and ensure that the finished product is an effective and engaging sales tool—a positive representation of your company.
WEBSITE DESIGN
Our designers have worked with the same set of website developers since Bateman Design Group was founded back in 2003. Whether you'd prefer to customize a theme or template for Shopify or Wordpress, or develop an entirely custom website, we have the tools and expertise to make it happen within your budget.
CUSTOM WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT
With nearly 20 years of development experience, our team can handle projects of any size. We provide world class hosting solutions, SEO, app development, e-commerce, WordPress development, maintenance, security and updates. You can trust our experts to get it done on time and stay within your budget.
SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION
Our professionals are available to help to improve search engine rankings through website and content optimization, site speed improvements, content writing and backlinks.
Our Design Process
Define
We begin each project by reading the design brief, discussing your goals and determining your budget and timeline. Then we’ll research your industry, relevant trends and main competition.
Design
Next, we’ll begin brainstorming, sketches and start working on initial design concepts. We will evolve and refine those concepts, and prepare initial designs to present as a first set of proofs.
Refine
Once we receive your feedback, we’ll make adjustments and continue to refine and evolve until you love the final designs (three sets of revisions is standard).
Build
Prepare final design files: develop style guide, work with website developers or send print ready files as needed.
Featured Design Projects
Branding & Website Development
Asskicker Activewear
Asskicker Activewear is a Canadian brand that specializes in athleisure apparel with empowering messages for women.
I created Asskicker Activewear as a side project in 2017 which continues to provide me with unique perspective as a startup business owner as well as a designer. In the last five years, I've gained valuable insight into the website and marketing elements that directly effect conversion rates and other key performance indicators (KPIs).
Located in Barrie, Ontario, Asskicker was a Top 75 Finalist in the 2018 FedEx Canada Small Business Grant Contest and rose to the top of the 2,100+ entries.
My Responsibilities:
- Branding & concept development
- Shopify website development & optimization
- SEO & social media marketing
- Creative direction for product & lifestyle photography
- Print collatoral & advertisement design
- Product design, sourcing & development
Branding + Corporate Collatoral
Barrie Police Service
As part of this rebranding project, our designs won the 2016 Canada's Best Dressed Police Vehicle for the fleet design and the 2017 Annual Report Design Contest at International Law Enforcement Planning Conference.
The initial project involved updating the Barrie Police Service crest (or logo), creating a set of brand standards that include styles, colour palettes, fonts, icons and templates—and applying these to all applications.
My Responsibilities:
- Branding & brand standards
- Online style guide development
- Annual report & print collatoral design
- Vehicle fleet design
- Infographics & branded icons
Qualifications
- Motivated, dynamic, results-oriented professional committed to excellence
- Strong creative and design background
- Able to meet deadlines and adapt to changing priorities
- Mac environment - experienced in the most recent version of Adobe Creative Suite
- Listen, learn and adapt quickly to a client’s needs
- Experienced in print production, sourcing vendors and directing photographers, illustrators and other content developers as needed
Julie Bateman is available as a freelance part of your team, on a per-project basis or with a monthly retainer system for ongoing projects.
Julie and the team at Bateman Design Group deliver first-class marketing material for less than you think by operating as a full service creative company that meets the unique requirements of its clients through customized freelance teams.
Education
Sheridan College, Oakville, ON
Applied Photography
1994-1996
Recognition
- Top 75 Finalist in the 2018 FedEx Canada Small Business Grant Contest. Asskicker Activewear rose to the top of the 2,100+ entries.
- Annual Report designed for Barrie Police Service won 2017 Annual Report Design Contest at International Law Enforcement Planning Conference
- Won the 2016 Canada's Best Dressed Police Vehicle for Barrie Police Service fleet design as part of their rebranding project
CLIENT Testimonials
"We are very pleased with the services and end product developed by Julie and The Bateman Design Group as we (pavliks.com) launched a new product at a North American wide tradeshow.
We engaged Julie to build a brand for The Portal Connector that included a new logo, sales support literature, tradeshow booth design, website and related imagery. The process was very iterative and allowed us to give a lot of input so the final products were what we envisioned. We were presented with options and choices, and feedback we provided was always taken into consideration.
Julie was able to provide very prompt response to short term needs as the launch of The Portal Connector product was very time sensitive. Presenting the product to a worldwide audience at the tradeshow launch garnered many positive comments on the look and design of our brand. We very much appreciate the professionalism and quality work provided by The Bateman Design Group and look forward to working with them into the future."
"Bateman Design Group has provided us with comprehensive services to assist us in producing both our annual report and business plan.
In addition we have repeatedly sought out their services to help us in the creation of a variety of promotional material and graphic design work.
With professional, efficient and expedited ‘turn-around’ time from request to product delivery, we have come to rely on Bateman Design Group for a host of current and future projects."
Bateman Design has been fantastic to work with. Julie seemed to intuitively know what I needed as a logo and guided a very stress free and enjoyable process in helping me to come up with exactly what I needed. Not only was she able to craft an amazing logo for me to work with she has designed an eye catching rack card that elicits all kinds of positive comments and remarks.
Julie has gone above and beyond; guiding me in ways to fully utilize my logo, such as embedding it in e-mail, providing me with a design that will work well in letter head, PowerPoint presentations and other documents.
Bateman Design is a class act, incredibly professional while continuing to be approachable and accessible; definitely a pleasure to consult with on all aspects of the project.
Thank you Julie!