Background
Over the past decade, I've led brand and website engagements across technology, health, property development, and investment.
I design brand identities. I design websites. And I build them. One person accountable for the entire result, with no handoffs and no gap between what was designed and what gets built.
Clients come to me when they want senior thinking without agency layers. A brand isn't a logo and a website isn't a brochure. Both are business tools, and both should work as hard as the team behind them.
Why I work this way
I'm Irish-born, Vancouver-based, and three years ago I made a decision: do this one way — start to finish, one person, full ownership.
There's something about taking a brand from nothing. The first conversation about who you are and what you're trying to say, all the way through to a finished website that earns trust on your behalf. Every touchpoint considered. No one to blame if it's wrong, no one to share the credit if it's right. That accountability is the point.
It's not the most scalable model. But it's the one that produces the work I'm proud of.
How I work
I keep things simple. One relationship, one point of contact, one person who owns the outcome from start to finish.
I don't subcontract. I don't disappear between milestones. And I don't deliver work that needs someone else to explain it.
Select Clients
- Skoda
- Platinum Companies
- Fraser Health
- Compass Furnished Apartments
- HAUS Properties
- Chatham Financial
- Island Health
- Adventure Capital
- NYA Ventures
- TaskHuman
- The Dirty Apron
- Wedgewood Hotel & Spa, Vancouver
- The Bill Reid Gallery
- Synergia Biotech Inc
- Petlio
- Alzheimer Calgary
- Frank PR
- Words + Pixels
- Boldspace
- Chequp
Testimonials
Sean is a bit of a unicorn: a talented designer who can manage a project all the way from kickoff through delivery—iterating, rolling with the punches, and consistently meeting deadlines.
Sean was a standout contributor at Petlio and had an outsized impact on our brand and product experience, despite operating as a contractor. He quickly became a core part of the team.
Sean has been an absolute pleasure to work with. He supported Vaster across web design, brand design, and brand identity, and consistently brought a level of insight and thoughtfulness that elevated the work well beyond execution.
Sean is an elite designer with a remarkable ability to turn small ideas into entire brand identities. Having worked with him for seven years across multiple organizations, I've seen firsthand his dedication to mastering his craft.
I had the pleasure with working with Sean on new branding and a host of new websites in 2021. This work still holds true four years later which represents incredible value for us. The whole 1,100+ membership couldn't be happier with the design and UX.
I've worked with Sean for 10+ years, and he's one of the most reliable, thoughtful designers I know. He has this rare ability to understand what a client actually needs (not just what they ask for) and translate that into clear, strategic design work.