Marketing + Graphic Design
Squamish, BC
We’re grateful and humbled to live on the ancestral territory of the Swḵx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation). We respectfully commit to listening and learning as we walk the path of reconciliation, recognizing that we can do better each day to amplify Indigenous voices and place inclusivity and equity at the heart of the work we do. Being surrounded by the medicine of the land is a great privilege that continues to remind us that everything is connected and inspires us to become good stewards and ancestors.
Marketing
We bring 15-plus years of marketing and communications expertise to the table and can use our diverse skillsets to build a custom services plan that works for your needs. Whether it be helping you shape your brand narrative, developing an effective marketing plan, or crafting a hard-working content strategy (and the content to support it), consider us your marketing unicorn.
Graphic Design
Consistent branding is integral to business success. Stand out from your competitors with beautiful and unique visual branding. We offer a wide range of graphic design services, from developing a memorable logo and brand identity to production work such as vehicle wraps, infographics, signage, and booklet layout.
Bold in nature.
Digital by design.
We believe that beautiful graphic design and insight-driven marketing are the keys to thriving in today’s competitive landscape. We’re dedicated to helping entrepreneurs and small businesses leverage these powerful communications and creative tools to reach their customers at the right time and in the right place with the right message.
Amber Turnau (She/Her) Content Marketer. Storyteller.
Amber is a marketing and communications professional with deep knowledge of online marketing and social media strategy. She has more than 15+ years of diverse experience under her belt, having worked on the marketing communications teams of Whistler Blackcomb and TELUS as well as a variety of clients on the agency side. Her passion for merging storytelling, technology and strategy have introduced her to a variety of industries, including tourism, telecommunications and outdoor lifestyle. She's an immersive and vivid storyteller with an eagle eye for detail and a soft spot for the underdog. Amber is a proven leader, project manager, and content marketing strategist.
Neil Foster (He/Him) Artist. Graphic Designer.
Neil is a graphic designer, artist and illustrator with a true passion for the creative process. He cut his teeth as a designer in the early 2000's when he co-founded a BMX and skate clothing brand in his hometown of Plymouth, UK. For the last decade, Neil has honed his skills as a screen printer, production manager and freelance graphic designer, where he's developed branding and creative assets for print and web. While Neil's talent for corporate branding and design communication ensures he can create for the client needs, he's also an avid artist and spends his spare time creating his own artwork. His artistic expertise include building resin toys, painting, sculpting and ink illustrations.
ABOUT US
We’re a husband and wife marketing and creative strategy team, based in Squamish, British Columbia. Together, we bring a wealth of marcomm and graphic design experience, servicing a wide variety of industries and clients.
What Our Clients Are Saying
We give 5 ⭐️'s to this local husband and wife team! We cannot tell you how much we appreciate all their hard work, time and patience in getting our website together. With their knowledge and expertise they helped us is to rebrand our hardwood flooring company.
It has been a such a pleasure working with Amber. From the day we met, she has been consistently professional, a genuinely good person, intuitive, hard working, a good strategist, talented and well connected. Amber has received high complements from our network and I feel so fortunate to have found her at just the right time for the launch of our UNESCO announcement. I highly recommend her services.
It has been an absolute pleasure to work on multiple projects with Substrate Studios! Amber's ability to narrow down a marketing message and Neil's gifted design skills have helped my business immensely. They are a thoughtful & talented graphic design and marketing team that I highly recommend to anyone!
Amber is amazing to work with! I've worked with her on a number of projects over the years and she brings a level of knowledge and professionalism that is valuable and refreshing. She's a great writer and she brings a creative flair to every project that we have worked on together.
I would really like to write a whole lot more but I think the shortest way to say it is that if you have an opportunity to work with Amber, do it! You won't regret it.
Amber and Neil from Substrate Studios worked with me to create a brand that feels exactly how I want my practice to feel. You two are truly a gift! Thank you for feeling my heart and creating such beauty! ♥️
Fantastic experience with Substrate on a logo and branding design project for a non-profit organization. They offered great rates and exceptional service from start to finish - a solid team of two, balancing the client service and discovery process with creative and cutting edge designs. ... Highly recommend!
For three of the four years that I led marketing efforts as a member of the Board of Directors for LA Pride, I had the unique pleasure of collaborating with the team at Substrate Studios, who helped us take our barely scratching-the-surface social media efforts to an entirely new level.
I have had the pleasure of working with Amber for over a year on a visitor education/responsible tourism initiative. I continue to be impressed with Amber's ability to attend a brainstorming session with our working group and be able to return to us with an action plan. Her creativity and ability to work with all kinds of partners enables us to move our initiative forward, increase social media engagement, and dream big! Amber is measured, organized and passionate about what we are trying to accomplish. I am grateful she is part of our team.
Very much enjoyed working with the Substrate Studios team on a recent business/brand launch, and so happy with how everything came together! Super professional, easy to work with, and with incredible results. I will work with Substrate Studios again, and highly recommend them to anyone needing support with marketing and branding.
