Brandexpectations

Freelance graphic designers Annita and Gregory

Brandexpectations will make sure your projects spring to life with our timely and personal service, and compelling graphics.

Our more than 10 years of experience mean you can trust that your projects are in the hands of seasoned professionals. We ably navigate through creative, production and scheduling challenges.

Building on that strong foundation is our responsive and friendly service.

We take personal interest in your projects’ success.We’re there caring every step along the way, concerned over every detail and proud of every achievement.

Graphic designers Annita and Gregory Watkins are Brandexpectations. Working together as a team, we are a married couple with 2 children, Hannah, 12 years old, and William, 9 years old.

We were born in the tropical island of Barbados and have been raising our family in Canada since 1999. Before coming to Canada, we travelled extensively in China for 3 years.

Our creative flair and passion for design is possibly attributed to our colourful Caribbean origins coupled with exposure to the many exotic cultures encountered in our travels abroad.

In 2010, we moved from Ottawa to beautiful B.C., and with our love for travel we made the 4500 km journey by car over 2 weeks.

This gave Annita the chance to indulge in her passion for photography, capturing thousands of images that make up the fabric of this amazing country.

When possible we like to draw inspiration from our photography for texture, colour and composition.

Our Philosophy

We believe that good design is a vital tool for building your brand. At its simplest we think the act of branding is managing your customers’ expectations. Even the best services and products can suffer with incorrect or poorly presented communications.

Our name, Brandexpectations, is our constant reminder to you and ourselves that our purpose is more than just making pretty pictures. We communicate your core values as part of a visually compelling narrative.

Here are some expectations we like to cultivate. You can:

1. Expect we will listen and strive to understand your needs.
2. Expect adherence to your budget and deadlines.
3. Expect less stress with assistance
   in areas like ad booking, vendor coordination and follow-ups to make your projects run as smoothly as possible.

• Event Logo & Posters

  Canadian Healthcare Association

  Thank you Annita for your work on the 2010 Canada Health Day poster and tray liner project. Your creative work on so few instructions from us showed your understanding of our organization’s vision. And, as always, you delivered on time and on budget. We always enjoy working with you and look forward to our next projects.

  Teresa Neuman, BPA
  Communications Specialist
  Canadian Healthcare Association

• Book Design & Layout

  Catholic Health Alliance of Canada

  It was a pleasure to work with you. You know your craft and your designing is clean and pleasing. Also very important, you were attentive to budget and deadlines and went out of your way to make everything run smoothly on both
  our projects.

  Robert E. Czerny
  Lead consultant & Author
  Agora Management Associates

• Symposium Print Collateral

  client: Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH)

  Designing for events is about setting the whole tone for it. Getting ready for an event is a great time to take stock of your image as you prepare to put your best foot forward.

  Thanks, Annita. The covers, ticket and page banners look great. I've been very happy with the work you have done for me.

  Peter Chinneck - Director,
  Partnerships & Strategic Initiatives.
  Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH)

We serve the Vancouver metropolitan area, and by virtue of the internet, the rest of Canada.

Our clients find it most expedient to work with us by phone and internet. For those times that nothing less than face to face will do... we are there!

No matter how small your request we are happy to receive your call anytime of the day, any day of the week.

Need a quote?

If you supply some details about your project by email, we will get an estimate to you within 48 hours. However, we always encourage a get-to-know-each-other meeting in person to make sure our estimates are more meaningful and accurate.

Ask us about our unique line of Canadian displays!

Compact, lightweight and easy to setup, our displays challenge every preconception exhibitors have had for decades.

Onsite demonstration available.