It’s simple really.
Some small businesses need help. Sure, they may have help from a designer, who later sends their work to a printer. In the meantime, the designer also finds them a photographer for staff photos or product photos. At the end of it all, they are forced to order less materials, settle with less design and at the same time find themselves with a design invoice, an invoice from a photographer and a printing bill.
Thats where we come in.
Intelligent Design Inc. offers all of those pieces and a little bit more. Our focus is simple, to provide small and medium sized businesses the same resources, quality designs and exceptional marketing tools that are available to their larger competitors.
Full service graphic design, a state of the art photography studio with professional photographers on staff, and the regions most advanced digital printing tools all in one location. We’re not sure why someone else didnt think of this first.
Located in the historic Chapples Building in Thunder Bay’s south core downtown, we picked the location for a reason. It’s a landmark that is rich in history and the anchor whats to come in this unique area of the city. And we wanted to be in the middle of it all.
Our team is made up of professionals who understand the needs of small to medium sized businesses. Our President and Managing Partner, John Ongaro, brings over 20 years of marketing and design experience to lead the team. His approach is simple. Its all about the relationship. He understands the needs of small business as a former college instructor in entrepeneurship and business marketing. Combined with his experience as the Radio Marketing Director with one of Canada’s largest media chains, his development and execution of media campaigns through quality design and placement brings his partners message to new levels.
Taking care of our customers is the job of our Senior Manager of Client Services, Kelly Litt. Kelly brings years of professional experience through her work with the Thunder Bay Chamber of Commerce and various professional boards and organizations. As a result of her experience, Kelly brings a wealth of knowledge of the businesses in our community and the people who run them. A graduate of Leadership Thunder Bay, Kelly’s skills and organization translates to an advanced level of service for our customers. As a major event planner, she also expands our communications department with a new opportunity in planning campaigns and events for our customers. Her primary focus with IDI is to ensure that our customers will not only have access to all of the services we provide, but she will ensure that our quality standards, values and speed will not be compromised. As a senior member of our team, Kelly understands the vision of IDI and with that will be able to provide a new level of service and communication to our partners.
Our design team is lead by a true ‘up and comer’…. Bob Gravelle joined the team in 2010 and has quickly advanced to the position of Artistic Director with IDI. Bob’s passion for design is contagious. His willingness to work from a clients idea makes him a true partner in the process – and a perfect fit for the company. As an advanced user of industry standard software applications, Bob’s experience not only in design, but in advanced web development makes him a true visionary for our customers.
You see, its not about the flash, the trendy locations or the need to be stars. Our focus is really simple. We provide a service that no one else in Northwestern Ontario can match. It’s one stop. It’s great customer service. It’s unmatched quality. And its fair and honest prices. It’s what makes us different.
