KeikoCreative is a Vancouver-based graphic and web design company (formerly KEiKO Designs). We specialize in outstanding and affordable brand identity (logo, business card, print promotions) and web site design for small and start-up companies. Keiko Lee-Hem is its fearless leader. How can we help you?

I graduated from Emily Carr University of Art + Design with a BFA in 2004. I then completed Langara College's Publishing Program in 2006. (I'd recommend this program to anyone wanting some solid, usable skills from design, to writing, editing and even Flash).

Technical Skills include: Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign), Dreamweaver, HTML, CSS, Flash, QuarkXPress (really!), Microsoft Word, email, sewing machine, rotary cutter, stove top coffee maker...

I have an "eclectic" background in making reusable shopping bags, designing and making clothes, making magazines, writing, deciphering the Glaswegian accent from behind a pub bar and upselling with prawn skewers. (Details below.)

Owner & Operator, AuMARCHÉ REUSABLE SHOPPING BAGS
Responsible for every aspect of this product line from imagery conception and design, to production, packaging and promotion.

Editor-in-Chief, VEIN MAGAZINE (2005–2006)
(A monthly online publication featuring local, up-and-coming creative talent)
Developed magazine content, conducted interviews, received and edited submissions and designed layouts.

Project Manager & Lead Designer, BC FASHION WEEK Program (Sept ‘06)
(2,000 copies printed and distributed at BCFW Spring/Summer ‘07 Shows)
Lead team of three in capturing the essence of BCFW’s vision for the season’s shows. Managed all magazine content including advertisements and articles.

Associate Art Director, PACIFIC RIM MAGAZINE (April ‘06)
(20,000 copies printed and distributed in the Globe and Mail newspaper)
Co-created magazine template, attended photo shoots, selected images and supervised designers. Worked with the editorial and production departments.

I'm an entrepreneur, a maker of crafty things (see what I made), a (not-so-secret) lover of publications spawned by Martha Stewart Omnimedia (Blueprint R.I.P, though you still inspire me), a treasure hunter, a home maker and a cat lover.

I'm passionate about yoga and will one day figure out how easy it actually is to float on my hands in currently impossible poses such as crow. (UPDATE: Getting closer!)

I'm also into personal growth and self-discovery, crediting Landmark Education for opening my mind, and Prem Rawat (aka Maharaji) for opening my heart.

I'm also passionate about the bread-maker that my buddy across the hall generously lets me use. And cats. I'm crazy for cats, which is a tradegy, considering my live-in sweet heart is deathly allergic. (If you know a cure for kitty-induced asthma, PLEASE TELL ME!!)