Golden Hour Collective

Golden Hour Collective invites EY Toronto to relax in the vibrant summer sun after a hard year’s work at this summer social to remember.

Timeline

4 Weeks (May-June 2025)

Type

Work project
Visual Identity

Role

Illustration
Wayfinding
Storyboarding
Motion Design

Toolbox

Adobe Illustrator
Adobe InDesign
Adobe After Effects

Team

EY Creative Studio Canada

  • Sarine Tchilinguirian - Creative Director

  • Shannon Tierney - Senior Designer

  • Meika Vieve D Catog - Motion Designer

Golden Hour Collective

Timeline

4 Weeks (May-June 2025)

Type

Work project
Visual Identity

Role

Illustration
Wayfinding
Storyboarding
Motion Design

Toolbox

Adobe Illustrator
Adobe InDesign
Adobe After Effects

Team

EY Creative Studio Canada

  • Sarine Tchilinguirian - Creative Director

  • Shannon Tierney - Senior Designer

  • Meika Vieve D Catog - Motion Designer

Show Project Details

Golden Hour Collective invites EY Toronto to relax in the vibrant summer sun after a hard year’s work at this summer social to remember.

Celebration of a new chapter.

Following a brand refresh and the signing of a new Office Manage Partner, EY Toronto was stepping into a new chapter. Their first in-person summer social since the pandemic was on its way.

Off to the west coast.

Golden Hour Collective is inspired by the Californian sun and Coachella. The venue, Cabana, is transformed to energize EY Toronto with an immersive summer getaway experience.

Visual identity

The visual identity consists of punchy gradients, leaf silhouettes, wavy typography and sun motifs in an icon and frame.

These elements work together to visualize warmth and wellness to invite EY Toronto to kick back, relax and celebrate the hard work that they’ve done over the past year.

Role highlights

  • Giveaway stickers

    With the given phrases “Good vibes only”, “Glow with the flow” and “Stay golden”, I created illustrations incorporating the gradient motif while keeping the overall silhouette simple.

  • Flavour illustrations

    Expanding the illustration library with five popsicle flavours, using gradients overlayed on flat colour to keep the colours consistent without making them unrecognizable.

  • Stylized maps

    Vectorizing and simplifying the venue into a branded map, thinking of the key features of each space to make the main stations stand out while not being overly cluttered.

  • Activity station signs and bar menu

    Finding a way to differentiate the activity signs and the food station menus while making a system for them. In addition to organizing more text heavy assets!

  • Storyboarding venue screen animations

    Planning the motion on the screens at the venue welcoming guests and including the phrases from the stickers as inspiration for additional scenes.

  • Presentation motion design

    Highlighting variations of design assets done for the event through motion pieces. A great learning opportunity to test out my motion design skills!

  • Giveaway stickers

    With the given phrases “Good vibes only”, “Glow with the flow” and “Stay golden”, I created illustrations incorporating the gradient motif while keeping the overall silhouette simple.

  • Flavour illustrations

    Expanding the illustration library with five popsicle flavours, using gradients overlayed on flat colour to keep the colours consistent without making them unrecognizable.

  • Stylized maps

    Vectorizing and simplifying the venue into a branded map, thinking of the key features of each space to make the main stations stand out while not being overly cluttered.

  • Activity station signs and bar menu

    Finding a way to differentiate the activity signs and the food station menus while making a system for them. In addition to organizing more text heavy assets!

  • Storyboarding venue screen animations

    Planning the motion on the screens at the venue welcoming guests and including the phrases from the stickers as inspiration for additional scenes.

  • Presentation motion design

    Highlighting variations of design assets done for the event through motion pieces. A great learning opportunity to test out my motion design skills!

Takeaways

Working in a studio and collaborating with printing houses.

This was my first project working in a studio structure, under print production timelines and for an in-person event. Learning how to collaborate with printing houses for production while producing the assets in a 4-week timeline was intense, but immensely awarding.

The beauty of shaping experiences.

Witnessing the work in a real space at the event, and getting a shoutout from the Officer Managing Partner reminded me how much I love shaping experiences. This project really solidified for me the impact of physical work and brand design!

Toronto, ON
Canada

© Janna Montalbo 2026

Let’s talk!

jannamndesn@gmail.com

Toronto, ON
Canada

© Janna Montalbo 2026

Let’s talk!

jannamndesn@gmail.com