Instructor
BFA (University of Alberta)
Visual Communications Design
Rita is Principal and Creative Director at Sasges Inc., a visual strategy and communications firm with a flair for the unexpected. Sasges Inc. combines brilliant design with superb business savvy and exceptional results.
Rita has the unique ability to listen to a client's business challenges and turn them into creative solutions. Her experience in helping over 100 companies tell their stories in a captivating way--to diverse audiences--has earned her international recognition among clients and colleagues alike. Rita has developed brand identities, corporate communications, magazines, marketing programs and stakeholder communication materials for some of Canada's largest (and smallest) corporations, including Arcis Corporation, Enbridge Inc., University of Calgary, and Syncrude.
Sasges Inc. is about surprising, engaging, tactile, provocative design that gets attention. Gets people talking, thinking, acting. Gets relationships off and running.
We combine strategic communications counsel with exceptional design to connect our clients with the audiences that matter most to them.
Firm Specialties
Design, brand strategy, communications, magazine design, corporate social responsibility, corporate sustainability reporting, marketing programs, stakeholder communications
BFA (Visual Communications Design), University of Alberta
Design, brand strategy, communications, magazine design, corporate social responsibility, corporate sustainability reporting, marketing programs, stakeholder communications
Graphex 2000 - an overview of Canadian Graphic Design
Vancouver, B.C.
Critique Magazine, the Big Crit, 1999
San Francisco, CA
Potlatch 1998 Annual Report Show
Minneapolis, MN
Communication Arts Magazine
1997 Design Annual
Palo Alto, CA
Applied Arts Magazine, "Educating Rita", 2007
Communication Arts Magazine, "Great Ideas on Limited Budgets", January/February 1997
Applied Arts Magazine, "Annual Reports, Cream of the Corp.", September/October 1996
Studio Magazine, "The Art of The Annual Report", September/October 1996
Globe & Mail Newspaper, "Report on Packaging & Design", August 29, 1995
2010
Art Director's Club of Canada, Enbridge Employee Guide to the Oil Sands
Applied Arts Magazine, 2010 Design Awards, Enbridge Employee Guide to the Oil Sands
Communication Arts Magazine, Design Annual: Integrated Branding Program, Hotel Alma
2008
Mohawk Show 9, Finalist, New York Nichole Sloan, Les Chapeaux
Applied Arts Magazine, Canada, Nichol Sloan, Les Chapeaux
Applied Arts Magazine, Canada, Orange Life Magazine
How Magazine, Promotion Awards, Nichole Sloan, Les Chapeaux
2007
Art Director's Club of Canada, Orange Life Magazine
Applied Arts Magazine 2007 Design Awards, Orange Life Magazine
Mohawk Show 8, Finalist, New York, Capitol Energy Resources Ltd.,
AR 100, Black Book Marketing, New York, Capitol Energy Resources Ltd., 2006 Annual Report
How Magazine, Perfect 10, Nichole Sloan, La Piscine
Communication Arts Magazine, Design Annual, Orange Life Magazine
2006
How Magazine 2006 Design Awards, Nichole Sloan Photography, La Piscine
AR 100, Black Book Marketing, New York, Capitol Energy Resources Ltd., 2005 Annual Report
2005
How Magazine, Design Annual, California, Nichole Sloan Photography, La Piscine
Applied Arts Magazine, Canada, Nichole Sloan Photography, La Piscine
2004
New York Art Directors Club, Gemini Corp., 2002 Annual Report
AR 100, Black Book Marketing, New York, Arcis Corporation, 2002 Annual Report
AR 100, Black Book Marketing, New York, University of Calgary, 2003 Annual Report
2003
AR 100, Black Book Marketing, New York, Gemini Corp., 2002 Annual Report Judges Choice Award, Best Typography, Top 10 Illustrated, Top 10 Designed
Communication Arts Magazine, Design Annual, Gemini Corp., 2002 Annual Report
Communication Arts Magazine, Design Annual, Arcis Corporation, 2002 Annual Report
2001
AR 100, Black Book Marketing, New York, Interaction Resources Ltd., 2000 Annual Report
2000
AR 100, Black Book Marketing, New York, Interaction Resources Ltd., 1999 Annual Report
AR 100, Black Book Marketing, New York, Enviro FX 1999 Annual Report
1998
AR 100, Black Book Marketing, New York, Birch Mountain Resources, 1997 Annual Report
Potlatch Annual Report Show, Potlatch Corporation, Alberta Energy Company, 1997 Annual Report
1997
AR 100, Black Book Marketing, New York, Syncrude Canada Ltd., 1996 Annual Report
AR 100, Black Book Marketing, New York, Interaction Resources Ltd., 1996 Annual Report
Applied Arts Magazine Awards, Canada, Syncrude Canada Limited., 1996 Annual Report
Communication Arts Magazine, Design Annual, Syncrude Canada Ltd., 1996 Annual Report
Communication Arts Magazine, Design Annual, Birch Mountain Resources, 1996 Annual Report
New York Art Director's Club, N.Y., Birch Mountain Resources, 1996 Annual Report
1996
AR 100, Black Book Marketing, New York, Birch Mountain Resources, 1995 Annual Report
AR 100, Black Book Marketing, New York, Interaction Resources Ltd, 1995 Annual Report
Applied Arts Magazine Awards, Canada, Syncrude Canada Ltd., 1995 Annual Report
Applied Arts Magazine Awards, Canada, Birch Mountain Resources, 1995 Annual Report
Communication Arts Magazine, Design Annual, Birch Mountain Resources, 1995 Annual Report