Our brand pillars
About
Hi, I’m Belinda, President of Color Colour Creative.
Growing up in a small country town, I was always creating. From a young age, I had sketchbooks filled with characters I dreamed up who had life stories, cool outfits, and jobs. My Barbie dolls got new outfits designed for them every other week, and I moved on to outfits for myself later in high school.
It was the playing that I loved. Play and creativity go hand in hand. Silliness and lateral thinking. Not being bound by a result or end product, but if something comes and it looks a little funky, it is the process. Experimenting with a project and where it could go was what I loved.
Teachers would ask me to explain how I had made something so detailed to other students. I didn’t realize that other kids didn’t play like I did. I would guide the kids and inspire them to enjoy playing and seeing where it ended up, sometimes starting with an image, song, or thought and getting them to work from a place of excitement.
I was working in an ad agency in a ‘creative’ role and feeling stuck. I was blocked and uninspired. I started Color Colour Creative to empower myself. I realized my passion was helping small businesses – giving them the creative tools they need to succeed.
I am passionate about creativity and inspiration as powerful mindsets that elevate your business. My mission is to empower small businesses like yours and mine.
Originally from Sydney via London, I discovered the world and the freedom of working from anywhere. There is something about being inspired when you travel; it brings out the creativity within you. Screw it; why can’t you be encouraged in your everyday life. I believe we can.
The Color Colour Creative’s brand pillars (above) help guide me along the way. I believe Color Colour Creative has to be:
educational,
create community,
be inspiring and creative,
provide freedom and be empowering,
and be intelligent and intuitive.
If you are interested in working together, please submit an inquiry through the contact form, and someone will get back to you shortly.
Together, we can create something inspired and unique!
What others have said about working with CCC
Belinda Downey is a creative force to be reckoned with. Her astounding talent, her work ethic and pure drive mean that once she has an idea set in her sights, she pushes it until it is the best version of itself. Belinda treats every piece of type with love and affection. When she left my company she left us with her worldly inspiration and drive to be truly the best.
I have the upmost respect for Belinda’s talent and work ethic.
Elise Hassey, Photographer and Creative Director of Elise Hassey and Lisse
Belinda's interpretation of business actions and response to brief never failed to amaze and impress. During Belinda’s time as key creative her standard of work and understanding of not only art direction but the wider business model was imperative to the success of our brands and lead to the production of some of the best work I have ever seen within this company.
In addition to Belinda’s profession ability she also possesses a positive and magnetic personality. Each day at work, Belinda inspired her team of designers and all those around her.
With a combination of her energy and outstanding skill, she encourages you to think a little different and look a little harder.
Talented as she is brave – always willing to explore a new angle and take you on a journey, she’s simply full of surprises (the good kind). Belinda will continue to be an exceptional talent that can never be replaced.
Laura Armstrong, General Manager, Marketing Communications at The Woolmark Company
I have been lucky to work with Belinda in the past. As the Lead Copywriter at OpenSky, an e-commerce platform we worked closely on many projects together. Belinda was always easy to communicate with and had a great way of working the promotional copy into her designs. She always had a great vision whether it was her idea or expanding on a team idea. Often we worked long hours and she always had a great attitude and work ethic!
I would definitely recommend Belinda as a positive addition to any creative team and I know she will continue to do great things with her talent.
Jera Sutton, V.P. Strategy and Partnerships at Blue Light Media
If you are looking for a creative, professional presentation Belinda Downey the perfect creative professional to work with to complete the task! Attentive to timelines and deadlines Belinda is flexible to make it all happen. Why struggle when you can hand it off to someone who is a professional at creating presentations. She saved me a lot of time and frustration and kept me on task. My colleague Tania said it was my best presentation yet! Last night was a success at Wings for Growth and I loved that my slides were branded on every page.
Belinda Downey can make anything beautiful. She’s creative, inspired, and driven art director with the skill to turn ambiguous ideas into effective branding concepts. In particular, her talent in translating boring data points into charming and thoughtful infographics stands out. Her work has dazzled from every consumer category from financial services to foods. She’s also, warm, kind, and a pleasure to work with. We treasured her time with us at Womenkind!
Belinda is truly an exceptional creative problem solver, lending her skills in all areas from strategic planning to trend forecasting to producing outstanding conceptual based design.
She is an extraordinary visual communicator. She is a constant support and mentor personally. She continues to inspire and push myself and others in design. I look forward to collaborating on future projects with Belinda and highly recommend her.
I was in need of design help for the first of several PowerPoint presentations I was creating for my Solomon Strategic workshop business. This is what brought me to Belinda, who was very helpful in two respects: 1) in formulating a visually effective and distinctive design template that I use to this day; and 2) in sourcing numerous photographic images that illustrate the specific points I want to make in the presentations I was crafting.
For me it is a never ending effort to source images that support the work that I do, given I’m always seeking the “perfect” image to illuminate the points I am trying to make, to craft fully realized PowerPoint presentations that are lucid, engaging, and instructive. A partner and collaborator who listens well and responds quickly. Bel adds value through her ability to first understand then simplify and clarify what often is a complex set of communication challenges.
Robert Solomon, Author, consultant, coach, and workshop leader, Solomon Strategic
I was looking for a beautiful, meaningful cover for my debut novel. Bel is not only a gifted artist and designer, but she ‘gets’ industry needs and digital marketing. Her book cover was not only spectacular and meaningful, but looks as good on the shelf as it does on a thumbnail.
I’m a text-based thinker: my vision is limited to words and phrases, but not images. Bel literally brings my words alive. She designed a number of book-cover options, each playing off the title and themes of my book. Then, she patiently and honestly worked through them with me, till we reached something we both loved.
I’m looking for someone who has a foot in many different worlds: print, digital, visual arts, and writing. There are very few artists who combine these areas of expertise as effortlessly as Bel. Belinda’s ability to interpret and visualise both the needs of her clients, and the needs of the project, are fantastic. She is an excellent consultant on any project in marketing, advertising, design, art, writing, film, editing, and digital media.
Belinda should be your first and last stop for any creative consulting. She is a one-woman team, who will tell you precisely what you need to hear, and delivery far better than what you thought you wanted.
I got to know Belinda as a hard-working creative that took a brief and made something unexpected and great, regardless of the size or scope of the project.
Her talent shines through in very piece of work that pushes through her hands, and her energetic attitude to her work and life make working with her a pleasure.
Belinda pushes and pushes but also has fun with the work on the page while she’s doing it, exploring where it can be taken, but pulling back when needed. Having someone work self-directed took pressure off my job and I thank her for that!