About Hangar 13
Creativity, Branding, Design, Video, eLearning, Photography
Wherever you need to be, just stand out with outstanding visuals and persuasive words that bring your brand, your strategy to life.
Guess what?
We can help.
Hangar 13 Art & Design is a bilingual Ottawa-based communications firm with national – and international – reach.
For over 30 years, we’ve been successfully meeting our clients’ goals by delivering powerful communications products and services. You just don’t last that long in this business without seamlessly adapting to new technologies, new techniques while being slavishly dedicated to the timeless values of client service excellence and astonishing creativity.
And the biggest lesson we’ve learned throughout the years? In a noisy, busy world, it’s all about your brand.
Sure, the word’s been overused, but, to us, “brand” is simply short-hand for who you are, what you represent and why people should deal with you.
At Hangar 13, we believe that collaboration with our clients to define and direct their brand is paramount. We work to create a collegial atmosphere whereby our clients’ needs and concerns can be effortlessly communicated, understood, and addressed. This belief, and the inclusive process which accompanies it, creates an end product that’s invariably accurate, authentic, and compelling.
Plus, we’ve found it’s a whole lot more fun doing things this way.
Defining and distilling your brand and its supporting messages is one thing. Telling people about it is quite another. In our fragmented multi-platform universe, Hangar 13 excels at identifying and deploying the best vehicles to drive your brand around town. Or around the country.
- video,
- eLearning,
- advertising campaigns,
- print collateral material,
- digital media,
- displays,
- multimedia applications and presentations,
- websites and
- corporate videos
We’ve done all these things for all manner of Government clients and not-for-profits. And for corporate clients in just about every industry there is.
Take a moment – or two – to browse our work. We’re betting you’ll find some project, some product that’s relevant to you. And if you don’t, ask us. Chances are, we just didn’t tell you.
Our Team
GLENN TORRESSAN
Owner / Creative / Art Director / Videographer / Photographer
GLENN TORRESSAN
Owner
Owner / Creative / Art Director / Videographer / Photographer
His creativity also extends to video, having shot and produced employee engagement pieces for NAV CANADA; fundraising videos for the Montfort Hospital Foundation; and many music videos for independent artists. Glenn was part of the creative and production teams for the Nurse Practitioner campaign for the Canadian Nurses Association, as well as the design and creation of the CMA 150th timeline.
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PASCAL BORASCHI
Senior Project Manager / Photographer
A Senior project manager with over 20 years’ experience in both print and the digital space, Pascal is constantly working on new processes to improve efficiency and creativity while still producing jobs; his passion is great creativity that helps clients connect with audiences in meaningful and lasting ways.
PASCAL BORASCHI
Senior Project Manager
A Senior project manager with over 20 years’ experience in both print and the digital space, Pascal is constantly working on new processes to improve efficiency and creativity while still producing jobs; his passion is great creativity that helps clients connect with audiences in meaningful and lasting ways. Pascal started his career at Hangar 13 in 1997 and during his five years with the company he gained experience in design production, print management and project management.
Pascal joined Fuel Industries in 2005 and during his 12 years at Fuel, he occupied the roles of Project Manager, Senior Project Manager and Director of project managers among other roles.
Over the years Pascal has managed jobs for respected clients such as: Nokia, CapriSun, Vans, LucasFilm, McDonald’s, Microsoft, MSNBC, Discovery Channel, NAV CANADA to name a few.
MIKE ROULEAU
Creative / Design / Illustration / Whiteboard Animation
After graduating from the École Superieure des Arts Graphique in Paris France, Mike took a position at Ciba-Geigy Canada as a Senior designer/ Art director with a focus on the creative direction and design of pharmaceutical products.
MIKE ROULEAU
Creative / Design / Illustration / Whiteboard Animation
After graduating from the École Superieure des Arts Graphique in Paris France, Mike took a position at Ciba-Geigy Canada as a Senior designer/ Art director with a focus on the creative direction and design of pharmaceutical products. His liaising with corporate physicians and medical technicians for design approach and direction helped to ensure the pharmaceutical products had the most effective graphic design and branding to reach their targeted customer base.
Mike has over 4 decades of experience in design, marketing and advertising as a designer, art director and creative director. Mike has also won many local, national and international awards throughout his career. Having been one of the founding members of Hangar 13, Mike has rejoined the firm and shares creative and art director duties with Glenn. He was also part of the creative team responsible for the design and creation of the CMA 150th timeline.
Chad Nesrallah
Audio / Production / Recording / Web Design
CHAD NESRALLAH
Audio / Production / Recording / Web Design
Chad has also spent many years as a freelance web designer and is very well versed in WordPress, search engine optimization, social marketing strategies, implementation of strategies, copy writing, analytics and metrics. Chad thrives on quickly and seamlessly finding solutions to the many problems that can and do arise in this highly technical field (in fact he’s a little OCD about it if we’re being honest).
Heather Nesrallah
Social Media Strategist
Making sense of Social Media, Heather creates social solutions for building continuing online relationships. Developing effective social media strategies that encompass the company’s objectives and goals focused at the targeted demographic or customer. Strategic direction includes the company’s unique voice for effective, high-impact content.
Heather has completed a BA in Mass Communications, maintains certification in Google Analytics and Google AdWords with the completion of many courses related to Content Creation, Ad Writing, Analytics and Copywriting.
Leo D’Adderio
Developer/Information Technology
A seasoned professional with 30+ years of experience in engineering, software and product development, systems integration, sales and service deployment and security applications, Leo is involved from the design concept to the business analysis, development and deployment of products and services. Most notably, he specializes in the telecommunications, multimedia, software, web and mobile spaces.
LEO D’ADDERIO
Developer/Information Technology
A seasoned professional with years of experience in engineering, software and product development, systems integration, sales and service deployment and security applications, Leo is involved from the design concept to the business analysis, development and deployment of products and services. Most notably, he specializes in the telecommunications, multimedia, software, web and mobile spaces.
Leo was instrumental in the development of the CMA 150th timeline from a technical standpoint. He created and hosted the development site that allowed us to design and create the timeline before releasing it to CMAs IT department for testing before its final release. Leo worked in tandem with Hangar 13 and CMAs development team throughout the project and during the testing phase to help solve technical issues.
JOHN ALLAIRE
B.A.: Mass Communications
John Allaire is an award-winning provider of communications products and strategic advice, specializing in government communications challenges.
John Allaire has more than a decade of experience in a federal government environment as a Communications and Multimedia Strategist at Finance Canada and Health Canada. In this capacity, he wrote communications plans, strategies, cabinet/senior executive presentations, news releases, speeches, marketing plans, as well as coordinating and designing publications and Internet applications.
JOHN ALLAIRE
B.A.: Mass Communications
John Allaire is an award-winning provider of communications products and strategic advice, specializing in government communications challenges.
John Allaire has more than a decade of experience in a federal government environment as a Communications and Multimedia Strategist at Finance Canada and Health Canada. In this capacity, he wrote communications plans, strategies, cabinet/senior executive presentations, news releases, speeches, marketing plans, as well as coordinating and designing publications and Internet applications.
From his experience, Mr. Allaire has earned the reputation as a provider of concise, effective and technically current communications and marketing plans, strategies and products.Mr. Allaire has a clear understanding of the federal government briefing and approval processes and will facilitate all requirements to the client within the deadline