Shawn Van DaeleShawn Van Daele
Skill

AI creative + content workflow design

Applied in the following roles & initiatives

Utilised across roles that shaped this practice.

Tailor for

Utilised during tenures at Chai Lifeline Canada, Ascend Fundraising Solutions, Shawn Van Daele Creative / Photography, Fanshawe College, Agency & In-house Creative Teams and Jarden Consumer Solutions / Newell Brands.

  1. Marketing & Communications Manager

    2025 - 2026

    Chai Lifeline Canada

    Conceived, wrote, designed and delivered the inaugural Rosh Hashanah Meal Program campaign across direct mail, print, email, organic social and paid - $140K+ net against a $40K goal

  2. Creative Director, Marketing & Communications

    2021 - 2023

    Ascend Fundraising Solutions

    Directed creative strategy and execution for seven-figure fundraising campaigns; recommendations influenced investment across TV, digital, direct mail, print and OOH

  3. Founder & Creative Director

    2009 - 2021

    Shawn Van Daele Creative / Photography

    Founded and scaled a two-studio creative business to $1.5M+ annual revenue across Toronto/Milton and Cambridge, owning strategy, operations, marketing, sales, talent, customer experience and creative quality

  4. Professor, Advanced Photoshop

    2018 - 2020

    Fanshawe College

    Taught third-year students advanced compositing, retouching, image-making and professional creative judgement

  5. Art Direction · Design · Production Leadership

    Earlier career

    Agency & In-house Creative Teams

    Agency and in-house creative roles across consumer, healthcare, education, government and cultural clients - plus early music/entertainment publicity photography and album artwork connected to Sony Music. The range that underpins today's leadership work.

  6. Creative Director, Consumer Brands & CPG

    2005 - 2009

    Jarden Consumer Solutions / Newell Brands

    Led and mentored a 4-6 person in-house creative team responsible for international brand, packaging, retail marketing and product-launch execution across an 18+ brand portfolio

Commonly paired with

AI-enabled creative direction, Prompt architecture + system prompting and AI research, insight + audience analysis.