Orkestra

Orkestra is a marketing and communications agency founded in 2008, with offices in Gatineau and Montréal, Quebec. It is organised as three specialist teams, Studio, Expérience and Production, which cover brand design, events and activations, and video and photo production for public, cultural, tourism and corporate clients.

Studio handles design, brand creation and creative communication campaigns. Expérience builds events, brand activations and environment design. Production covers advertising, documentary, corporate and digital-content photo and video. On the production side, the agency pairs an in-house expert core with a team assembled for each campaign. Co-presidents Colin Laramée-Plouffe and Alex Van Dieren lead the company, alongside heads of production, creative, consulting and finance. The agency also says it has made more than ten investments in startups using its own money.

• Studio: brand identity, design and creative campaigns
• Expérience: events, brand activations and interior or environment design
• Content production: brand content, documentaries, reportage, content series and video podcasts
• Advertising: video ads, manifesto films, awareness campaigns and product launches
• Corporate video: institutional films, company portraits, employer-brand, training and recruitment videos

Named projects include Bobino Bagel (design, brand and campaign), Igloofest Gatineau (event), Soccer Québec (advertising), Festival Parasol (brand and event), Comité d'Identité Régionale de l'Outaouais (brand identity), Collège Universel, Reaction Dynamics, Flirt Drinks, and interior design for Fairmont Château Laurier and Elf Pub. Production credits include The Unscented Company, Ville de Laval, Action ontarienne contre la violence faite aux femmes, the Service de police de l'agglomération de Longueuil, Caisses Desjardins de l'Outaouais, Tourisme Outaouais, Kodiak, Telfer School of Management, Succès Outaouais, Inova 101 and Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu.

Logos shown on its site also include Loto-Québec, Patrimoine canadien and the Canadian Space Agency, and testimonials come from Cégep de l'Outaouais, ZAC Vanier and Tourisme Outaouais. The production team is described as small and senior, with around 15 people listed on the production page (self-reported).