Our Team

@arty_izzy

Isabelle (Izzy) Poirier

Izzy Poirier is a brand designer and strategist with 15 years of experience in design and six years running an independent practice. Her work centres on community-driven branding for cultural organizations, events, and creative platforms, where clarity, audience insight, and strong visual systems matter.

Trained in fine arts and editorial design, she brings a conceptual approach to brand strategy, translating complex ideas into identities that hold up across print, space, and digital touchpoints.

She is the founder of the Ottawa Design Club, an established creative platform producing zines, speaker events, and exhibitions.

Get in touch: hello@ottdesign.club

@aribed / @theshycreative

Ariane Bédard

Ariane is a senior graphic designer and art director with over 15 years of experience in the industry.

By day, she works as Manager of Graphic Design for Canada Post. There, she works with an amazing team of designers on creative projects seen by Canadians from coast to coast.

The idea of being part of an inclusive community of like-minded creatives is what pushed Ariane to join the team and create the Ottawa Design Club. Incredibly passionate about design, she loves being able to inspire the local design community through the club’s many ambitious projects.

Get in touch: hello@ottdesign.club

@shiva.moin

Shiva Moin

Shiva is a Product Designer with a passion for designing experiences that transform people's day to day experiences. Outside of work, Shiva loves getting involved with the design community through events and workshops to meet new creatives. She also loves to channel her creativity through experiments with film photography, collage, and picking up new niche hobbies to expand her perspective on design.

@stephillustrations

Stephany Victorine

Stephany Victorine is an Ottawa-based freelance illustrator and tattoo artist with roots in Seychelles. Specializing in illustration, character design, and concept art, Stephany creates unique visual narratives across illustrations and tattoos. Known for their creativity, Stephany brings depth and imagination toevery project.

@mproavc

Mathieu Provost

Mathieu doesn’t consider himself a creative. He’s the guy who deeply admires creativity, storytelling, and the people who make it happen. He’s been supporting the Ottawa Design Club since before it even had a name, long before it was born, and yes, he also happens to be Izzy’s husband. If something needs to be tested, adjusted, fixed, or double-checked, Mathieu is already on it. He’s the go-for-this, go-for-that person who makes sure everything sounds right, runs smoothly, and actually works. With a serious love for audio and an almost scary attention to detail, he brings a lot of quiet passion behind the scenes. By day, he’s a Senior Technical Architect II at Bell Canada. Geek at heart. Essential to ODC.

@meidihartin

Heidi Martin

Heidi is a product designer working across product, web, and visual design. With over five years of experience as a freelance graphic designer, her work spans retail, hospitality, and real estate, focusing on clear systems, thoughtful visuals, and design that works in the real world.

After moving to Ottawa in 2025, Heidi found community through the Ottawa Design Club and enjoys contributing to spaces that support learning, collaboration, and growth.

@andreaareade

Andrea REade

Andrea Reade is a multidisciplinary artist working with generative AI and post-photography, exploring emerging technology, authorship, and digital culture through conceptual storytelling. Her work has been exhibited in 14 countries, published in two books, and she is a recognized voice in the blockchain and NFT space, with speaking engagements including the World Trade Center.

She volunteers with the Ottawa Design Club, supporting local creative community-building through events, collaboration, and knowledge exchange.

@spacebungirl

Sabah Surat

Sabah (she/they) is a second-generation Bengali treaty person from Tkarón:to. Sabah is grateful to be based on the traditional and unceded territory of the Anishinaabe Algonquin Nation.

Sabah writes, edits, and makes art about friendship, family, and belonging. She has worked as a theatre artist, producer, and development lead with several arts-based not-for-profit organizations in Canada.