I’m a Brisbane-based creative who cut my teeth in SEO before starting all over again in brand strategy and identity design.
For tax purposes, I’m a Creative Strategist at DSR Branding. But what I do day to day changes dramatically: conceiving big ideas over my first skim cap, designing identity systems by lunch, and art-directing shoots at golden hour before you board the 5:02 pm express to Morningside.
That’s all you get without buying me a coffee. But until then, I’ll leave you with a little piece of family history: in the Carrigan family, every male born in Australia inherits the middle name “James,” paying homage to the first Carrigan who arrived in the country in 1831. So I can say, quite literally, that branding is my middle name.
+61 412 359 886
mitchcarrigan@gmail.com
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Every person and project that I’ve encounted has been different. So it made sense to develop a “process” that adapts to the unique challenge that I’m presented with each time I pull out the trusty BIC and Spirax.
I don’t have a fancy 5 step process. What I do have is a genuine curiosity for the story behind each person or team that I’m sitting across from, and a deep desire to help them solve their creative problem in a fun and effective way.
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Brand Strategy
Verbal Identity
Brand Identity
Naming
Creative Direction
Art Direction
Copywriting
Campaigns
Search Engine Optimisation
Web Design
Illustration
Animation & Motion Design
Photography & Videography
Website Development
Signage & Wayfinding
Print & Publication
2025 - Present
DSR Branding
2023 - 2025
DSR Branding
2021 - 2023
Canstar Blue
2019 - 2021
Resolution Media
2017 - 2019
Resolution Media
2016 - 2017
Mugshot Caricatures
2022
Shillington Education
2021
Nielsen Norman Group
2019
Award School
2015 - 2019
Queensland University of Technology
2002 - 2014
Ormiston College
+61 412 359 886
mitchcarrigan14@gmail.com
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