Sam Hayward

"I worked with Sam for around 6 months at Touchcast. He was moved from a marketing role to support our Sales and Partnership pursuits. Sam is a great designer who always looked for the story to tell. Not only did he seek out ways that he could elevate the deliverable, he also sought innovative ways to create solutions to problems.

One of my favourite part of Sam’s work was that he always looked at the task in hand with the end user in mind. This is something that many designers I have worked with often overlook, tending to focus more on what they wanted to achieve vs. what is right for the end user or customer.

Sam created amazing looking decks, standalone graphics, animations, and various other assets and most importantly, did this with low ego, incredible humility, and was an all round great person to manage and work with.

"Sam is talented, hard working, and overall a true pleasure to work with. Not only that, but he is always looking to improve his craft - learning new skills and adding to his technical design stack. As the sole marketing designer within our organization, he was able to come in and quickly make an impact - building stellar marketing assets and helping us to take our image and brand to the next level.

I feel lucky to have had him on my team and would readily recommend him in the future."

"Working with Sam was an absolute pleasure. He is a great listener and used this to be an effective and creative contributor to our project. We had a tight set of requirements and an even tighter deadline, and Sam was able to distill our work down into key tasks that could be managed and delivered on time and with high quality results. We will continue to work with Sam as we add to our portfolio of digital assets."

"I had the pleasure of working directly with Sam for almost one full year. Within that time, Sam was a constant source of hard work and encouragement. He always pursued quality work with a positive attitude. Many times in this year, Sam was often assigned more work than many designers could handle, and he delivered with excellence and a positive attitude. Even in the midst of high production seasons, Sam was able give direction with confidence in order to improve future design projects and our entire team process!"

"Professionally as a designer he is so talented and technologically adept. His designs are not only very creative, but they are also very effective. Sam has amazing listening skills and a deep understanding of the design trends and the marketing field which makes him create art that positively influences our team's marketing campaigns.

He is just a great person to work with. He handles change and stress in a very calm and objective manner. He is assertive when he shares his ideas, but always maintains an amazing level of decorum. He has great project management skills and always stays on top of his projects, meeting his deadlines on time."