SOARING PIG STUDIOS
Stories.
Strategy.
Communication.
Creative work.
I have always told stories. Sometimes with words. Sometimes with photographs or video. Sometimes in front of an audience. Sometimes by helping an organization figure out what it actually needs to say.
Soaring Pig Studios is the communications and creative practice of Stephen Dafoe.
For more than two decades, the work has moved through publishing, writing, photography, video, design, marketing and communications. The tools and the work have changed, but the underlying philosophy has remained constant: understand the story, understand who needs to hear it, and find the clearest way to tell it.
Today, SPS works with a small number of long-term clients. It is also where I keep the other work: writing, photography, films, experiments, old projects and several decades of things that never belonged comfortably on a company website before. They do now.
PROFESSIONAL WORK
The work starts with understanding what actually needs to be said.
Most of my professional work these days is in communications. Through Soaring Pig Studios, I serve as Chief Communications Officer for Roseridge Waste Management Commission and continue to serve a small number of long-term clients.
I am often involved before anyone has decided what needs to be produced. We work through what is happening, what matters, who needs to know, what they need to know and what happens if the communication succeeds or fails.
Once that is clear, the work can move in whatever direction it needs to.
01
Strategy & counsel
Communications planning, messaging, public information, stakeholder communication and executive support.
02
Writing & communication
Reports, presentations, campaigns, websites, scripts and public-facing material.
03
Creative execution
Video, photography, design and digital work when those are the right tools for the job.
Tell people what they need to know, not everything we know.
STEPHEN DAFOE
The studio is the person behind it.
Over the past 40 years, I have been involved in the entertainment industry, sales, publishing, municipal government, board and committee work, video production and many forms of marketing. All of it shaped who I am and how I work.
