Jim Diorio's profile

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Being pathologically nosy, I’d much rather listen to you talk, then play back what I’ve gleaned into a narrative that doesn't just make a point, but makes you sound even more brilliant and attractive than you already are.  Work with me for a speech that sounds like you at your best, a corporate profile that’s more real than written, a book, ghost-written or otherwise, a website, a manifesto or blog post or article
GRAND SPIRITS DISTILLERY WEBSITE 2018
They took an old school, turned it into a distillery and restaurant, you can't get a table, the whisky's already winning awards, and the whole shenanigan takes place in a small town where a hundred years ago the hills were alive with the sound of moonshine. Design: rjcoledesigns.com
BLOGS AND CONTENT WRITING, SHOPIFY INC. (2017)
Proud to be working with the team at Shopify, the world's fastest-growing (and Canadian-based!) e-commerce software company. 
Extra-proud that they trusted me with this major announcement, below.
CHAPAM PROFILE (2018)
A Montreal developer -- and collaborator with designer Philippe Starck -- needed to tell their story. I helped.

BIGWIN RECRUITING CORPORATE PROFILE (2017)
I love working with Challengers. Mostly because, well, they challenge me. This upstart wants to reinvent executive recruiting. 
THE GREENBELT BOOK: MANUSCRIPT COLLABORATOR AND BOOK CONCEPT (2017)
After having branded Ontario's Greenbelt in the early 2000's, in 2016 I was asked to conceive and collaborate on the first-ever book written about it. Hear what the client has to say: https://www.behance.net/gallery/19978243/Testimonials-Kind-Words
A playful, positive tone throughout.
A timeline of key events and outcomes.
I led a first-time-ever interview of what I call the "three wise men" of the Greenbelt, whose work over some 20 years led to the Greenbelt's creation.
I love oral biographies, they're alive.
Setting things up.
We coined the term Greenbelter, and profiled dozens of people who helped make it happen. 
A couple of spreads.
Interrupting the flow with a few stats, and always some fun ones.
Last words, including a call to you, the reader. It's your Greenbelt, after all.
No, thank you, Burkhard.
A&C PR/COMMUNICATIONS INC.: WEBSITE
Few corporate profiles or websites were as fun as this one -- because A&C understands how important it is to let your personality come through, since it's what they do for Perrier, Johnnie Walker and lots of other iconic brands. Hear what the client has to say: https://www.behance.net/gallery/19978243/Testimonials-Kind-Words
Their simple homepage.
We sat down at the President's kitchen table and said, well, why should I hire you?
I mean, come on, look at what they let me say about their people. 
HEADWATERS TOURISM: INTERVIEWS
Since 2015 I've interviewed some 70 different people from this secret slice of rural heaven less than an hour from Toronto: Olympic athletes, guitar makers, chefs, potato farmers, remote fly fishing guides, artists, vintners and many more. You can find them all at http://headwaters.ca/real-headwaters/qanda/ 

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