2021 Fall Economic Statement and 2022 Ontario Budget

Designing the province's highest-profile documents on a fixed release date. Both are published online.

Context

At the Ministry of Finance's Budget Secretariat, I worked on 2 of the province's most closely read publications: the 2021 Ontario Economic Outlook and Fiscal Review, Build Ontario (November 4, 2021) and the 2022 Ontario Budget, Ontario's Plan to Build (April 28, 2022). Both are long, data-heavy documents tied to a fixed release date.

My role

• Led the design of both publications and their companion reports.
• Helped set the look early by presenting design options to the Minister's Office.
• During the Fall Economic Statement season, split the work with another designer so we could also handle the Deputy Minister's video blog and social media requests without risking the deadline.
• Worked on print production, including the backdrop banners used at the announcements.

Outcome

Both publications were released on time in print and online, and the Minister's Office was consistently satisfied with the design.