Get the Word Out

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Robertson Black Creative

We’ve spread the Word since 1997.
Hire Canada’s content professionals to converse with your target audience.

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“If you think it’s expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur.” — Red Adair

Agile Boutique agency

Inbound and Outbound Content Creation

Advertising + Marketing + Storytelling

Strategy + Custom Publishing (digital & print)

Patricia Dawn Robertson and D. Grant Black operate Robertson Black Creative — Canada’s agile boutique agency.

We provide professional content services — via telecommuting — for businesses around Canada.

We’re a full-service boutique agency that specializes in content creation. We work with our own clients and we build strategic partnerships with website designers.

Robertson and Black have 40+ years combined experience as magazine editors, as independent journalists for major North American publications and as copywriters for top agencies. We write and edit audience-targeted advertising copy, brand journalism, business profiles, marketing documents, media releases, scripts and speeches.

Our commercial portfolio includes these sectors: Energy (renewable, oil, gas, electricity); Mining (uranium, potash); Agriculture; Environmental; Forestry; Financial; Advertising; Public relations; Real estate; Architecture; Tourism; and Travel.

We pay attention to the details. Our versatile skill set includes generating original ideas and clear, coherent and persuasive content.

If your organization needs to commission specialty content — storytelling, taglines, mobile-friendly copy, business profiles, personal profiles — Robertson Black Creative will supply it on time and on budget.

Website Content Creation

We tailor website content for the mobile-user (who seek brevity) while still retaining the important messages a business must convey.

Engaging Taglines & Marketing Documents

We create arresting taglines and captivating advertising copy to showcase your business.

Brand Journalism & Custom Publishing (digital & print)

Brand journalism created by two feature article pros with 40 years combined experience for national and international print and online clients. We can also build a brand magazine for your product or service in both digital and print formats.

Key Player Business Profiles & Corporate Speeches

We research and interview to write key player business profiles to engage the professional subject with the reader. We also create speeches to effectively target any audience in any sector.

Product Descriptors

Expect clear, coherent and persuasive language to dynamically describe your product, all within a short word count, expertly created by two professionals.

Media Releases

We ensure pertinent information about your announcement gets to the right people at the right moment and via the proper medium — new media and traditional media.

THE TEAM

Patricia Dawn Robertson

Partner – Professional Communicator

22 years in the media sector
Training: BA English (Honours), York University, Toronto; University of Manitoba graduate school courses: management theory, administration theory, military strategy/planning
Languages: English and French

Interests outside of work: hiking, camping, cycling, Nordic skiing, the arts, cooking, gardening, travel, and reading.

D. Grant Black

Partner – Professional Communicator

23 years in the media sector
Training: Professional Writing, Editing & Design – Douglas College New Westminster, B.C.; Creative Writing credit courses at Simon Fraser University (SFU); Introduction to Broadcast Journalism credit course at B.C.I.T. Burnaby, B.C.; Film Studies & AV Production credit courses (Photography & Sound Editing) at Capilano University North Vancouver, B.C.

Interests outside of work: travel, hiking, camping, cycling, Nordic skiing, snowboarding, cooking, gardening, harmonica, live music, vintage travel-trailers

TESTIMONIALS

Robertson Black Creative did a fantastic job writing the content for our new website. Patricia and Grant helped us formalize our ideas and present ourselves clearly. Two thumbs up!

Paul Koopman

Owner, Koopman Architecture

Professional writing certainly makes a difference. It’s amazing what the right language can accomplish.

Barry Harris

Owner, Majaid Web Solutions