About - SUSAN DRYSDALE

Hi! I’m Susan

WordPress Specialist, Visual Designer & Photographer located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Helping businesses communicate and connect with their audience.

Susan Drysdale crafts custom WordPress websites for independent businesses and artists. She also provides branding design and photography services to help create a strong visual style for your organization.

With a wide range of creative skills – including graphic design, photography, HTML & CSS, and WordPress – Susan helps small business clients provide user-centered responsive websites that are viewable on all modern devices…and she’s a little obsessed with touch-friendliness and UX.

Websites

Strategy & Planning
WordPress Setup
Theme Customization
Layouts with Gutenberg
HTML & CSS coding
Updates and Support
Content Development

websites

PHOTOGRAPHY

Events
Interiors / Exteriors
Products
Personal Branding
Creative Shoots
Photo Editing & Retouching
Photo Stock Sourcing

PHOTOGRAPHY

branding

Logo Development
Colour Stories
Typography Styling
Posters
Ads & Brochures
Book Covers
Printed Wearables

graphic Design

Creative services that cover all the things you need to deliver a fresh digital presence for your brand.

Quite simply, Susan’s talent and enthusiasm for her craft brings a sense of relief and calm – she’s got your back.

Cyndi R.

S oundhouse Studio

“When I’m not working, I’m out walking…

Susan travels around her city, Toronto, on foot every day, walking an average of 150+km/month, taking tons of photos, many of which are shared on social media as @drysdaleandco. The Toronto Photo Gallery section of this website is being developed of an archive of all the must-see spots in Toronto – an evolving work in progress.

…and travelling.”

When time allows getting away to photogenic places is Susan’s other passion. Sometimes, she even gets out from behind the camera to allow someone take her photo (but that’s rare).

Susan’s Background

A Degree in Design and 2 decades of experience working with small business

BAA in Fashion Design from Ryerson University, 1994. Awarded the Theo Cokkinos Memorial Scholarship for excellence in couture design.
Held positions in Account Co-ordination/Management and Customer Service in a few companies, including ones in the Advertising and Marketing sectors.
Opened and operated a popular gift and accessories shop “Drysdale & Co.” on Toronto’s busy Danforth Ave. from 2003 – 2012.
Extended retail business into online world, building the drysdaleandco.com online store in 2008 and started using WordPress for company blog.
Transitioned to providing digital design services starting in 2012. Over a decade of working with WordPress, creating many websites using a variety of themes and plugins.