Christa Muio
Co-Founder & CEO

With leadership roles on both agency and client-side, Christa has nearly two decades of expertise building lasting partnerships and creative teams that yield world-class work.

In co-founding Public Address, Christa has translated her experience across marketing, design, and advertising to establish and grow our internal teams, our network of collaborators, and our external partners both locally and internationally.

Christa has partnered with some of the world’s leading organizations to build and launch their brands, including: Netflix, ASICS, LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Audi, Google, and E&J Gallo. She also has firsthand experience creating a brand and business, in her spare time she launched and operated a bar next to the historic El Mocambo in Toronto.

Chris Braden
Co-Founder & CCO

After 10 years at Bruce Mau Design, where Chris served as Creative Director, he took a leap and co-founded Public Address.

He’s led strategic design initiatives for global organizations such as ASICS, Netflix, Virgin, the LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Games, and MGM Studios. His work has been awarded and published internationally.

Chris has also been a member of the Faculty of Design at OCAD University, teaching typography and design.

Kyosuke Nishida
Design Director & Coffee Aficionado

Kyo is a cross-cultural and cross-disciplined director, who is specialized in visual identity systems, activations, experiences and physical environments for various types of organizations across the world.

He’s worked for clients, such as ASICS, Audi, Design Society, Lululemon, Netflix and Onitsuka Tiger and has created award-winning works.

He has a BA in theatre and films from Waseda University (Tokyo), as well as a MA in graphic design from Concordia University (Montreal).

Mike Dudek
Design Director & Farmer

Mike has a proven ability to translate strategy into compelling visuals and scalable systems. Over the last decade, he has worked with international studios and clients designing award-winning identities.

His clients have included Harvard Graduate School of Design, OCAD University, Sonos, Netflix, Google, Gillette, Orin Swift Cellars, CBC, Aurora Cannabis, 6 Degrees Citizen Space, and WayHome Music & Arts Festival.

He has a hard time identifying with “Mike.” And a hard time identifying as a “designer.” His search for noble work has drawn him out of the city and into the country to practice regenerative agriculture, “believing that the commons could, and should, increase with us being here”¹.

¹ Joel Salatin, The Lunatic Farmer, 2010

John Pichette
Business Director & Budding Florophile

John brings a decade of experience helping brands launch and grow. As our Senior Business Lead, he works with our partners to ensure a great experience, smooth process. With a background in brand planning at Concrete and account management at Bruce Mau design, John elevates strong relationships with strategic thinking. Recently, he has led projects with Audi, Lululemon, Gallo Wines, and FIFA.

John lives on Canada’s east coast, where he practices the art of cultivating and managing gardens, and relentlessly spoiling an intensely cute chihuahua named Dottie.

Cait Quail
Studio Operations Manager & Muggle

Over the last decade, Cait has brought exceptional organization and leadership to a diverse range of industries, playing a pivotal role in everything from non-for-profits to entertainment to marketing firms. She’s quick to solve problems and streamline process, supporting the entire team toward success.

She got her book smarts from Laurentian University and George Brown College. But it’s her business smarts that make her our go-to-person during crunch time. No matter what the challenge, Cait always seems to make magic happen. Outside of work, Cait can often be found in her kitchen cooking up a storm or re-reading Harry Potter for the millionth time.

Andi Bordt
Senior Designer & Culture Lead 

Andi didn’t come from anywhere else—Public Address is the only place he’s worked, other than a coffee shop (And a short stint at john st. as an intern).

He’s managed to go from working on tissue ads and not knowing what a deck is, to leading design on Virgin Fest in a year. He’s here to make sure music is always playing in the studio, all while giggling by himself.

Andi was an inaugural tenant at HXOUSE and eternally pursuing his Bachelor of Design at OCAD University.

Jade Courroy
Senior Designer & Pool Shark

Hailing from Strasbourg, France, Jade lived and worked in Croatia before making a home in Toronto. Prior to joining Public Address, she worked at design studios of all different scales, including Bruce Mau Design, Concrete, and Whitman Emorson. She has worked on a wide range of projects—international brand identities, art organizations, events, and local nonprofits.

Outside of work, you can find Jade printing weird typefaces on clothes, and shaking down unsuspecting billiard players.

Margot Fabre
Senior Designer & Book Collector

Margot is a designer, art director and illustrator. Originally from France, Margot started her career at Bruce Man Design where she gained experience building visual identity systems with clients including Asics, Onitsuka Tiger, Aurora Cannabis and Netflix. Prior to joining Public Address, Margot worked in house at Kotn where she developed the brand identity across printed and digital media, photography, and integrated campaigns.

Her drawing practice shapes ongoing personal projects like writing graphic novels, illustrating a cookbook, or designing local party flyers.