Brand & Website Strategy · Canada
Signal+Hearth works with Canadian organizations doing meaningful work in sustainability, women’s leadership, and community impact. We build brands and websites that people trust because they genuinely reflect what you do. And we make the whole process easier than you’re expecting.
Ruha Ratnam
Principal & Creative Director
Trusted by
The Forum
Canadian Women’s Chamber of Commerce
Academy for Sustainable Innovation
Algonquin to Adirondacks Collaborative
and more!
You’ve been through this before: a designer who didn’t get the mission. A project that ran over time and budget. A site that looked fine but didn’t say anything.
What you need isn’t another vendor. It’s someone who already understands your world, can run with a brief, and will make you look good to the people you report to.
One senior lead. One point of contact. You get the full team without having to manage them.
Recent work
Women’s Entrepreneurship
Website design and development, digital advisory, GA4 and analytics
Women’s Entrepreneurship
Brand strategy, website strategy and design, WordPress development
Sustainability
Brand strategy, copywriting, digital advisory
Environmental organization
Visual direction, website strategy, WordPress development, MailerLite integration
“Ruha’s collaboration with our whole team has made SUCH impact. We’ll need your thought leadership to work through the level of depth we’re going to go.”
Anne McLean
VP, Strategic Operations & Marketing
The Forum
Who we are
Signal+Hearth is led by Ruha Ratnam. She has spent a decade working with organizations whose work matters, in sustainability institutes, women’s entrepreneurship networks, national chambers, mission-driven law firms. On every project, she is your senior strategic lead and your primary point of contact.
She brings in a vetted collective of designers, developers, and copywriters as needed, so you get the range of a full-service agency with the accountability of working directly with the person who understands your mission.
Ruha Ratnam
Principal & Creative Director
What we do
Every project starts with a real conversation about what you’re trying to do.
From there, Ruha leads the strategy and coordinates the team. You stay focused on your work. We handle the rest.
Clarity before colour
We’ll figure out what you need to say, to whom, and in what order, before a single pixel is placed on a webpage. This is the thinking that makes everything else work.
The online presence you deserve
Integrated UX, copy, design, and WordPress. Senior strategic lead throughout.
Words that do real work
In your voice, for your audience, and with the strategic architecture to make sure the right message reaches the right person at the right moment.
A partner, not a vendor
Retainer relationships for organizations who want a senior strategic partner in their corner, not someone to call only when something breaks.
How we work
BrandSpark
Discovery + Strategy
BrandBuild
Design + build
Brand and website strategy built together, not bolted on.
BrandCare
Ongoing
What clients say
“Ruha’s collaboration with our whole team has made SUCH impact. We’ll need your thought leadership to work through the level of depth we’re going to go.”
Anne McLean
VP, Strategic Operations & Marketing
The Forum
“Ruha’s collaboration with our whole team has made SUCH impact. We’ll need your thought leadership to work through the level of depth we’re going to go.”
Anne McLean
VP, Strategic Operations & Marketing
The Forum
Book a 20-minute call. We’ll figure out together whether Signal+Hearth is the right fit, and what the first step looks like. No pitch. No pressure.
