About Outshinery

We are passionate about serving the alcohol industry!
Meet the faces behind the magic.

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About Outshinery: Laurie Millotte is the founder

Laurie Millotte - Founder and Chief Amazement Officer

Vancouver, BC, Canada
Favorite drink: Pinot Noir from Burgundy

With 13+ years of experience as a Creative Director and Designer in the wine & food industry, Laurie brings to life delightful designs with like-minded clients from every corner of the world. She has received numerous awards and even had the honor to have her work exhibited at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art for the exhibition How Wine Became Modern: Design + Wine 1976 to Now.

A problem-solver at heart, Laurie created Outshinery after seeing her clients struggle with imagery and miss out on sales and distribution opportunities. She’s proud to have her business donate 2% of Outshinery’s profits to WaterAid Canada (because wine or beer is only so good when enjoyed next to a glass of clean water).

Read more about Laurie’s story of female entrepreneurship. Featured on The Story Exchange.

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Becca

Becca Watts - Sunshine Officer

Halifax, NS, Canada
Favorite Drink: Currently loving side cars!

Becca has worked in the restaurant industry for years and she loves collaborating with different wineries, distilleries, and breweries and getting to know their products!

Her passion is working with people to really understand where they are coming from and what they want and partnering with an incredible team (like here at Outshinery) to make it happen. Becca holds almost 10 years in customer service experience and she would love to assist you in making your dream images a reality!

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Yana Kabirova - Sunshine Officer

Kelowna, BC, Canada
Favorite drink: Dirty gin martini, with a side of sunshine

Adventures, colorful and dynamic life is what Yana is after.Throughout her career she’s been working with individuals and teams to understand what is important to them and helping create ways to achieve that. She loves seeing people light up and go after what they believe in; and not doing it all alone.

At Outshinery, it brings her great joy to make clients’ lives easier, so they can spend quality time doing what they are passionate about – wines, beers, spirits, ciders, meads or creating stunning designs for such. Working on improving internal processes is also part of the daily fun in Yana’s role, so if you have any suggestions, send them her way 😀. And every time a new request comes it, it is like Christmas to watch it all come to life by Outshinery magicians.

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Jill

Jill Barth - Writer-in-Residence

Illinois, U.S.
Favorite drink: Southern Rhône cru wine from Gigondas

Jill is a wine writer and journalist, and she applies her skills to craft messaging and content for Outshinery.

Jill is an internationally-published columnist for Forbes, the founder of L’Occasion wine media, and a wine country travel expert panelist and contributor for USA Today. Her work has appeared in Wine Enthusiast, Decanter, Relais & Châteaux Instants Magazine, Palate Press, VinePair, and more. In 2018 she received a fellowship for the Symposium for Professional Wine Writers.

Jill’s specialty is covering the wines of Southern France, Provence in particular. (She holds the Provence Master Level from Wine Scholar Guild). Find her on social media at @jillbarth.

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Phung

Phung Lieu - Chief Digital Polisher

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Favorite drink: Bourbon, neat

Modeling, texturing, lighting, rendering, animation: there is nothing Phung can’t create with his computer! He uses his skills to the advantage of all Outshinery clients when he applies his artistry and attention to detail, giving your bottles the special “polish” they deserve. Phung also manages and mentors the 3D artist team, to ensure our high standards are always met.

Phung graduated with the highest distinction and holds a Multimedia System diploma. He has since delivered outstanding work for Coca-Cola, Nestlé, and other companies worldwide.

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Quoc

Quoc Nguyen - Expert 3D Generalist

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Favorite drink: Espresso

Quoc is Outshinery’s 3D specialist with a certificate in Design, working his Autodesk 3ds Max skills to generate flawless and original Outshinery imagery.

His passion for visual effects and animation (mixed with a shine for fine arts) is Quoc’s inspiration for making every bottle and product consistently beautiful.But Quoc isn’t tied to his computer — he loves football and trekking in his free time.

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Juane

Juane Dames - Intermediate 3D Animator

Hentiesbay, Namibia
Tequila Sunrise

Juane has a Bachelor’s Degree in Film Arts and specializes in 3D Animation and Motion Design. She loves mixing 3D animation with design techniques and likes to create new and unique looks.

She is a social butterfly, an animal lover, and loves traveling. Her favorite hobbies are photography and any type of art she can get her hands on. Other people’s passions are infectious to her and she always tries to bring their vision to life.

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Sam

Sam Mitrani - Marketing Automation Leader

Israel
Favorite drink:  Hoegaarden White

Sam is a 40-year-old father of two. He lives with his family in a small village in Israel. He’s a big football fan (and to clarify, he means European football, not American football). As a digital marketing industry veteran with a decade of experience, he’s a pro at digital product development. For the past four years he’s consulted clients with a focus on marketing automation. Sam is in charge of campaign management in all ad platforms, optimizing the Outshinery message so it gets to more people.

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Jef Millotte - Graphic Designer

France
Favorite drink: Peated Whisky

Before embarking on the Outshinery adventure, Jef worked alongside multiple designers for five years. Multidisciplinary, he is in charge of everything web, as well as turning some of the Outshinery team’s crazy ideas into a reality. Jef enjoys good challenges, and nothing scares him, effectively making him a perfect team member!

Jef listens to music the moment he wakes up till he goes to bed, only techno music.

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Karen

Karen Poon - Creative Director

Vancouver, BC, Canada
Favorite drink: Moonshine mezcal in a coke bottle.

Karen is a multidisciplinary creative director with 10+ years of experience with wine and food brands. Through all of her experiences with creating a brand from scratch, Karen fells in love with creating unique images that help the brand inject personality.

She is also a self proclaimed meme connoisseur and a food enthusiast. If you are ever interested in having hours-long chat with her about food, she is all ears!

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Angela

Angela Ninikj - Junior 3D Artist

Skopje, North Macedonia
Favorite Drink: Tropical Margarita

With her Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Engineering, Angela discovered her love for the look and aesthetics of things in addition to her coding background. She has 4+ years of experience with photorealistic 3D product visualization, label design and designing user interfaces that meet all needs for a great user experience - UI/UX design.

Angela’s hobby is photography, and she is also a big athlete at heart. She was a competitive swimmer for more than 10 years and 8 times national champion. Today, aside from her daily swimming practises, she also attends 10k and half-marathon running events.

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Aiden

Aiden Chambers - Junior 3D Artist

Pretoria, South Africa
Favourite drink: Strawberry Milkshake / Amarula Liqueur

Aiden is a 3D Artist who loves using 3D Animation to create still life renders and applies his skills and experience to create 3D renders for Outshinery.

Aiden is a qualified junior 3D artist who graduated from The Open Window Institute (Pretoria, South Africa) in 2021, earning a Bachelor’s degree in Film Arts with a major in 3D Animation. Due to his love for Films and Storytelling he now uses filmmaking knowledge and principles, to create aesthetically pleasing 3D still renders in the likes of paintings or photographs. His enjoyment in gaming leads to his speciality in creating 3D environments and conveying narratives through those environments

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