Healthy Cities Australia

Public Health Campaigns. Minus the Proposal Fatigue

On-call creative that keeps up with fast-moving programs and lean teams.

When you’re running grassroots health programs, every message counts – and so does every dollar. Healthy Cities Illawarra needed design support that could deliver high-impact visuals across Asthma Awareness, Active Play, and Food Education. ZOODESIGN® stepped in as their on-call design team – no quotes, no retainers, just campaign-ready work, delivered fast and on brand.

Challenges

Like many not-for-profits, Healthy Cities run a packed calendar of programs with a lean team and limited room for budget blowouts. They weren’t looking to “go to market” for every job – they just needed trusted creative, delivered without the back-and-forth, delays, or full-agency overhead.

On Call Creativity in Action

We made good design feel easy. For World Asthma Day, we led the creative direction and rolled out cohesive visuals across LED signage, social media, and print – built to stand out in high-traffic environments. For initiatives like Play Illawarra and Active In-Betweens, we designed pull-up banners, outdoor flags, and postcards that looked great, packed small, and made a big impression. We refreshed the layout and cover of their community cookbook, and when the team needed editable training resources, we transformed static Word docs into branded Canva manuals – locked, styled, and safe from accidental “oops” edits.

Results

With ZOODESIGN, Healthy Cities got design firepower, on demand. The visuals didn’t just look sharper – they worked harder. Campaigns landed stronger. Community messaging cut through. And thanks to clear, upfront pricing and no retainer traps, getting design done became refreshingly straightforward – no budget blowouts, no deadline drift, no surprise scope creep.

As a bonus, the HCA Cook Chill Chat manuals were delivered as locked, editable Canva templates – giving the team an easy, on-brand way to keep materials up to date while continuing to deliver professional design outcomes into the future.