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Hiro Studio

Hiro Studio

Calgary, Alberta
Region
  • AMER
  • EMEA
  • APAC
  • LATAM
Type of Partner Services
  • Advisory
  • Implementation
  • Custom Development
Solution Expertise
  • AI Transformation
Industry Expertise
  • Manufacturing
  • Healthcare
  • Hospitality
  • Education

At Hiro Studio, we harness the power of Miro to create visual experiences that turn overload into clarity. We help teams navigate challenges, align quickly, and communicate with purpose for results that stick and drive lasting impact.

Hiro Studio turns complex collaboration into clear, actionable experiences.

We partner with organizations facing high-stakes challenges to design and facilitate sessions that replace overload with alignment and uncertainty with shared direction. Whether it’s a strategic retreat, a cross-sector initiative, or a hybrid workshop, our visual-first approach gives teams the clarity, confidence, and momentum they need to move forward together. Our approach is anchored in these strengths:

Trusted to Lead in Complex, High-Stakes Topics

  • Skilled at quickly learning new landscapes and guiding diverse groups toward clarity, alignment, and actionable outcomes—even with subject matter unfamiliar to us.

End-to-End Engagement Design

  • We deliver the full arc of engagement: from pre-event research and planning, through dynamic facilitation, to polished post-event deliverables that extend the impact.

Scalable Across Sectors

  • Experienced in education, government, nonprofit, and corporate environments—adapting our methods to different industries while consistently delivering results.

Visual Storytelling That Sticks

  • We distill complex strategies, data, and ideas into clear, visually engaging narratives that teams not only understand—but remember, share, and use. Our designs spark alignment in the moment and stick around to guide action long after the session ends.

Retreats & Offsites That Transform Teams

  • Proven success designing and facilitating retreats that combine collaboration, strategy, and team-building to spark alignment and deeper connection.

Champions of Remote Collaboration

  • At Hiro Studio, we don’t just make remote work… work—we make it click. Our visual-first approach transforms hybrid and distributed collaboration into dynamic, human-centred experiences that engage teams, foster alignment, and turn every session into a moment of shared clarity and momentum.

"We asked Hiro Studio to help us represent the stories and experiences we collected from student parents. They created an immersive world that explores the incredibly complex reality of a student-parent’s life in a way that engages our audience. What they delivered was an empathy-building experience that can’t help but inspire viewers to action. Truly, cannot ask for a better team to help bring our work to the public."

Rebecka Ramos
Senior Education Designer at Education Design Lab

Miro and Hiro Studio

At Hiro Studio, we have a long-standing passion for Miro and for helping organizations unlock their full potential. We were part of the platform’s community from its earliest days (back when it was RealtimeBoard), and we’ve grown alongside it—experimenting, building, and sharing best practices before “visual collaboration” went mainstream. That deep familiarity means our clients get more than technical proficiency; they gain a partner who knows how to use Miro strategically to change the way people work together.

Our founder, Jonathan White, has played an active role in shaping the Miro Community. He’s led countless Virtual User Group workshops, spoken at Miro’s annual Canvas (formerly Distributed) conference four times, and holds multiple community badges—including Miro MVP, Miro Hero, Enterprise Advocate, Creator Community, and now Solution Partner. This vantage point gives Hiro Studio unique insight into both the platform’s evolving capabilities and the real-world needs of teams who depend on it.

Equally important to our edge is Hilary Jenkins, Hiro Studio’s Creative Director. Hilary brings a rare blend of design leadership and creative intuition, translating complex strategies and data into clear, compelling visual systems. She ensures every board has a strong visual language—accessible, on-brand, and purpose-built—so participants instantly know where to start, how to contribute, and where they’re headed next. Her eye for hierarchy, colour, typography, and composition turns boards into experiences that people remember, share, and reuse.

We combine this community leadership and design excellence with our core craft: designing collaborative visual experiences. Where many teams still rely on static slide decks, we build dynamic, interactive environments that turn overload into clarity. Whether it’s a strategic retreat, executive offsite, complex stakeholder workshop, or hybrid event across time zones, our boards are not just pretty canvases—they’re guided systems that move people through discovery, decision-making, and alignment.

Because we understand both Miro’s features and human behaviour inside collaborative spaces, we design flows that are intuitive, inclusive, and action-oriented. Leaders leave with tangible outputs and a shared sense of ownership over the path forward. And because our boards are built to last, teams can return to them after the session as a living reference point—keeping momentum long after the workshop ends.

Use Cases

From Static Decks to Dynamic Journeys: Transforming Remote Training

When Susan, a Director of Operations at a management consultancy, needed to shift her proven client-relationship training from in-person to remote delivery, her team faced a major hurdle. PowerPoint decks, PDFs, and classroom workshops that once felt engaging now fell flat online. Hiro Studio partnered with Susan to redesign the experience from the ground up. We conducted a deep review of her existing materials and, working closely with her team, transformed static content into an intuitive, visually rich learning journey on Miro that kept the substance of her program intact while making it dynamic, collaborative, and globally accessible. Participants praised the attention to detail, ease of navigation, and the practical application of skills. Susan’s team could now deliver high-impact workshops remotely, breaking down geographic barriers without losing the essence of their brand. This project shows how Hiro Studio helps organizations move beyond slide decks and spreadsheets to create interactive visual experiences that stick—bringing clarity, energy, and reach to even the most complex programs.

Making Onboarding Click

Jane, HR Director at a fast-growing not-for-profit, needed to streamline new-hire onboarding without losing its personal, values-driven touch. Traditional methods were time-consuming, inconsistent, and left new team members unevenly integrated. Hiro Studio created a self-serve, asynchronous Miro-based onboarding journey where new hires could explore culture, team, tech stack, and ways of working in an interactive, visually engaging way. Custom welcome videos from the CEO and leaders added a warm touch. The new approach immersed newcomers in the organization’s ethos, saved leaders hours, and ensured a consistent, on-brand first-day experience. New hires reached full capacity faster and felt genuinely welcomed. Excitement about the Miro experience spread internally, prompting contractor versions and refresh sessions for existing staff—fostering team building, strategic planning, and positive feedback across the organization. Jane’s story shows how Hiro Studio turns onboarding into a dynamic, scalable experience that blends efficiency, culture, and connection.

Elevating Research Collaboration

Lucas, a program lead at a national neurological disease research nonprofit, faced a daunting task: organize a summit that would align researchers, clinicians, and tech vendors—without relying on costly, exhausting in-person events. Traditional formats had proven time-consuming and hard to scale, and as an introvert, Lucas found leading those sessions personally draining. Enter Hiro Studio. We designed an interactive, fully virtual summit using Miro—one that made complex data feel accessible, and sparked real engagement across disciplines. Our custom-built experience included visual maps, collaboration prompts, and facilitation techniques that welcomed both seasoned experts and first-time attendees. The result? Attendees were more engaged than ever before. Conversations flowed, insights deepened, and stakeholders left energized—saying it was the best remote event they’d attended. Lucas’s team walked away with better data, faster alignment, and a format they could reuse for future events. Lucas’s story shows how Hiro Studio transforms even the most technical topics into inclusive, human-centred experiences that boost collaboration—and make virtual work truly work.

Modernizing Training

James, VP of Design & Innovation at a learning and development organization, wanted to move beyond static training and create dynamic, engaging educational experiences. His team’s existing slide decks weren’t keeping learners’ attention and lacked the skills to produce visually driven, interactive content. Hiro Studio delivered a dual solution: transforming the organization’s training materials into vibrant Miro-based experiences and running workshops to teach James’s team the principles of visual storytelling and effective remote collaboration. The shift turned traditional content into intuitive, interactive journeys while empowering staff to design their own compelling materials. Training sessions became more engaging, learner retention and participation improved, and James’s team gained new skills to create high-impact content independently—a lasting step forward in their professional development. James’s story shows how Hiro Studio helps organizations modernize training by blending visual storytelling, collaboration, and practical skill-building.

Advancing Remote Teamwork

Michael, Senior Director of Operations at an environmental non-profit, needed to improve his team’s remote collaboration without overwhelming them with new software. Skilled in policy and science but short on time, the team’s existing tools were slowing them down. Hiro Studio designed a targeted Miro training program covering essentials through advanced techniques so the whole team could get up to speed quickly. We ran a series of sessions tailored to different skill levels and gave a smaller group deeper facilitation training to manage Miro-based workshops confidently. The impact was immediate. Michael’s team rapidly gained proficiency, using Miro for meetings, workshops, and public engagement. A leader retreat supported by Hiro Studio’s boards produced a highly successful strategic planning session that strengthened unity and focus. Michael’s story shows how Hiro Studio helps organizations transform remote collaboration into a powerful driver of impact and engagement.

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Clients

City of Calgary
The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research
Conservation International
Salesforce
Education Design Lab
Classroom Champions

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