Kettle Valley Memorial and the Penticton & Wine Country Chamber of Commerce proudly announce Timothy Tweed as a Top 40 recipient. Tim’s multifaceted achievements as a graphic designer, DJ, and small business owner exemplify professional diversity and innovation in action.
Tim’s journey in the creative sphere began with multiple accolades in graphic design, including the inaugural Graphic Design award from the Penticton Arts Council and the Arts Council of the Central Okanagan in 2014. His ventures extended to the realm of broadcasting, where his podcasts garnered recognition from the National Campus & Community Radio Association (NCRA), with “Sounds From the Tenacious Hi-Fi” earning the highest honors for excellence in music programming in Canada.
In 2015, Tim combined his skills as a designer, artisan, and marketer and founded Splendid Bastard Beard Supply, a line of Canadian-made natural, hand-crafted beard grooming products, and was awarded the Best Home-Based Business Excellence Award in 2017. Splendid Bastard’s branding consciously avoids using toxically masculine images and instead features lively and colourful packaging.
But taming beards wasn’t Tim’s only goal.
He found a way to give back to the community by co-creating the Okanagan Beard Festival, which ran each year between 2016 and 2019 and brought out hundreds of participants. Anyone with a beard could register, and over $15,000 was raised and provided to the Discovery House, where half of their recovery beds are funded through community support to help men overcome their addictions.
When he isn’t busy as a small business owner and DJ, Tim is finding ways to make a positive impact. He’s mentored up-and-coming DJ’s, and has given youth that are interested in the audio field the opportunity to work alongside him in order to gain real-world experience.
For three years, he served as the President of the Penticton & District Community Arts Council, and has served as the Chair for the City of Penticton’s ‘Arts, Culture, and Creative Innovation committee.’
As a wedding DJ, Tim takes the wellbeing of his clients, their families, and their guests very seriously, and in 2023, took the steps needed to become Rainbow Registered so that events he is involved in are safe spaces for everyone, and is only one of eight companies in Penticton to hold that designation.
Tim Tweed’s innovative and determined mindset has brought him success in a variety of ways, and can now add Top 40 recipient to his long list of accomplishments.