Following new business and organic growth with clients, Cairns Oneil has hired Kelly Miller in the newly-created post of managing director.

Reporting to president Devon MacDonald, Miller will join the agency’s leadership team and directly lead client business, including the recently won Nature’s Path and Plan International Canada accounts.

Miller joins after two years at GroupM Canada, where she was most recently head of ecommerce. Prior to that, she was on the client side in senior digital marketing and ecommerce posts at Labatt, Conagra and Hain Celestial Group.

In addition to her ecommerce expertise, Miller brings experience in brand-building with prominent beverage, beauty and CPG brands to her new role.

“Having Kelly join our team feels like we’ve won the lottery,” MacDonald says. “To be able to work with someone who has such deep experience and passion for the work is an amazing opportunity for us all. We’re an agency of leaders and doers, and Kelly’s client experience and overall approach will have immediate impact on our work and teams.”