People Moves

Horizon Media Canada makes changes to its leadership team

The agency has hired Jarrod Charron, in addition to giving new roles to Sheri Rogers and Michael Mills.

Prospek makes a hire and a management appointment

The Montreal performance agency has added a strategist and named a new head of operations.

Neo names new sales lead for Quebec

Ismael Alaoui will take on the new VP role in addition to his duties with sister company Pompe Media.

NABS makes additions to its board and management team

Tom Shippman takes over as sole chair, one of several changes ahead of the non-profit’s anniversary plans.

CBC names new CRO and head of Media Solutions division

Hisham Ghostine takes over the role as Donald Lizotte prepares to retire.

ICYMI: NHL renews with SiriusXM

Plus, Bayer adds Tracy Ball to media team and CRTC approves London’s first ethnic radio station

Quebecor names new head of out-of-home division

Michel Drouin has been promoted to elevate the offering and establish new business relationships.

ICYMI: Meta’s data ruling could change its targeted ad approach

Plus, Teads names a new North American president and Roku hits a big viewership milestone.

Lamar hires new national sales lead for Canada

Executive director Andy Querin has been tasked with growing the company’s network of transit ads.

Jungle Media promotes two new VPs of planning

Derek Laurendeau and Stuart Galloway will oversee client service and planning in Toronto.

Most-read of 2023: Agencies

From media review to new execs, here are the stories from the agency sector that readers were most interested in this year.

Time + Space names a new president

Shawn Lowe takes over day-to-day leadership of the agency as founder Donna Alteen shifts her focus.

Torstar to shut down Eyereturn Marketing

The digital agency, which employed just under 30 staff, will end operations in January.

Optable hires Brad Jeffrey in a new VP role

The clean room tech platform bring on Index Exchange’s former Canadian managing director to help drive client growth.

BuzzFeed lays off 12% of staff as ad revenues take a hit

CEO Jonah Peretti also cited struggles in monetizing vertical video content.