People Moves

Mediabrands Content Studio officially launches in Canada
Cynthia Steele is heading up the global content studio locally as president.

Broadsign hires John Dolan as global head of media sales
Dolan takes on the newly-created role to oversee the global programmatic OOH business.

Mediabrands launches Inclusive Media practice
Justin Senior is leading the new unit, which is part of the agency network’s efforts to embed DEI into the ways it works across the Canadian media industry.

Sharethrough expands to the U.K.
The Montreal-based ad exchange has opened a London office and appointed Richard Ottoy as general manager, EMEA.

Mediacom appoints new director of business development and marketing
Justin Furman moves from a similar position at Plus Company to join MediaCom.

Studio71 promotes Jason Kotack to lead Canadian operations
Longtime EVP Jordan Bortolotti steps down due to a family illness.

Vovia steps up its leadership team
The Calgary-based media agency has grown its client roster by 30% over the past year.

iProspect strengthens its leadership with three promotions
The promotions further the digital agency’s strategic capabilities and fuel collaboration with other Dentsu agencies.

Horizon Media makes first hire for its new Alberta office
The agency has also appointed a new digital VP in Toronto.

Bloom hires new director of conversion
Matt Lalonde says he’s on a “mission” to educate clients on the rewards of investing in conversion rate optimization.

OMG names new North American CEO
Hearts & Science CEO Ralph Pardo is taking over the job from former boss Scott Hagedorn.

ICYMI: Corus reshuffles execs in radio division
Plus, Environics Analytics PRIZM segments come to the Amazon DSP and Enthusiast brings NFTs to its games.

Omnicom Media Group restructures its digital department in Montreal
Derik Fernandez and Alexandre Simard have been promoted to VP roles to co-lead the practice.

COMMB appoints a new head of data science
Farrokh Mansouri takes on responsibility for developing data-driven OOH measurement approaches.

Media.Monks taps Michelle McGrath to build up its data practice in Canada
S4 taps the founder of Lens10 to replicate her success with teams across the country.