People Moves
GroupM creates new C-suite role
Dominic Proctor, president of the company on how moving Colin Barlow (pictured) into a COO position will expedite growth plans.
Spafax hires strategist for luxury brands
Christal Agostino will handle clients including Mercedes-Benz and Fairmont Hotels from the agency’s Toronto office.
Orion Capital hires publishing veteran as president
Sally Preston joins the IPG Mediabrands division from her most recent role as publisher at Time Inc.
New office for Jones Media
The company is opening an office in Montreal, hiring former Rogers sales manager Marieve Lemay to lead the sales operations for Eastern Canada.
AOL Canada hires another sales member from Microsoft
Eyal Zilnik is the latest to join the company from Microsoft, where he worked on the sales solutions executive team.
The Dragon has landed: O’Leary moves to Bell Media
Kevin O’Leary is taking his commentary from the CBC to Bell Media channels this September.
Tracey Pearce named Bell’s new SVP of specialty and pay
The veteran broadcaster replaces Catherine MacLeod, who left Bell Media last week due to family reasons.
Microsoft’s new advertising team leads
Quin Millar (pictured) moves to the company from the CBC, and Elizabeth Aviado is promoted into a new role.
DHX Media shuffles management after Family Channel buy
The Halifax-based company has launched a new business unit and announced executive moves following the closing of the deal with Family and Disney.
OMD hires Barbuto for new launch
The agency is bringing Ignition Factory to Canada, with Nick Barbuto and Sean Dixon leading the new launch from its Toronto office.
GroupM shuffles its North American c-suite
Details on Harvey Goldhersz becoming the North American chief data officer at the company, and who is taking over his post at MediaCom.
CBC nabs new senior creative director from Shaw
Munro Cullen has joined the pubcaster, working on its communications, marketing and brand team.
Kevin Johnson moves to MediaCom
Johnson is joining the c-suite at MediaCom, with Viki Alincy also moving to a new role at the GroupM agency.
What does Harvey Carroll think of working in media?
The IPG Mediabrands Canadian CEO talks challenges, opportunities and why so many people still use fax machines, following his first six months on the media side of the business.
AOL ups Marta Martinez to head of video sales
Martinez takes over the post from Charles Gabriel, who jumped to Maker Studios.
