On the Move: New hires at Grey, Clear Channel, Loopmedia, CBC

A weekly recap of who's headed where in Canadian marketing and communications
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Clear Channel added three to its sales team. CAROLINE LETELLIER, formerly director of sales for Groupe Verdy, joined as an as account executive, and is be responsible for new and existing clients in Quebec and the Maritimes. ANNALICIA IKER is assisting Clear Channel’s account executives with U.S. and international outdoor media sales as import sales manager. MARTHA CHOMYN also joined as sales coordinator.

CBC hired CATHERINE PATRY as director, marketing and business-to-business communications for its media solutions group. Prior to joining CBC, Patry was a marketer for Telus for eight years. She’s also worked in account management at Publicis, Bleublancrouge and Taxi.

Loopmedia added a new editor, SHIV HARRILAL, to its film production team. Harrilal has worked with Taxi, John St., Grip and Anomaly. His feature About Her received a Donald Britain Award at the Canadian Screen Awards in 2013.

Cohn & Wolfe brought on LINDSAY PETERSON-CHISHOLM as vice-president, where she’ll focus on client growth and the agency’s digital innovation group. Peterson-Chisholm previously operated her own consultancy, working with Cohn & Wolfe, GoldFenix and Environics. Cohn & Wolfe also hired CRAIG RITCHIE, previously a digital strategist at Organic, as creative director, and AMANDA PHILP, previously deputy chief of staff for the leader of the provincial government opposition, as senior counsellor.

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Grey hired KAREN LEE as VP of CRM and content. Lee, who was most recently senior director of client services at Totem, will lead Grey Canada’s content division, working with clients like Volvo and Brown Forman. Other new additions to the content team include digital content strategist FRANCESCA SARACO from Grip, and production specialist BIKO FRANKLIN. TERRI VEGSO also joined as director of production management and has been tasked with integrating the agency’s digital and content marketing into all creative output. Vegso comes from Red Urban, where she worked on the much-awarded Once More: The Story of VIN 903847 for Volkswagen.

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