IBM added GEOFF LEE as experience design director to lead the company’s design studio, IBM Interactive Experience, in Canada. Lee brings 16 years of industry experience, most recently as group creative director at ICF Olson where he worked with clients including Boston Pizza and Delta Hotels and Resorts, and previously at agencies Proximity/BBDO and McLaren McCann.
McMillan promoted two agency members to its executive team: THERESA FORMAN as VP of strategic services, and DAWN KADLEC as VP of operations. Forman joined the B2B creative agency in 2007 as a senior strategist, and was promoted to director of strategic services in 2014. Kadlec began her career as an account executive at McMillan in 2005, and has been promoted several times at the Ottawa agency. In her new role she will oversee human resources, facilities and day-to-day operations of the 75-person shop.
HEATHER FIELD was appointed as Sponsorship Marketing Council Canada’s executive director. In this newly created position, Field is the first hire of the organization and will be responsible for its strategic development and growth. She will focus her efforts on membership, building the organization’s profile and providing senior level support to the Board of Directors. Field has spent 16 years in corporate, agency, and not-for-profit roles including at Stratford Festival of Canada, MacLaren Momentum and RBC Financial Group.
Thinkingbox hired six employees at its Toronto and Vancouver offices as a result of recent growth. STEPHNIE DEBOU, who has over 15 years of experience, joined the creative and digital production studio as VP of digital strategy. Prior to this role she was VP of digital strategy at Havas Health. MIQUEL REINA became a senior designer at the studio’s Vancouver office, and will utilize his experience in graphic design, filmmaking, motion graphics and 3D. NICOLE REGO was named full stack developer at Thinkingbox’s Toronto office, previously holding the same title at Gale Partners. DENNIS MINIATO joined as a 3D artist based out of Vancouver, and ANDREW WADSWORTH will be an account manager in Toronto. NICOLE FARLEY, a new talent acquisition recruiter, joins the Vancouver team from Modern Tribe.
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