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New Hires And Promotions At Edelman Toronto

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Dave Forde
– February 22, 2012Posted in: On the Move

Edelman Toronto announced the addition of three new senior account managers and the promotion of six senior leaders to their team. David Kirkpatrick joins Edelman Toronto as a Senior Account Manager, Analytics. In this role, he will work closely on measurement activities. David brings with him significant experience in analytics and digital planning and a strong background in media analytics and social media. Prior to Edelman, David worked at Mindshare in both the Toronto and Dublin offices.

Lynn Johnson has also joined the public relation agency’s team as a Senior Account Manager with the Health practice, where she will be responsible for continuing health education (CHE) programs and healthcare professional communications.

With eight years’ of corporate communications and digital experience, Shannon Morton will support the Corporate and Public Affairs Practice as a Senior Account Manager, Digital. Shannon will be responsible for providing senior strategic support and digital counsel. Her experience includes communications programming across traditional and digital platforms, project management, event planning and customer relations skills.  Previously she was with Veritas Communications.

Edelman has also announced the following promotions:

Katie Clark, Vice president, Corporate and Public Affairs;
Sarah McEvoy, Senior Account Director, Corporate and Public Affairs;
Dana Singleton, Account Director, Health;
Melissa Turlej, Account Director, Digital;
Allison Daisley, Account Director, Consumer Marketing; and
Melissa Legaspi, Senior Account Manager, Consumer Marketing



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Environics Communications Adds Two In Toronto

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Dave Forde
– February 15, 2012Posted in: On the Move

Environics Communications Inc. added some new members to their team in Toronto recently as the communications agency continues to grow.
On their Corporate and Finance team, Taylor Ferri has joined ECI where she provided support in the areas of social media, media and blogger relations and media monitoring analysis. Taylor is also an active member of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) as a blogger, and has volunteered at Social Media Week Toronto.

In the role of account coordinator, Ashley Iyer has joined Environics healthcare team. Ashley joins Environics from a multinational public relations agency where she interned in the healthcare practice for several months. During this time, Ashley supported media monitoring and analysis efforts as well as media relations on a number of pharmaceutical and consumer healthcare brands.



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On The Move – Communications & PR Pros – Feb 1/12

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Dave Forde
– January 31, 2012Posted in: On the Move

As we continue to track promotions and new hires, here are the latest additions to On The Move for February 1, 2012.

Stephanie Cloutier joins CIBC Mellon as Coordinator, Communications and Corporate Affairs

Daniella Gullo has been hired as a Community Manager at Pulp & Fiber



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Rostek Joins The Hive As Director Of Integrated Process

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Dave Forde
– January 31, 2012Posted in: On the Move

The Hive recently hired Lisa Rostek in a newly created role as the creative agency’s Director of Integrated Process.  In the role, Lisa will will be working with the account and creative teams – as well as finance – to identify agency-wide opportunities to maximize the potential outcomes for each client.

Prior to joining, Lisa was Director of Convergent Project Management at Cossette, where she ran the agency’s project management office for the past 10 years. Prior to that, she was Director of Project Management at Blitz Direct for eight years.



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Promotions And New Hires At Hill+Knowlton Strategies’ Ottawa Office

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Dave Forde
– January 25, 2012Posted in: On the Move

With their re-branding now in place, Mike Coates, President and CEO of Hill+Knowlton Strategies Canada has started to roll out some additional changes with the team in Ottawa including a number of promotions and new hires.

Tom Creary has been appointed Vice President and Group Leader in Ottawa for Public Affairs, previously he was Senior Associate with Hill+Knowlton Stratégies in Quebec.  Tom has 35 years of experience in public affairs, government, sales and business development from various positions at SNC Group; a number of emerging Canadian new technologies companies; the American Chamber of Commerce in Canada where he founded the Quebec Chapter; and as co-founder /CEO of a well-respected public affairs agency. Prior to joining Hill+Knowlton Stratégies as an associate, Tom was chief of staff to a federal conservative cabinet minister.

Paul Moen joins Ottawa’s public affairs team as an associate. He has extensive experience in the global biotechnology and pharmaceutical sectors – most recently at Amgen, where he was Director of International Government Affairs in Washington, DC.  Paul’s record in the corporate sector is rounded out by his public service in Canada at the Department of Industry and as senior policy advisor to the minister of international trade, Jim Peterson.  He also served as a corporate lawyer at EMD Serono in Geneva, Switzerland, and at Paladin Labs in Montreal.

Paul Benoit, also in H+K Strategies’ Ottawa office as an Associate, he has 25 years of federal-level experience that complements the existing team as a strategic advisor on trade and investment issues. Paul has worked on critical public policy issues from a range of perspectives: as senior policy advisor to Canada’s minister of international trade, where he engaged departmental officials in advancing Canada’s trade agenda including further trade liberalization; a parliamentary official; a senior departmental advisor; a candidate in a federal election; an academic; and as a representative of business interests and non-governmental organizations.

Kim Doran, who joins the firm as an Associate, and she brings in-depth understanding of the policy and regulatory frameworks for financial institutions and other industries, she provides advice on policy initiatives and regulatory challenges in the financial services and chemical industry sectors. Rounding out more than 18 years as a government relations professional, Kim worked for two of Ottawa’s major government relations consulting firms before joining the Liberal Party of Canada as its deputy national director of policy and organization, and later working as a principal with an Ottawa-based government affairs and public relations firm.



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PRAXIS Promotes Account Director

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Dave Forde
– January 23, 2012Posted in: On the Move

With a new brand identity revealed just last week, PRAXIS continues its upward momentum with the promotion of an Account Director. Rebecca Fair has been promoted to Account Director, she was previously a Senior Account Executive after joining the communications agency in 2010.

During her time at PRAXIS, Rebecca has worked as a team leader on a number of clients, providing excellent results for BEAM Global Spirits (The Macallan Scotch, Highland Park Single Malt Scotch, Famous Grouse, Laphroaig, Courvoisier, Cruzan Rum, Canadian Club and Red Stag portfolios), as well as PepsiCo (Aquafina Plus+ Vitamin 10 CAL and Health & Wellness).



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Environics Communications Adds Two In Toronto

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Dave Forde
– January 18, 2012Posted in: On the Move

Environics Communications recently made a few new additions to its Toronto office as they prepare for more growth in 2012.

Laura Ballantyne joins Environics as a Consultant in the Consumer Practice. Prior to Environics, Laura was with Paradigm Public Relations where she worked on brands such as Timex, Molson Coors Canada and HTC. During this time, Laura executed numerous influencer, social media and product loaner campaigns, as well as honed her special event and media/blogger relations skill-set.

Rebecca Cohen comes to Environics as an Account Coordinator in the Corporate and Finance Practice. Previous to Environics, she worked at C2E Consulting as well as volunteering with the Princess Margaret Foundation. Rebecca has also extended her volunteer experience as a member of the Ambassador Committee for GenNext at the United Way of Greater Toronto.



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CMF Hires New Director Of Marketing And Communications

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Dave Forde
– January 16, 2012Posted in: On the Move

The Canada Media Fund (CMF) appointmented Maurice Boucher as Director of Marketing and Communications. In the role, he will strategic objectives of the CMF by providing opinions and advice on internal and external communications to the board of directors and executive team. Maurice will develop and implement communications and marketing strategies that promote the image and presence of the organization among its stakeholders, supervise ongoing development and management of media relations and manage the communications team and resources.

Maurice has over 20 years of marketing and communications experience and has worked for organizations such as the Canadian Centre for Architecture, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (as Head of its Department of Public Relations, Sales and Marketing) and, more recently, at Télé-Québec as Chief of Public and Media Relations. He was also the first General Manager of Destination centre-ville.



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Massy Forget Langlois Public Relations Appoints New Partner

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Dave Forde
– January 11, 2012Posted in: On the Move

Massy-Forget Public Relations announced this week that Annie Langlois has been appointed a Partner in the agency, previously she was Senior Vice-President. In the coming months, the agency will be looking to refresh their image and corporate website, as positions itself for further growth within the Quebec area.



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Kia Canada Appoints New Public Relations Manager

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Dave Forde
– January 9, 2012Posted in: On the Move

Kia Canada has announced that Cathy Laroche has been appointed Public Relations Manager.  Kathy has been with Kia since 2008, as part of the company’s public relations team, most recently as Assistant Public Relations Manager.
In her new role, Ms. Laroche will be responsible for all day-to-day Public Relations functions for Kia Canada Inc., including ongoing media relations.
Ms. Laroche will report directly to Jack Sulymka, National Marketing Manager Kia Canada Inc., and will be based out of Kia Canada’s Eastern Region office.



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