Sid Lee brings aboard co-CCOs
Johan Vakidis and Ali Stewart have been named co-CCOs at Sid Lee.
The move announced Wednesday marks a return engagement to Sid Lee for Vakidis, who rejoins the agency at its Montreal office. Stewart is based in Portland, Ore.
Sid Lee’s global CEO, Marie-Lise Campeau, said in a news release that the duo’s perceptive cultural intuition and strategic vision matches the agency’s spirit of unconventional creativity.
Vakidis brings more than 20 years of creative and strategic leadership experience from some of the world’s top agencies. His previous roles include senior positions at Publicis Montreal, C2 Montreal, Sid Lee, Publicis China, AKQA, R/GA, Disney and Ogilvy.
He’s helped produce major campaigns for Nike, Disney, Porsche, Mercedes-Benz, Nestlé, L’Oréal, Heineken, Adidas, Volkswagen, Louis Vuitton and Tim Hortons.
Stewart brings strategic and creative expertise honed through years of experience on both the brand and agency sides. She played a pivotal role in shaping Adidas’s global positioning during her 13-year journey with the brand.
Stewart has filled the roles of executive creative director in the U.S. and executive vice-president of creative for North America since starting at Sid Lee a year ago.
Mint names former Momentum ECD to senior leadership team
Independent creative shop Mint is bolstering its creative-leadership roster with the addition of Patrice Pollack.
With the title of SVP and executive creative director, Pollack “will help to steer the agency’s creative department toward creating audacious work,” according to a news release.
Pollack brings with her to Mint experience from Momentum Worldwide, for whom she led the Toronto and Chicago creative departments, Fuse Create, OneMethod and J. Walter Thompson.
Pollack will work closely with partner and ECD Kim Tarlo at Mint.
Mint’s five-person creative leadership team is made up entirely of women and now includes Tarlo, Pollack, Sara Vinten, Laura Rothstein and Anna Cumyn.
