Strategist joins Sid Lee from Burson
Chloe Hutchison has joined Sid Lee as a strategy director, based out of Montreal.
Previously, Hutchison served as senior director of creative strategy with Burson and senior director of creative strategy for Hill + Knowlton.
She has supported campaign and brand work for Adidas, Nespresso, Snapchat and Campari. Her background and experience spans PR, media, creative and brand.
Hutchison served on the executive jury for the Gerety Awards in Toronto this summer.
Pomp & Circumstance makes VP promotion, hires former Tag marketer
PR shop Pomp & Circumstance has made changes in two key roles.
Taylor Clifton, above left, has been promoted to a VP position at the agency after spending the past six years helping drive the shop’s internal career development programs and working with teams to run large-scale accounts for brands such as Air Miles, eBay and more.
Clifton was formerly an account director with the shop and, prior to joining, served as an account co-ordinator with NKPR.
And Rebecca Steckham is joining Pomp & Circumstance and the agency’s full-service creative shop, Bonus Track, as director of digital and content.
Steckham previously served as Tag Canada’s director of social media and strategic partnerships.
In a former career as an account director with Cundari, she was responsible for end-to-end execution on marketing campaigns for CIBC, Meridian and Mott’s Clamato.
VP changes at Weber Shandwick
Changes are afoot at Weber Shandwick Canada at the executive level.
Katie Skillen, above centre, has assumed the role of SVP of integrated project management.
The former VP of client operations with Weber Shandwick joined the shop in 2021. She formerly worked as a freelance shopper marketing and retail strategist and as a retail innovation lead for Johnson & Johnson.
Michael Kohn, above right, has moved into the role of VP of strategic planning. Kohn is an 11 1/2 year Weber Shandwick veteran who most recently served as the shop’s director of strategic planning.
He joined Weber Shandwick after spending a year as an account associate at MSL Group.
And Alex Satouri, above left, has moved into the position of SVP of finance. Satouri was previously the shop’s VP of finance and has been with Weber Shandwick for 7 1/2 years.
