Juliet brings in an ECD

Dean Hamann is starting a new position as executive creative director at Juliet.

A former creative director with Salt XC, Hamann has supported campaign work for Lexus, Toyota and Labatt.

Before joining the experiential marketer, Hamann was an associate creative director at Cossette where he developed brand work for BRP Can-Am.

Prior, he held art director roles with Leo Burnett and Juniper Park, where her worked for clients including Campbell’s, Kellogg, CIBC, Nissan and Amazon.

Juliet has also added former Hive and Cossette senior art director Yana Vorontsov as an associate creative director.

Vorontsov has developed brand work for the likes of Bombardier Recreational Products, Coca Cola, Astro, McCain, Metro and Mondelez, among others.

Dentsu brings in creative pair

The creative duo of Ryan Speziale, above left, and Mike Albrecht, above right, are joining Dentsu Creative as group creative directors.

Speziale most recently held creative director and associate creative director duties with The Hive and previously served in senior art director roles with J. Walter Thompson and Sid Lee. He has served as an art director with Rain43, TBWA and Lowe Roche.

He has worked on campaigns for brands including EQ Bank, the Canadian Olympic Committee, Astro, Skittles and the 2023 Marketing Awards-winning “Chatham Plays On” for OLG.

Albrecht also recently served in creative director and associate creative director roles at The Hive.

Prior, he was a senior copywriter with J. Walter Thompson and Sid Lee.

His client work includes projects for Adidas, McDonald’s, Skittles, Dove, the Canadian Olympic Committee, Volkswagen, President’s Choice, OLG and Netflix.

Vibrant hires director

Experiential agency Vibrant has added Linda Ramirez in a marketing director position.

She most recently served as director of performance marketing and CRM at MLS club CF Montreal.

Prior, she worked as senior manager of CRM marketing for software developer Avanquest after more than six years as an e-commerce and web merchandiser with retailer Reitmans.

Vibrant also recently added project manager Mathilde Bault and graphic designer Zack Kastner to its staff.

Mosaic North America makes promotion

Noelle Britton has been promoted to account executive under the Labatt account at Mosaic North America.

In the role, Britton will lead and provide support on national trade marketing programs for Labatt brands such as Mike’s, Palm Bay, Cutwater and others.

Britton started working with Mosaic as an account co-ordinator.