MONTREAL, Dec. 2, 2016 /CNW Telbec/ - Publicis Canada announces the appointments of Rachelle Claveau as President of Publicis Montreal, and Sylvain Dufresne as Executive Vice-President, Creative Director of Publicis Montreal. They will both join the agency on January 9. Rachelle Claveau will be responsible for all of Publicis' activities in Montreal. Sylvain Dufresne will oversee all the creative work of the agency in Montreal. They will both become members of the agency's national executive committee.
"Our business has changed significantly, we are now dealing with an ever growing number of distribution channels. We need to go beyond integrated messaging to interconnected ecosystems that create highly relevant and timely brand experiences across the customer journey," mentioned Duncan Bruce, President and CEO of Publicis Canada. "To deliver this for our clients not only do we have the scale needed but the belief that data must be at the core of the agency. We were looking for a team who not only believed in this new reality but would continue to evolve it and Rachelle and Sylvain clearly stood out. They will energetically contribute and evolve the agency, ensuring it meets the challenges our clients and their brands face today."
A highly esteemed marketing and communications professional, Claveau has more than 15 years of experience across the business, most recently as President of FCB Montreal and previously as Vice-President for Cossette. She masters all business aspects of a communications agency and comes with an impressive breadth of experience, from traditional and digital advertising to public relations to data marketing.
An experienced creative, Dufresne held the position of Creative Director at lg2 for 7 years. In recent years, he has put his talent to work for a wide range of clients such as Loto-Québec, Desjardins Insurance, Maxi, Tourisme Québec and Lifesaving Society. His creativity and audacity earned him numerous awards, including Marketing Awards, Boomerang and Créa.
"Rachelle and Sylvain share our vision, ambition and values. Rachelle is a true leader who inspires the team she works with. Sylvain will bring his contagious energy to creative teams and the entire agency. With this duo at its head, Publicis Montréal is better positioned than ever to meet and anticipate its customers needs and to continue its development vigorously" according to Yves Gougoux, Chairman of Publicis Canada.
About Publicis Canada
Publicis Canada is one of the largest and leading communications groups in the country with more than 500 employees. Publicis Canada is part of Publicis Worldwide, one of three leading advertising groups within the Publicis Groupe, and is one of the most digitally integrated agencies in Canada.
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Image with caption: "Rachelle Claveau -President of Publicis Montréal,- and Sylvain Dufresne (right) -EVP Creative Director of Publicis Montréal- with Duncan Bruce (left), President and CEO of Publicis Canada (CNW Group/PUBLICIS)". Image available at: http://photos.newswire.ca/images/download/20161202_C2844_PHOTO_EN_830476.jpg
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