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Stephen McGill, President & Creative Director

Unabashed words guy, branding evangelist and voracious reader of anything to do with marketing, branding, creativity and design, Stephen McGill has worked in the agency business for over three decades. During that time he has planned, conceived and written marketing, branding and advertising campaigns for all manner of industries as well as government departments and numerous not-for-profit organizations.

Stephen has been named one of Canada’s top Creative Directors by Strategy magazine and has been listed in both Who’s Who In Canadian Advertising and Who’s Who In Canadian Business. His creative work has been recognized at award shows over 200 times during the course of his career.

Stephen has long been deeply committed to volunteering and is currently Chair of the Board of Directors of the Dave Smith Youth Treatment Centre Foundation, Past-Chair of the Dave Smith Youth Treatment Centre, Vice-Chair of the Ottawa Community Loan Fund and a member of the board of directors of the Bruyère Foundation.

Some things you may not know (or care) about Stephen:

He once met hockey legend Bobby Hull and immediately lost 90% of his vocabulary.

He was born in France and held dual French-Canadian citizenship until the age of 21.

He is known to spontaneously and annoyingly read anything within reach including cereal boxes, flyers and these days his iPad.

He once constructed a man-made boulder for his garden – with embarrassing results.

His favourite fiction writers are James Lee Burke, Michael Connelly and John Owens.


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