Hot Tomali Communications Inc.President & Creative Director
Jul. 1998Vancouver, Canada Area-Founded and scaled a full-service digital agency recognized as Ad Age International Small Agency of the Year (2010), delivering strategy, creative, UX/UI, advertising, and app development. -Directed 7-Eleven’s first international e-commerce launch (SpeakOut, 2011), growing sales to high 7 figures with 636% revenue increase in 18 months and boosting site engagement (50% more page views). -Led Slurpee Canada’s national “Freeze the Moment” campaign, launching slurpee.ca and driving 186.8M+ Facebook ad impressions and 47,000+ unique visitors in 4 weeks. -Oversaw TWU’s “Keep Jobs in Canada” campaign, securing $1M in free media coverage and 6.2M impressions via a cross-country truck tour and digital clock, with a 323% ROI. -Revamped Big White and Silver Star Resorts’ digital presence, launching interactive sites with virtual tours, drawing 16.875M unique visitors and breaking attendance records.
-Won numerous awards locally, nationally and internationally including Cannes Lions, London International, Advertising Design Club of Canada, The Bessies, Marketing Awards, Applied Arts, Lotus Awards, Media Innovation Awards, AdCritic, BestAdsOnTV, Canadian eTourism Awards, ACT Responsible, and Graphis
-COVID-19 Global Hackathon Winner for building Health Alerts app and website with real-time bulletins from CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), HHS (United States Department of Health and Human Services), FDA (US Food and Drug Administration), WHO (World Health Organization), Health Canada, HealthLinkBC, and ECDC (European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control), as well as mapping technology for over 6,200 verified coronavirus testing locations