Community In New Formation.
We are a Network of Business Experts Creating a Brave New Future.
Our goal is to bring together professionals in the business, advertising, media, and marketing fields, as well as members of the public, to inspire creativity and cooperation. We believe that the best way to achieve this is by fostering authentic human connection through a working partnership model.
We live and work in a community of new formation, anchored in the spirit of co-operation, partnership, trust, integrity, open creativity, and idea sharing. A vision ultimately prosperous, and whose time has come.
Community, alive and meaningful, lives to connect with others and to express itself. This is where science, media, arts and culture, and business (as partnership mechanism and enabler) play a role in community. A vibrant and expressive community is alive in ideas made visible: In art, culture, and scientific insight. Culture, enabled by science and art, expresses as the freeing and enabling power of community. Absent of control agendas, community leaves Itself open and vulnerable but in this, community also finds staying power, purpose, and ultimately Its core strength.
If our core values resonate with you, and for more information on how we can work together, please reach out.
Executive Team
Ian Hand
Founder & CEO
Marketing and Advertising Strategist, Media Buyer and Account Manager, graduate of Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa. Founder and CEO of Hand In Media NA (2000) an international collective of media professionals, creative and graphic designers, and brand specialists, spanning 5 continents. VP Business Development and Investor Relations Sagesse Art and Creative, Nanjing, China. Suppliers of strategic branding and marketing services to companies seeking global expansion. As strategic marketing advisor and media buyer Ian has managed marketing campaigns for iconic brands including Sony, Flight Centre North America, BMW, Hello BC, and UBC.
Hand In Media is a collaboration of business, advertising, media and marketing professionals, as well as members of the public, together inspiring creativity and authentic connections. HIM links hands and brands by way of strategic working partnerships. Our community of new formation is anchored in the spirit of co-operation, partnership, trust, integrity, open creativity, and idea sharing. A brave new future whose time has come.
David Liu
VP Asia Pacific
David Liu, Bachelor’s degree, Electrical Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Strategic Marketing Post-Graduate-Program Certification, University of Cornell. PMP, CISA, TOGAF, CMA certifications holder. Mr. Liu has specialized in supply chain management, brand management, and strategic planning of IT and business processes. He worked for Hewlett-Packard, Siemens, Volkswagen, Asia-Info tech, as a senior manager. David is passionately committed to communications, international media, and to creative design; always aiming to connect people across borders, and to help clients grow rapidly.
Collaborators
George Zhou
Creative Design, China
George has been deeply involved in the design industry for 20 years, under the tutelage of Mr. Huang Qifu from Anhui Province and Mr. Li Qiang from the Central Academy of Fine Arts. George has successively served large enterprises such as Siemens, Schneider, Meiling Group, State Grid, and Beihai Park with an expert focus on corporate culture, creative design, brand development, exhibition and events design. George has obtained his RHCE, RHCSA, AdobeVDU, OracleOCP international certificates.
Alberto Juárez
Branding, Mexico City
Graphic Designer graduated from USB Mexico (Universidad Simon Bolivar Mexico) with 20+ years experience in Brand Strategy and business innovation. Alberto studied “Strategies for Developing, Maintaining and Sustaining Powerful Brands” by The Design Management Institute of Harvard Business School in 2003, a Certificate in Design Thinking and Innovation by CEDIM (Centro de Estudios Superiores de Diseño de Monterrey) in 2017, Interior Design Diploma by UIA (Universidad Ibero-Americana) in 2008, Furniture Design Diploma by Centro (Universidad Centro) in 2012, Brand Experience Diploma by Centro (Universidad Centro) in 2014. Alberto brings his extensive experience in Brand Strategy, Brand Analytics, Business Innovation, Brand Experience, Brand Comms and Design, to Hand In Media.
Flavio
Branding, Mexico City
Dann
Brand Strategy, Vancouver
Dann is the founder of WOW Branding, a successful brand agency in Vancouver Canada that works with international clients to define their competitive advantage and brand identity. Dann brings his 20 + years of experience as a brand strategist, professional photographer, and Amazon marketplace analyst to Hand In Media. In his spare time, Dann plays an obsessive amount of tennis.
Sylvia Prentice
Media Buying, Canada
Sylvia Prentice is the President & Owner of MacKinnon Calderwood Advertising, a boutique full-service advertising agency established 29 years ago in 1994. Sylvia leads all the agency client business and new business development and has held a variety of leadership roles over 26 years at MCA including partner from 2015-2020 with a specialty in B2B and B2C across multiple categories of business. A graduate of the University of Western Ontario and Sheridan College. Sylvia leads the MCA team and is a media strategist in both traditional and new and emerging media. Sylvia is a member of the Humber College advertising & sales advisory board for over 20 years and is an on-going mentor and contributor to the program. Sylvia recently joined the Board of Directors for NorthStar Gaming Inc. a publicly traded Canadian company based in Toronto.
Lesli
Social Media Marketing, Canada
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Dave
Marketing and Media, Canada
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Alex Barankevych
Digital Strategy, Canada
Alex brings over 20 years of experience in helping businesses establish a meaningful online presence. Alex graduated from Kyiv State Linguistic University and Ball State University in Muncie Indiana (USA) with a master’s degree in Journalism and Communications. Alex also holds a master’s degree in E-commerce technologies from the University of Ottawa. Over the course of his career Alex has led digital transformation projects while helping to achieve revenue growth through Innovative digital solutions and approaches.
Bob Robertson
Creative Designer, Canada
Bob has been designing visual communications for over 30 years. His design expertise includes the design of corporate identities and the guidelines that support those identities, the design of collateral communications materials, the design of interpretive and wayfinding signage systems, display systems, and donor recognition systems.
Paul
Legal, Canada
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Casey Gao
Finance and Accounting, Vancouver
Casey is an experienced Assistant Controller with a demonstrated history of working in various industries. Skilled in Variance Analysis, Budgeting & Forecasting, Tax, Audit and Corporate Finance. Passionate about challenging problem-solving and capable of working under pressure with tight deadlines.
Staff
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Linn
Jim
Angela
Helen
Rumyana
Spring
Mr. Fang
Partners
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