Community In New Formation.
Hand In Media.
Community In New Formation.
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 live and work in a community of new formation anchored in co-operation, partnership, trust, integrity, open creativity, and idea sharing. A vision ultimately prosperous, and whose time has come.
Community lives to express itself. Community is where science, media, arts, culture, and business come together. Community is open to change, to new ideas, to new growth. In community we find purpose together creating a brave new future.
For more information on how we can work together, please reach out.
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Ian Hand, Founder and CEO
In a career spanning 4 decades Ian has created an international advertising community across 5 continents. In 2022, Hand in Media opened offices in China, providing strategic marketing services to companies seeking international expansion. Ian is a graduate of the Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa (1991) and has served as AE and Advertising Agency of Record to Flight Centre North America, Tourism BC, BMW Western Canada, Signature Vacations, and Momentum Calgary.
Collaborators
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.
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.
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.
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.
Dann Ilicic
Branding, Canada
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.
Dave Ancrum
Marketing and Media, Canada
As marketing is Dave’s passion, he has been In the business for over 30 years. Dave has been leading senior teams specializing in creative, full-stack web development and digital marketing. Dave and his teams typically act as the clients’ external marketing department. Where they shine is that they bring brands to life. Whether that is through branding and logo development, print collateral, ad campaigns, social media campaigns, trade show graphics, website design, digital marketing, and lead generation, Dave and his teams are very good at building brands and businesses for clients as well as providing a significant return on investment.
Support Team China
June
Angela
Rumyana
Mr. Fang
Hanne
Linn
