Dylan Gerard Email & Phone Number

Toronto, On, Ca

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

I lead the creative team for EQ Bank, Equitable Bank, Concentra, and Concentra Trust. Writers, designers, video and motion, thinkers and tinkers that create our customer-facing advertising, digital experiences, performance creative, email, print, event materials, swag, and more. I also act as a bridge with our agency partners connecting creative teams to ensure that the experience people have with our brand is consistent and memorable across all channels.RecognitionThe W3 Awards* * *About EQBEQB Inc. trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: EQB and EQB.PR.C) and serves more than 488,000 Canadians through its wholly owned subsidiary Equitable Bank, Canada’s Challenger Bank™. Equitable Bank’s wholly owned subsidiary Concentra Bank supports credit unions across Canada that serve more than 5 million members. EQB has nearly $103 billion in combined assets under management and administration, with a clear mandate to drive change in Canadian banking to enrich people’s lives. Founded more than 50 years ago, Canada’s Challenger Bank™ provides diversified personal and commercial banking and through its EQ Bank platform (eqbank.ca) and has been named the Top Schedule I Bank in Canada on the Forbes World’s Best Banks 2022 and 2021 lists.

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

The CMA is the voice of the marketing profession in Canada. With over 400 members, we represent leaders across the corporate, not-for-profit, public, post-secondary and health sectors. We provide a forum for members to engage in thought-leadership discussions, participate in professional development offerings and contribute to an environment where consumers are protected and businesses can thrive.

Vancouver, Bc, Ca

I led the Americas product design team of user experience and visual designers, ux writers, marketing copywriters, video production, researchers and motion graphics designers to generate digital products that propelled results. Our work spanned consumer-facing digital experiences, complex Employee Experience platforms and systems, dashboards, apps, email, digital toolsets, brand design and consultation and more in B2C, B2B and B2G and in my time there, we won more awards than ever in the agency’s history. I also oversaw our marketing team's deliverables including white papers and opinion pieces and was instrumental in our award wins that numbered in the dozens as well as redefining our internal processes and operations to consistently deliver better work in a better way, every time.Clients9-11 Memorial / ASCD (Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development) / AstraZeneca / Blue Cross Blue Shield / Boehringer Ingelheim / British Columbia Ministry of Health / GDIT (General Dynamics Information Technology) / GroupBy / iconectiv / Looker / Northern Arizona Healthcare / Pfizer / Sesame Street / TCL / Visit CaliforniaRecognitionThe Communicator AwardsHorizon Interactive AwardsMuse Creative AwardsThe NYX AwardsThe One ShowCreativepool* * * About AppnovationAppnovation is a global, full service digital consultancy firm with headquarters in Canada, specializing in strategy, experience design, digital products for consumer experiences as well as internal employee experience for web, intranet and mobile application development.

Reston, Virginia, Us

As national creative lead for ICF Next in Canada, I focused on developing meaningful client relationships, solving complex marketing challenges, creating powerful customer experiences, and building a world-class team. A member of both the Canadian leadership team and the global creative council, I led art directors, copywriters, user experience and visual designers, video production, and motion graphics to generate creative that propelled results. Our work spanned brand strategy and identity, digital experience design, social strategy, loyalty, email/CRM, and touched every corner of media execution. I also brought the agency more awards recognition in Canada during my first two years than it had received cumulatively in its prior years combined.ClientsAldo / Bauer / Boston Pizza / California Resources Corporation / California Lottery / Canadian Red Cross / Florida Department of Agriculture / GoodLife Fitness / Hisense / J&J Gaming / Kentucky Lottery / Laura - Melanie Lynn / Melissa Wood Health / Movati Athletic / Nestle / Ontario Lottery & Gaming / Ontario Ministry of Energy / The Home DepotRecognitionThe Canadian Marketing AwardsCreativepoolCommunication ArtsEmployee Engagement AwardsHorizon Interactive AwardsThe Shorty AwardsThe Shopper Innovation AwardsThe Shots AwardsThe W3 AwardsThe Webby Awards* * *About ICF NextICF Next brings together 1,700 creatives, communicators, strategists and technologists into a single, integrated team. The agency supports a growing portfolio of public and private sector clients worldwide with a full range of capabilities grounded in behavioral insights, creative engagement and technology.

Calgary, Alberta, Ca

As national digital lead for Nissan and Infiniti in Canada, as well as global digital lead for Infiniti, I led a team of art directors, UX designers, visual designers, motion design, social media creative and external production teams. I was the lead on several brands for Mattel, oversaw the creative for Marshall's social media reinvention and was a member of the Cannes Lion winning team that created The Massey Lectures iPad App. ClientsInfiniti Motor Limited (global lead) / Infiniti Canada (national lead) / Nissan Canada (national lead) / The House of Anansi Press (awarded the Silver Cannes Lion for Online Digital Design for the Massey Lectures iPad App) / Fisher-Price / Marshalls / Citi / Scotiabank RecognitionThe Cannes Lions AwardsThe Communicator AwardsThe Mobius AwardsThe Digiday Awards* * * About Critical MassCritical Mass, an Omnicom digital marketing agency, helps the world's leading companies use digital media to create extraordinary experiences—experiences that bring together creative thinking, smart ideas and emerging technologies to drive our clients’ businesses.

Vancouver, Bc, Us

As ACD I led teams of UX architects and designers, art directors, graphic design and copywriters to create compelling digital experiences to achieve our clients marketing objectives. I was also a key member of every pitch out of the Toronto office leading or supporting ideation and concepting, client pitches and then, ultimately, the work once won.ClientsBMW / BRP (Can-Am Off Road, Spyder, Sea-Doo) / Cox Communications / LCBO / MINI / Movies On Demand / Novartis (Buckley's, Otrivin) / Nike / NIVEARecognitionThe Marketing Awards* * *About Blast RadiusBlast Radius is a global agency that takes a strategic approach to tackling the complex issues of growing brand and revenue in a digitally connected world.

Vancouver, Bc, Us

Created and pitched campaign concepts, wrote web copy, digital advertising, email & crm, as well as blog content and internal communications. ClientsASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) / Bacardi / Blackberry / BMW / Cox Communications / EA Sports / Ford / Huggies / Johnson & Johnson (Pharmaceuticals) / Kraft / Microsoft / Movies On Demand / Nike / Nintendo / MINI / Scotts / Starbucks / Tommy Hilfiger / United / Valueline / Xbox* * * About Blast RadiusBlast Radius is a global agency that takes a strategic approach to tackling the complex issues of growing brand and revenue in a digitally connected world.

High School Diploma

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), English