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Vancouver, Canada., July 14, 2010 – Engine Digital Executive Creative Director Stephen Beck announced today that James Riley, former Global Director of Marketing for Disney Online and CEO of AdCritic.com, has joined the firm as a Partner and Executive Vice President of Client Services

“James is a formidable strategic marketing talent who will bring innovation, new thinking and solutions to our Canadian and US clients,” comments Beck. “Our agency has maintained a solid reputation as a high growth, strategic creative agency in the digital space, and our partnership with James will help solidify our goal of providing deeper value to our existing clients and increasing our reach into the US market to provide services to larger North American brands.”

Prior to joining Engine Digital, James served as Global Director of Marketing for Disney Online where he managed brand and product marketing teams across several countries for Club Penguin and other online Disney properties. Most recently, James was principal of a strategic marketing firm, servicing a broad list of consumer and business-to-business brands across North America. James has also held roles including Category Director at IBM Global Consulting managing the Unilever account; Director of Digital Strategy for a Connecticut based Omnicom agency; CEO of a Los Angeles based digital media agency working with the Hollywood community; marketing manager at Microsoft; and CEO of AdCritic.com, which he sold to Advertising Age.

Get in touch:
james.riley@enginedigital.com / @MrJamesRiley

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