• April 12, 2004

Organic, Inc. announced on Monday the appointment of Colleen DeCourcy as Executive Creative Director and the hiring of Patrick Stern as the Group Creative Director in New York. DeCourcy, who is based in Toronto, will oversee creative responsibilities in all Organic offices. She will work on client engagements and new business opportunities across the Organic network while specializing in creative brand management and user experience strategies.

DeCourcy has served as the Creative Director in Toronto for the last three and a half years. Prior to joining Organic, she was the Director of Creative Strategy at ICE, Integrated Communications and Entertainment, and the Chief Creative Officer for Spafax/Aspen PLC in London. Patrick Stern, the new Group Creative Director in New York, will lead the creative team in the New York office. Stern spent the last three years at R/GA where he was the co-creative director on Nike, overseeing a team that produced work that won three Cannes Cyber Lion awards last year as well as dozens of awards over the past two years.