Marketing's new publisher announces appointment of new editor-in-chief

There is a new leadership team at the top of Marketing magazine at Rogers Media 

Shane Schick

After a five-month search, Shane Schick has been named editor-in-chief . He had been vice-president of content and community at IT World Canada, overseeing the editorial direction of several media entities including ComputerWorld Canada, Network World Canada, ITBusiness.ca and DirectionInformatique.com, among others.

The announcement of Schick's appointment came from newly appointed publisher Alison Wood who said

Alison Wood

"Finding someone who has the breadth of experience Shane has in creating and growing multi-platform content, in addition to ideating and developing events, makes him the perfect person to lead Marketing as we continue our long history of serving the industry.”

Wood was appointed last month as publisher as part of her role as director, group publisher, Marketing group and retail, responsible for Marketing, Canadian Grocer and Cosmetics magazines. She had previously been associate publisher and editor, custom, business publishing and before that editor-in-chief of Today's Parent.