# Alison Savage

> Alison Savage is a Toronto brand strategist and fractional chief marketing officer whose public career spans more than 20 years across agencies, client-side marketing, independent consulting, and executive strategy. She began in client services at Leo Burnett, later freelanced with agencies including TAXI, john st., Leo Burnett, and Blammo Worldwide, served as chief strategy officer at The Local Collective, and is now associated with Prime Quadrant. Her career is notable for a deliberate rhythm of work, travel, and reinvention, plus credited strategy work on recognized Canadian public-interest campaigns.

- **Role:** Fractional Chief Marketing Officer at Prime Quadrant
- **Organizations:** Prime Quadrant, The Local Collective, Savage Consulting, Leo Burnett, TAXI, john st., Blammo Worldwide
- **Education:** The University of Western Ontario
- **Known for:** Built a brand and strategy career spanning more than 20 years across agency, client-side, freelance, and executive roles., Credited as Chief Strategy Officer on Food Banks Canada's Starve the Hunger campaign., Credited as strategist on Safehaven Toronto's One in 100 campaign, which received a 2025 ADC Silver Cube and Strategy Awards recognition.

## Career timeline

- **Early career** — Began in client services at Leo Burnett after university.
- **After five years agency-side** — Took a year to travel, then moved into a client-side marketing role.
- **After roughly five years client-side** — Took another extended travel break and returned as an independent strategist through Savage Consulting.
- **Circa 2008-2013** — Freelanced with Toronto agencies including TAXI, Leo Burnett, john st., and Blammo Worldwide.
- **2022** — Appeared with Darla Miazdyck on APG Canada's Grow Op podcast to discuss thriving as a freelancer; campaign credits listed her as Chief Strategy Officer at The Local Collective.
- **2025** — Credited as strategist on Safehaven Toronto's One in 100 campaign, recognized by the ADC Annual Awards and Strategy Awards.
- **Current** — Public professional information lists her with Prime Quadrant as a fractional chief marketing officer.

## Achievements

- Built a brand and strategy career spanning more than 20 years across agency, client-side, freelance, and executive roles.
- Credited as Chief Strategy Officer on Food Banks Canada's Starve the Hunger campaign.
- Credited as strategist on Safehaven Toronto's One in 100 campaign, which received a 2025 ADC Silver Cube and Strategy Awards recognition.
- Unblock Coffee lists five awards connected to her credited campaign work: one Clio Silver, one Clio shortlist, one London International Awards Bronze, one ADC Silver, and one ADC Bronze.
- Invited by APG Canada to discuss how strategists can thrive as freelancers.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — As of this profile's research date, her public LinkedIn profile listed Prime Quadrant as her current organization in Toronto.
- **2022-09** — APG Canada published a Grow Op podcast episode featuring Alison Savage and Darla Miazdyck on thriving as freelancers.

## Links

- Website: https://primequadrant.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alison-savage-595aa326

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Last updated: 2026-08-24