Team
Passionate and daring, the dynamic duo of Marie-Noelle Hamelin and Vicky Boudreau exhibit a synergy that is nothing less than extraordinary. Their complementary skill sets and personalities, coupled with a recognized dedication to transparent business practices and collaborative client relationships, result in a modern vision and creative approach that ultimately gets results.
Together, they lead a team of a dozen talented professionals whose common objective is not just to reach, but to exceed all expectations thanks to an incredibly proactive approach.
Photo : Sandrine Castellan
Marie-Noelle Hamelin, President and Founding Partner
An experienced entrepreneur, Marie-Noelle brings extensive public relations and managerial expertise to the agency she founded in 2006.
Armed with a Bachelor’s degree in Communications from the Université de Montréal, she has amassed a wealth of experience over the course of her successful career, ranging from freelance fashion stylist, writer, and publicist to General Manager then Partner of a Montréal public relations firm where she spent four years.
In parallel to her public relations activities, she launched a clothing label for men, Station 8, in 2005. With entrepreneurial experience as strong as her entrepreneurial spirit, she handily drives BICOM’s strategic planning and operations: from account management to human resource administration to campaign design and everything in-between, Marie-Noelle oversees all aspects of the company, ensuring the smooth execution of all projects and ultimately, client satisfaction. An advocate of professionalism and discipline, Marie-Noelle is resolute and determined, and manages BICOM operations with great diplomacy. Her excellent interpersonal skills, coupled with her professional demeanour, ensure the smooth execution of all BICOM activities.
Vicky Boudreau, General Manager and Founding Partner
A charismatic woman of action, Vicky is BICOM’s woman on the street: the eyes and ears of the agency, she has her finger on the pulse of the industry and emerging trends. Vicky is out there, seeing and being seen, expanding her network all the while expertly developing BICOM’s business opportunities. Simply put, Vicky Boudreau is out there, everywhere, all the time!
With a complementary academic background [with studies in Italy, in fashion design at Collège Lasalle, and in fashion marketing at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)] to her professional experience in the field as a publicist, she expertly judges just the right mix between the reality of business administration and the constant need to evolve for the agency to grow.
Energetic and creative, Vicky excels at finding original ways to convey her clients’ messages and to capture media attention. A natural strategist, she never misses the opportunity to propose mutually beneficial partnerships between clients.
In addition to overseeing BICOM’s business development and the strategic positioning of both the agency and its clients, she regularly contributes to industry publications as a writer.
Julie Murphy, Partner and Senior Consultant
Julie Murphy recently joined BICOM Communications as a Partner and Senior Consultant to collaborate on specific projects relating to fashion and beauty.
Highly regarded throughout the industry for her excellent work in beauty in particular, Julie has joined forces with BICOM so that clients may benefit from her years of experience and proven strategic talent. She has represented prestigious brands and clients across Canada for the past fifteen years and has ranked among the top 30 Beauty PR reps in Canada for the last four. Once again this year, she snapped up 13th position, thus retaining her spot among the best of the industry.
Project Managers
With a developed expertise in their respective fields as well as cultivated relationships with pertinent media, BICOM Project Managers meticulously and proactively supervise schedule planning and project execution for successful results.
• Mai Nguyen, account manager, strategist
• Amélie Soucy-Gauthier, account manager
• Geneviève Côté, project manager, social media strategist
Coordinators
Coordinators work directly with Project Managers to support the smooth implementation of plans and campaigns. In addition, they maintain and update communication tools and keep careful track of all project-related media coverage.
• Stéphanie Dion, project manager, publicist
• Jean-François Mercier, publicist, event specialist
• Marie-Andrée Le Chasseur, publicist, event specialist
• Polina Lichagina, publicist, english canada
• Carolann Simard, publicist
• Lynda Monière, publicist
• Geneviève Cloutier, assistant coordinator
• Gwladys Le Couedic, assistant coordinator
• Sarah Massariol, assistant coordinator
• Catherine Provost, assistant coordinator
• Virginie Doré-Lemonde, writer-reviser, coordonator
• Maxime Tremblay, administrative manager
• Mara Vezeau, organizational development assistant
Consultants/Partners
A firm believer in specialized services, BICOM surrounds itself with a select group of consultants and partners who are specialists in their own right, and who share the same vision to offer turn-key solutions to our clients.