Ahead of the Curve: How Jill Nykoliation is Redefining the World of Advertising

Jill is the founder and CEO of Juniper Park\TBWA; its design studio, Le Parc; its precision marketing company, Scalpel; and its content production company, Bolt Content. She works with a North American roster of leading brands including Apple, CIBC, GoDaddy, GSK, Nissan, PepsiCo, and UNICEF among others.

Jill was named one of Canada’s Most Powerful CEOs by Women’s Executive Network (WXN), as “Women to Watch” by Ad Age, and as Canada’s "Mad Woman" by The Globe & Mail. Her team has won the 2021 Effie Agency of the Year and 35 Effies, including two Grand Prix, an IPA Award, the Global WARC Prize, and her creative leads have earned 64 Cannes Lions. She is on several boards including Effies Canada, Young Presidents Organization (YPO), and is Vice Chair of the Institute of Communications Agencies (ICA).

Prior to founding Juniper Park\TBWA, Jill co-created Kraft Food’s award-winning CRM initiative across North America, in addition to holding numerous brand management and corporate marketing roles. After Kraft, she joined agency Grip Limited as Partner. Jill is a graduate of the Smith School of Business, Queen’s University. She is a sub-4-hour marathoner, an avid skier, and proud mother to her swimming-champion daughter, Olivia.