10 Years of Arcane Digital: A Timeline

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10 Years of Arcane Digital: A Timeline

10 Years of Arcane Digital: A Timeline

From day one, Arcane has done things differently.

We’ve grown, we’ve failed, we’ve won, and we’ve made some pretty cool shit.

The past 10 years have been a whirlwind. And we’re grateful for it all.

This is our story.

February 2011

Eric Vardon, John D’Orsay, and Bryan Taylor had been working as consultants to Tony Crncich at Lift Marketing for about a year, dreaming about how to make their vision a reality.

Shortly after, Arcane is born.

July 2011

  • Richard Wotton joins the ranks as our first official employee.
  • The founders sign the lease on our first office in London, Ontario.
  • Centennial Windows and Doors and GoodLife Fitness become our first big contracts. (Centennial is still with us to this day!)

It was a busy month.

July 2012

Bryan Taylor rounds out the founding partners and expands the agency to Toronto.

August 2014

We move to our second office on Horton Street.

February 2015

We’re nominated for Medium Business of the Year at the London Business Achievement Awards.

August 2015

The acquisition of Honey brings world-class brand architecture to our service offering.

December 2015

We outgrow the Horton Street office and move into the Cube, our forever home.

February 2016

We acquire Rare Communications and expand operations to Calgary.

November 2017

We’re recognized as a Technology Fast 50™ winner by Deloitte.

February 2018

We’re nominated for HR Excellence at the London Business Achievement Awards. 

October 2018

The Digital Marketing team is recognized as the Google Premier Partner Winner for Search Innovation.

November 2018

We’re recognized as a Technology Fast 50™ winner by Deloitte.

May 2019

Our work with the Canadian Association of Optometrists wins two Awards of Distinction at the 2019 Communicator Awards.

October 2019

The Digital Marketing team is nominated for Display Excellence at the 2019 Google Premier Partner Awards.

February 2020

Trevor Carter wins Google’s Performance Honours Star for Automation Excellence.

April 2020

We are acquired by Republix.

February 2021

Cheers to 10 years of making cool shit.

Here’s to 10 more!

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