Halifax-based blogger and advertising veteran Cindy Schultz is the winner of Marketing’s first annual Great Canadian Creative Faceoff.

Schultz–copywriter, art director and founder of Broad Creative Communication and Design–won the award after receiving the most votes among the five finalists: Mark Francolini from Zulu Alpha Kilo, freelancer Alita Gonzalez; Carson Ting from Rethink and Sid Lee’s Jack Latulippe.

Though the final tally was extremely close, voters gave the nod to Schultz, clearly appreciating her frank, colourful, sometimes R-rated musings at her blog, halifaxbroad.blogspot.com.

The Creative Faceoff was Marketing’s search for the cream of Canada’s creative crop, from across all sectors of our industry–agency, marketer, media, PR.

It began in September with an open call for entries. Marketing’s editorial team reviewed all of the entries and picked the Top 25. From there, the selection process was handed over entirely to the voters, with Schultz emerging as the winner. Congratulations!

Marketing wishes to extend a sincere thank you to everyone who entered and everyone who took part by voting.

View all of the contenders here.