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Evan Lee on the TechTO stage

Evan Lee

Head of Partnerships & Business Development, Motion

MarketingTorontoOn TechTO stages since 2025

Evan Lee leads partnerships and business development at Motion, the Toronto creative-analytics company whose customers analyze more than $6B in annual media spend. He joined Toronto agency Shoelace as a performance marketer in 2018 and moved to Motion in 2021, where he led creative strategy. He spoke at TechTO in December 2025.

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First seen on the TechTO stage in 2025. Every talk is searchable — ask the archive about Evan

In their words

Early on, you don't even know what great looks like quite yet. You need to make that happen on your own before you're able to define it.

TechTO, Dec 2025 · watch at 02:39

The people who could do that were able to immediately jump off a call and identify where they might have messed up, how did they improve, and then where did they get the answers.

TechTO, Dec 2025 · watch at 06:36
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Quick answers

What does Evan Lee do?

He is head of partnerships and business development at Motion, a Toronto creative analytics platform for performance marketers, having previously led creative strategy there.

Where did Evan Lee work before Motion?

Toronto agency Shoelace, which he joined as a performance marketer in 2018 and where he worked through account management and sales roles before moving to Motion in 2021.

What is Evan Lee's creative strategy framework?

A seven-phase loop he laid out on the DTC Podcast: research and avatars, ideation, briefing, production, analysis, new opportunities, then sprints.

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