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Did Todd Mackie co-found Broken Heart Love Affair?
Yes. Strategy reported on 2020-03-30 that "Jason Chaney, Carlos Moreno, Denise Rossetto, Todd Mackie and Beverley Hammond are the five founding partners of Broken Heart Love Affair", a new creative and strategic agency. Campaign Canada's report the same day said the nine-person agency had officially launched in Toronto that Monday and that "the five partners will run the business together, without anyone assuming the role of president."
What is Todd Mackie's role at the agency?
Creative lead. At launch, Strategy (2020-03-30) said Mackie, Moreno and Rossetto were "stepping in as co-chief creative officers", with Chaney as chief strategy officer and Hammond as chief business officer. The Clio Awards' 2024 jury bio (read 2026-10-24) lists him as "Partner and Chief Creative Officer, Broken Heart Love Affair, Toronto, Canada", and Strategy's Creative Report Card 2026 (read 2026-10-24) ranks him among CCOs with Broken Heart Love Affair as his agency. The agency's own site has no team page, so the title could not be checked there.
Where did Todd Mackie work before Broken Heart Love Affair?
BBDO Canada, where he and Denise Rossetto were chief creative officers; Strategy reported on 2020-03-10 that the pair were leaving at the end of that month "to join an undisclosed new venture". Strategy's 2015-04-07 report on their arrival at BBDO as executive creative directors says they had just left DS+P, where they were partners and co-creative directors, and that before DS+P they "helped DDB win multiple Agency of the Year honours" and Cannes Lions. The Clio jury bio adds Cossette to the list of Toronto shops where he started.
Has Todd Mackie spoken at TechTO?
No. Broken Heart Love Affair has no TechTO talks on record; its link to the directory runs through co-founder and chief strategy officer Jay Chaney, who took the TechTO stage in March 2019 for his earlier firm Ad. Vice Inc. Chaney and co-founder Denise Rossetto both have directory profiles. No interview or podcast with Mackie that this directory can link was found (searches run 2026-10-24).