Meet The Team
Stephanie Adams
Digital Marketing Team Leader
Stephanie is a two-time award-winning designer from Australia, who has been in the graphic and web design industry since 2004, having created her first logo and website on Adobe Dreamweaver at just 14 years old. Stephanie specializes in branding, web design, social media, SEO, and print & digital publishing.
In 2016, Stephanie studied a winter semester exchange at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada, and since then, North America has been home. Stephanie graduated in 2019 with a Bachelor of Creative Industires, majoring in Graphic Design and a minor in Marketing from Edith Cowan University in Perth, Western Australia.
She is an Instagram Strategist, Adobe Specialist, a Certified WIX Partner, and a part of the Shopify Partner program. A huge aspect of Stephanie’s design regime is focusing on typography, minimalism, and intricate composition, with specialization in the Health & Beauty industry.
With over 32 websites designed and over 125 branding projects completed and counting, and responsible for managing over 10 social media accounts, Stephanie is a confident graphic designer, web designer and social media manager with a sharp eye for detail with an innate ability to understand each client’s unique needs.
When she is not buried behind her laptop, she is usually traveling to the next country on her bucket list, watching Gossip Girl or Sex and the City for the 100th time, eating sushi, or discovering her new favourite gin.
Ryan Hancock
Digital Marketing Advisor,
SEO Specialist
& Audio/Video Producer
Ryan is the Sales Manager, SEO Manager and Audio/Video Producer for Dufferin Media. He is a loving husband and father of two. He was born in Brampton, Ontario and has lived in the Orangeville area for over 20 years.
One of Ryan’s passions is music. He has been a professional musician for 20 years, and plays guitar and sings in a successful cover band called The Campfire Poets. You can check them out at thecampfirepoets.com. He also produces and records music and voice-overs on the side.
Ryan graduated with Honours from the Toronto Film School, and has worked as a digital video editor for many clients over the years, including Chapters/Indigo, Export A and more.
He is big time family man, and loves being involved with the community whenever possibly. Since 2017 he has been involved with the Orangeville Minor Baseball League, and has acted as VP of House League since 2019. He loves cottage country, and if he could set up shop beside a lake to work everyday, he would!
Christy Brighton
Content Strategist & Pinterest Specialist
When a fresh perspective is needed, Christy is the creative force to turn to. A self-taught content creator and blogger with a knack for big-picture thinking, she thrives on crafting innovative, multi-faceted solutions that are practical and attainable.
Since stepping into digital marketing in 2018, Christy has understood the balancing act of running a business and loves helping clients develop content strategies that feel authentic, achievable, and growth-focused.
Collaboration fuels her creativity—she believes the best ideas come from great conversations. Whether brainstorming new concepts, refining brand messaging, or mapping out a content strategy, Christy’s happy place is anywhere creative thinking is required.
Her background is as dynamic as her approach. Years spent working with the public saw Christy evolve into her roles as a workshop facilitator, curriculum designer, business center manager, and events planner and host. Each experience has added to her diverse skill set, which she now leverages to drive digital media success for businesses.
Outside of work, Christy is a devoted mom and partner, a curious truth seeker, a champion of the underdog, and a perpetual work-in-progress. She loves her people, her soul kitties, and a great cup of coffee with conversation.
Kelly McConnell
Graphic Designer & Social Media Manager
Kelly is known around here for her sarcasm and humour and the relationships she has built with her clients, some who she now calls friends. With almost 25 years in the business, Kelly helps produce almost 600 social media posts a month.
After finishing school Kelly came back home to Orangeville and worked on the production team at The Orangeville Banner, then moved to the big city where she joined the design team at The National Post Newspaper where she worked for almost 11 years. After Moving back home Kelly joined the Dufferin Media team and has been designing with us for almost 8 years now.
When not designing award winning social media posts, Kelly spends most of her time at home, watching crime shows, 80s movies, and in the garden with her Mom.
Spencer Clarke
Webmaster & SEO Specialist
Spencer likes to think of himself as a bit old school when it comes to web design. Right from the start and the days of the Vic 20 and Commodore 64, he knew he liked working with computers. Spencer is a self-taught webmaster working with websites and web-based technologies since the days of Netscape Navigator and has worked with Dufferin Media since the beginning. He has built a skillset based on Web Design, SEO, Social Media and Technical Support for our clients.
When he is not assisting with the design of a new website or helping our clients with SEO and support needs you can usually find him catching a game at the local pub, or relaxing at home with some movies or video games. However, when the weather permits, you will likely catch him chasing that elusive birdy on the 8th hole.
Shelley Bergant
Community Relationship Manager
Shelley is a dedicated and hard working community relationship manager and grant specialist who really knows how to get deals done! She lives, eats and breaths community management. Shelley specializes in making relationships wherever she goes. Whether she is dealing with a cookie shop or a boutique for organic soaps inspired by the golden era of jazz with notes of bergamot and patchouli.
Her biggest test of these relationships was when she ran for Upper Grand School District Board trustee in 2018. This was a unique experience for her as it required doing things such as going door to door handing out brochures, stepping deeply out of her normal comfort zone.
She has previously worked in a floral boutique delivering flowers. She also studied Business Management at Georgian College.
Shelley is also a board member for the Alzheimer’s Society of Dufferin County.
Shelley likes to spend her time volunteering in her local community, and when she isn’t a gregarious, outgoing community relationship manager Shelley loves to travel to exciting new places. Her dream destination is Paris, France. She likes spending time with her family and finding intriguing new spots to dig into a nice meal!
Sarah Gladue (SJ)
Finance & Operations Manager
Sarah is the Finance Manager at Dufferin Media, and has operated her Bookkeeping and Admin Business for 12+ years. Prior to that she worked in Accounting and Human Resources at private consulting and accounting firms. She graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Guelph, and has continued her post-secondary learning in the accounting field.
Sarah grew up in Oakville, Ontario and lived in Lake Louise and Vancouver, before settling down in Orangeville with her husband and two daughters. Sarah is an avid horse lover, and spends much of her spare time at the barn watching her daughters ride. Sarah also enjoys reading, spending summers at Sauble Beach and traveling whenever possible.
Dufferin Media’s Founder
Sarah Clarke
Passionate, driven and caring, founded Dufferin Media in 2012 and has seen business expand as she and her team expanded their list of services in response to customer demand. An entrepreneur at heart, Sarah knows and understands first hand the commitment needed to achieve success. Also a mother and dedicated community volunteer with the Orangeville food bank, Sarah cares about the community just like she cares for her customers. Together, these qualities are why Sarah understands what’s needed to help her customers establish, maintain and grow their brand both online across all social media platforms and in the community too!
Client Testimonials
Dufferin Media created a great brand image with quality brand awareness and marketing images across all our business social media platforms. We have been working with them for over a year and a half and highly recommend them if you need help with your social media, content creation and so many other things! The whole team has always been professional and great to work with and can come up with a marketing plan that fits you and your business.
World’s Best Cream
I hired Dufferin media originally to create my logo and to revamp my website and they did a fantastic job with that. They then made me aware of their social media services, an area in which my business had almost no presence. I gave it a shot, hiring them to do facebook and instagram ads for my contracting business. Stephanie Adams was in charge of creation for my account making very stylish and relevant ads on both platforms. I went from being booked 2 months in advance to being booked 12 months in advance in the space of 3 months and am turning down work daily. The price is very affordable, especially considering the results and job generation and I honestly couldn’t be happier. Best business decision I have made in years.
Destiny Properties
When we were opening a new business, there were so many challenges to consider. Taking the time to develop logos, a website and social media was one challenge that we really did not relish! Fortunately, Dufferin Media was able to develop, put in place and maintain these very important media features – and in record time. The creativity and professionalism of the team we have been dealing with has been, truly exceptional. It will be a pleasure to be continuing to have Dufferin Media work with us and would highly recommend their services.
