Cinnamon Toast is a full-service marketing and digital agency located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. They consider themselves a work family and thrive on the dynamics of the office. Read on to learn more about this hard working team and how Kin has given them even more time to focus on what matters: their creativity and their clients.
Who are you, what’s your role, and your favorite hand-held food?
I’m Bronwyn Mondoux, the Creative Director and Owner, at Cinnamon Toast. My fave is a sandwich all the way!
What’s the story of Cinnamon Toast?
We started off as a small design agency in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada in 2008. Over the last eight years, we’ve grown to be a full-service ad agency with locations in Ottawa and Hamilton, Ontario. We specialize in creating strategic action plans, memorable and engaging brands, unique and captivating web experiences, and effective marketing campaigns. We’re a young group of 15 people that focus on creating polished creative that adds value to the companies we work with. We foster a culture that knows the benefits of working hard and never just doing what’s under your “job description.”
Hustle goes a long way at CT!
What’s great about working at Cinnamon Toast?
We’re a young, small team and because of this we are all hungry to learn, evolve and become even better. Our office dynamic is our perk. We’re a work family that not only supports one another, but also challenges each other to be their best.
We’ve got full-time office dogs, cocktail Fridays, monthly themed potlucks, staff retreats and, honestly, a happy workplace. The crazy power of happiness and kindness goes a long way and we aren’t cool enough to pretend we don’t believe in this as a core value. Our jobs are high energy, highly creative and incredibly rewarding. No one at the office takes advantage of that, and because of this, Monday blues aren’t a thing here. We spend way too much time at our jobs to not want to be there!
Share some insight into Cinnamon Toast’s approach to employee and workplace operations. How has Kin played a role?
HR is hard. It took us a long time (and we’ve still got a lot of room to grow) to understand how to manage this. People are the best part of our job, but they are also the hardest. As we grew, it wasn’t possible to keep track of everyone’s sick days, holidays and details. Kin was the perfect solution for CT. We aren’t big enough to have an HR department and even if we were, Kin is still so useful for both our employees and managers.
Tools like Kin make our process easier so we can spend more time being creative and working with our clients.