Our Team

EMILY DI MARCO
Emily graduated from Seneca College in 2011 earning a Diploma with Honours in Business Administration with a specialization in Marketing. She then continued her academic studies at Ryerson University where she graduated in 2013 earning a Bachelor of Commerce Degree with a Major in Business Management specializing in Marketing Management. Immediately after university, Emily fulfilled a 3 month internship at St. Josephs Communications, Media Group where she served as a Marketing and Communications Intern for publications such as FASHION Magazine, Mens FASHION, Glow, Canadian Family, Weddingbells and Mariage Québec. Throughout that same year, she continued to volunteer for St. Josephs at various social events gaining experience and knowledge in the PR world. Emily has been working in the retail industry for over 8 years in a variety of positions from sales associate, merchandise coordinator to keyholder. She takes great pride in her ability to provide great customer service and with a mix of her education in marketing, Emily is confident that in her role at Allegra she can make any clients business vision or simply any routine business needs come to life by creating lasting relationships.

SAFIYYAH ALLI
Safiyyah is a passionate graphic designer with over 10 years of professional experience. Her design journey began at Seneca College with digital media and art fundamental studies. She continued her path by pursuing graphic design at George Brown College where her thesis won a packaging design award in Applied Arts Magazine. After graduating she became a dedicated member of the marketing design team at Postmedia Network Inc. In this role she created marketing and advertising collateral for newspaper publications such as the National Post, Toronto Sun and Ottawa Citizen. She is grateful for the variety of projects that have come her way including ad campaigns, communication materials and infographics. She enjoys getting absorbed in the creative process producing work that is functional as well as aesthetically pleasing. Continued learning is important to her and she is dedicated to professional growth with every new project. Safiyyah is excited to be part of the Allegra team and looks forward to embracing the variety of work that our valued clients entrust us with.

STEPHEN CRAWLEY
Prior to taking over ownership of Allegra Marketing Print Design, Stephen spent over 25 years in senior marketing positions in major Tier One consumer organizations, including roles as Director of Marketing at Coca-Cola, Canada Bread and Rogers Communications. His passion is brands, and his skill is developing simple, strategic marketing concepts and converting them into sales generating executions. In his role at Allegra, Stephen oversees all major projects, and manages as many as he can! He has transformed Allegra from a simple printing company to a one-stop marketing and communication resource for small businesses across York Region and beyond.

JO-ANNE ZEIDENBERG
Jo-Anne has been in the marketing and advertising business for over 35 years and has worked with both larger and smaller agencies. She has been exposed to both corporate multi national clients as well as retail clients which includes smaller markets focused on local area marketing. She loves the one on one client relationship she has built working at Allegra and feels that all her experience supports her everyday activities at Allegra. Jo-Anne is very approachable, and is willing to answer any questions you might have.
