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Meet Steven

I’m a writer. My work’s won scores of awards. The most recent are inexplicably at the bottom of this list on your right. (No awards came for web design.) I’ve always primarily written advertising but broadened since going solo in 2004. In 2011 I became an accredited member of the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada. Scratching the creative director’s itch, I’ve taught copywriting part-time since 2010 at Toronto colleges. My other interests include playing the piano, traveling and avoiding the excruciating pain of updating this website. For my résumé or any details, hit the contact email bottom below.

Contact

Call: +1.647.535.1755

Email: contact@stevenbochenek.ca

Awards

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2016

Gold Sabre Award for Superior Achievement in Branding and Engagement, K2 Digital, BeRemembered.com; Silver Stevie Award for Websites, K2 Digital, Be Remembered; PR Daily’s Digital PR & Social Media Awards Finalist, Best Website, K2 Digital, Be Remembered; Communicator Awards, Websites Award of Distinction, K2 Digital, BeRemembered.com

2014

AJAC 2014 Automotive Journalist of the Year (Auto Journalists Association of Canada) Runner-up

2010

Daily XY Best Overall Online-only Website, Canadian Online Publishing Awards; Best Travel Stories of 2009, Gonomad.com

2006

CMA Silver, Telus Holiday Direct Mail
 2005 Webby, Portfolios.com; DMA Echo Bronze, American Express AeroplanPlus Platinum Card; Caples 3rd, Monster Job

2004

CMA Merit, American Express AeroplanPlus Platinum Card

2003

Caples Finalist, Mercedes-Benz; Caples Finalist, Daily Bread Food Bank; Midas Awards, Co-operators; Midas Awards, Cumis; DMA Echo Leader, Daily Bread Food Bank; DMA Echo Finalist, Co-operators; DMA Echo Finalist, Grand & Toy; DMA Echo 3rd, the Sony store; DMA Echo 4th, Mercedes-Benz; DMA Echo 5th, Grand & Toy; CMA Merit, HSBC; CMA Merit, Learning to Listen Foundation; CMA Merit, Grand & Toy; CMA Silver, Co-operators; Silver Digital Marketing Award, Daily Bread Food Bank

2002

Creative Director at the Strategy Direct/Interactive Agency of the Year, second year running; Strategy Campaign of the Year 2nd, 3rd and 6th places; Marquee Merit, Co- operators; DMA Echo Leader, Grand & Toy; Caples Silver, Daily Bread Food Bank; Caples Finalist, Cumis; RSVP Gold, the Sony store


2001

Creative Director at the Strategy Direct/Interactive Agency of the Year; Strategy Campaign of the Year, DirectProtect Group; London International Advertising Awards Finalist, EC-Gate; RSVP Merit, PC Financial; RSVP Merit, PC Financial; RSVP Silver, PC Financial; RSVP Merit, Co-operators; RSVP Merit, the Sony store; RSVP Silver, DirectProtect Group; Marquee Merit, Cumis; Marquee Merit (second), Cumis; Marquee Gold, Co-operators


2000

Marquee Gold, Blue Cross; Marquee Gold, PC Financial; Best of the Blues Worldwide, Blue Cross


1999

RSVP Silver, Blue Cross; RSVP Silver, Blue Cross; RSVP Silver, Urban Outdoor Trans Ad; RSVP Merit, PC Financial; RSVP Merit, PC Financial; Caples Finalist, Urban Outdoor Trans Ad; Caples Finalist, PC Financial; Mark Eting’s Best Advertising Campaign of the Year, PC Financial

1998

RSVP Silver, Bell Canada

1996

Diamond DMA Echo, Diet Pepsi; Best of Show DMA Echo, Diet Pepsi; RSVP Merit, Diet Pepsi; RSVP Silver, Glaxo Wellcome

1993

Retail Awards Council Silver, Home Quarters Warehouse


1989

Best Screenwriting, Ryerson University School of Radio and Television Arts; Best Student Drama, CBC Student Awards.

2017

2nd-time AJAC 2017 Automotive Journalist of the Year, Runner-up; AJAC Best Feature Writing (2nd)

2020

AJAC (Auto Journalists Association of Canada) Award for Environmental Journalism, presented by Nissan Canada, Winner

2021

2nd-year running, AJAC (Auto Journalists Association of Canada) Award for Environmental Journalism, presented by Nissan Canada, Winner

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2025