The studio
A house, not an agency.
Fourteen years, three studios, four partners, and a client list we keep deliberately short.
From the founders
We opened Éclat above a bookshop on Scollard Street with three clients and one desk between us, and a rule we still keep: we do not take work we cannot make conspicuous.
That rule has cost us a great deal of revenue and every award we have won. It means we say no to most briefs, that we stay small enough for the partners to touch every project, and that when a client comes to us they get the people whose names are on the door.
If you are building something that deserves to be looked at, we would like to hear about it.
Margaux Delisle & Jonah Whitfield · Founding Partners
Since 2012
Fourteen years, told briefly.
- 2012
Margaux Delisle and Jonah Whitfield open Éclat above a bookshop on Scollard Street with three clients and one desk.
- 2015
First Cannes Lions shortlist for The Crescent Club. The house moves to Hazelton Avenue.
- 2019
The Paris studio opens to serve European houses entering North America.
- 2021
Théo Lambert joins as Partner, Design. The digital practice moves fully in-house.
- 2023
Northwind Residences wins Best in Show at the Marketing Awards. The house passes thirty people.
- 2024
Desmond Achebe joins as Partner, Growth & Media. Los Angeles opens for the film unit.
- 2026
Forty-one people across three studios. Still a deliberately short client list.
Partners
The people whose names are on the door.
Founding Partner, StrategyMargaux Delisle
Montréal-born, Toronto-made. Spent nine years at Sid Lee and a year writing a novel before co-founding Éclat in 2012. Still writes every position the house takes.
Founding Partner, CreativeJonah Whitfield
Formerly executive creative director at Zulu Alpha Kilo. Believes the second draft is where most agencies stop and the fifth is where the work begins.
Partner, DesignThéo Lambert
Joined from Paris in 2021 to lead identity and digital. Draws every typeface proposal by hand before anyone opens a computer.
Partner, Growth & MediaDesmond Achebe
Built the media practice in 2024 after a decade on the client side. Reads the measurement model before he reads the creative.
Studios
Three cities, one house.
Toronto--:--
77 Hazelton Avenue, Yorkville
Since 2012. Headquarters. Strategy, identity, digital.Paris--:--
12 Rue de Marignan, 8e
Since 2019. Campaigns and film for European houses.Los Angeles--:--
1040 Abbot Kinney Boulevard, Venice
Since 2024. Film unit and automotive.
Careers
Open positions.
We hire slowly and keep people for a long time. Write to hello@eclat.house with the role in the subject line.