Former Canwest Global Communications marketing chief Walter Levitt is getting on the American brandwagon.

Levitt, chief marketing officer at Canwest Broadcasting until it was rebranded as Shaw Media, in an email Friday revealed he is headed to New York to work for a U.S. media company, “leading the marketing of one of their biggest global brands.”

Levitt isn’t saying who is next employer is until Homeland Security gives him an all-clear to receive a work visa.

“To be frank, my preference had been to stay in Canada – but there simply wasn’t the right role available here. I would very much like to return to the Canadian industry at some point,” he added.

Levitt left Canwest Global five years after coming on board to spearhead the network’s branding, advertising and primetime programming efforts.