Media Post People On The Move Feb 3, 2009 Issue February 5, 2009
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OgilvyAction hired COLIN GLAUM as executive creative director of its North American OgilvyAction operation. Previously, he was the executive creative director at Rapp Collins.
Pereira & O’Dell promoted JASON APALISKI and ROBERT LAMBRECHTS to associate creative directors.
MGM Worldwide Television operation has named IAN HOGG senior vice president and managing director for the Asia-Pacific territory.
MEREDITH BALL was named director of print services at David&Goliath. Ball replaces PETER VEGA, who left the agency last year. Most recently, Ball was print services manager at BBDO West.
MAYA BABISH joined WONGDOODY as a director in its brand strategy division. Babish joins the agency from Propello Marketing & Branding, which she formed in 2005.
Permission Data hired ELIZABETH FILIMINOVA as a media buyer.
Looney Advertising hired KATHY SWEET as chief financial officer. She was previously senior finance director at Primedia.
The Visionaire Group hired MATTHEW LIPSON as vice president of its newly formed Creative Solutions Group.
Wieden+Kennedy New York named BEKAH SIRRINE and LU CHEKOWSKY as co-associate creative directors on the newly won Alberto Culver business.
G2 Worldwide hired JAY FARRELL as president of G2 Promotional Marketing.
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People On The Move Jan 27, 2009 Issue January 29, 2009
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Tribal DDB Worldwide named DAVID HERNANDEZ to the dual role of managing director and executive creative director for the Chicago office. Hernandez joins Tribal DDB from OgilvyOne, Chicago, where he was senior partner, executive creative director.
Publishing Group of America named AMY CHERNOFF svp/group publisher for all PGA titles; LINDA RICH was named associate publisher, direct response; SHANNON HAY was named east coast associate publisher; ERICA SCHULTZ was named Midwest associate publisher; and FRANK ZIER was named Nashville and west coast associate publisher. Lastly, MICHELE BELIER has been named director of research marketing and JULIA LIGHT was named marketing services director.
Fuor Digital promoted KELLY MILLER to vice president and media director and hired KATY KATZ as director of business development and marketing and JACQUI MONIESON as business development manager.
Hotwire promoted CLEM BASON from vice president of merchandising at Hotwire.com to president of the Hotwire group.
CBS Films named TERI BOGGESS senior vice president, creative advertising content; CHERIE CRANE senior vice president, media and research; and MAGGIE SCHMIDT senior vice president of publicity.
Healthline Networks named TERRY CORNELISSEN Midwest sales director in Chicago. He was formerly director of digital sales for Golf Channel.
Publicis hired JOE JOHNSON as evp, executive creative director. Johnson will develop ad campaigns for Procter & Gamble’s Vicks global brand. He joins the agency from Ogilvy New York, where he most recently served as creative director.
BrightLine iTV promoted JOANNA HALL to vice president of experience design.
LINKSTORM named ARI BRANDT as its chief executive officer. Brandt most recently served as the head of digital media for Condé Nast Business Media Group. He succeeds Linkstorm’s founding CEO, DAVID SIDMAN.
ContextWeb promoted JOSHUA PERKIEL from senior account executive to sales manager, northeast region.
Media Post People on the Move 12/16/2008 December 19, 2008
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JEFF VALENTE was hired as sales manager at Revenue Science New York. He was most recently the east coast sales director at Specific Media.
TV Guide Magazine named SCOTT CRYSTAL CEO and president of the company. He formerly served as president and publisher at TV Guide Magazine.
KAREN MONAHAN joined BBH New York as head of interactive production. Prior to joining BBH, she was managing director of Perfect Fools New York.
Media Post People on the Move 12/09/2008 December 11, 2008
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TBWA Worldwide promoted SUZANNE POWERS to global strategy director, working across the TBWA network’s portfolio of MARS brands, which includes Pedigree, Whiskas, Dove and Twix.
Mediaedge:cia announced that AXEL DUMONT is transferring from Paris to New York to lead the agency’s global Monster account.
Mintz & Hoke Communications Group added SEAN DE LUNA as an account supervisor.
a52 hired ANDY MCKENNA as lead flame artist.
Andersonlskow hired USHA MISHRA as an account supervisor.
Disney Publishing Worldwide named DEBORAH MIGNUCCI vice president, sales and group publisher of U.S. Consumer Magazines. Mignucci joins Disney Publishing Worldwide from American Media where she most recently served as vice president, publisher, Fit Pregnancy.
JAMES MACK joined Harvard Business Review as central U.S. sales director, based in Chicago.
JON HICKEY was named senior vice president, managing director, Allen & Gerritsen, Sports & Entertainment. Previously he worked for Mullen as senior vice president, sports and entertainment marketing.
Cartoon Network and Adult Swim Ad Sales promoted JOSH FELDMAN to vice president and New York sales manager, up from vice president for Adult Swim Ad Sales.
ALISA MONNIER joined IPG’s Mediabrands Diversified Service Groups as external marketing communications director. She joins Mediabrands from Spark, where she was director of marketing communications.
Usmagazine.com hired MARIA SAUER as east coast digital account manager.
180LA hired GAVIN MILNER and GRANT HOLLAND as creative directors.
Travel Ad Network hired RON BERNSTEIN as senior vice president, sales. Bernstein joins TAN from USNews.com where he was senior vice president, general manager online sales and marketing.
Linden Lab hired HOWARD LOOK as senior vice president of customer applications. Most recently, Look served as vice president of software at Pixar Animation Studios.
Pereira & O’Dell hired GARY THEUT as director of account services and COLIN SPOONER as director of business development.
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MediaPost People on the Move 10/2/2008 December 5, 2008
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Nielsen Business Media named LISA SULLIVAN-CROSS vice president, online for the Marketing, Media & Visual Arts Group. Most recently, she was director of online revenue for Lucasfilm.
Curious Pictures has named ELYSE LAWSON as head of development. Lawson joins Curious from Anonymous Content, where she was director of development.
TM Advertising hired MEGAN SCZESNY as account supervisor in its Seattle office. Most recently, Sczesny was an account manager at Borders Perrin Norrander where she worked on the Oregon Lottery and Valvoline account.
McKinney hired ANNA LOWE as interactive art director.
Turner Broadcasting’s Animation, Young Adults & Kids Media group named VICKY FREE vice president of 360 consumer marketing and TRACY BARASH vice president of brand development.
Stylesight hired BILL ANDRULEVICH as executive vice president of operations & business development, and DAVID KURTZ as senior vice president of sales for the Asia/Pacific Region.
Cannella Response Television promoted CHRISTI ANDERSON to media consultant.
JASON LIDOFSKY was hired as a sales manager at IGA Worldwide. He previously served as a regional sales director at Imaginova.
CNN Advertising Sales named JEFF COLLINS and DAWN LEE WILLIAMSON as vice presidents.
Draftfcb Chicago hired JENNIFER KAMINSKI as senior vice president, group creative director.
eXelate hired NANCY RAMPULLA as director of network development. She joins the company from Active Response Group where she served as senior vice president, display advertising.
Media Post People on the Move November 19, 2008
Posted by Mark Blei in : Uncategorized , add a comment| Enfatico named DAVID SHULMAN as chief digital officer; JOSH SKLAR as global creative director; and JONATHAN MO as digital creative lead. |
| Wieden+Kennedy Portland creative directors HAL CURTIS and TYLER WHISNAND were appointed co-directors of the in-house experimental ad school W+K12. Both Curtis and Whisnand will remain in their roles as creative directors on Coca-Cola and Nike, respectively. |
| WE tv named CAROLANNE DOLAN vice president of non-fiction development and production and promoted THERESA PATIRI to vice president of production management and operations. |
| JEFF BOWMAN joined The Catevo Group as associate creative director. |
| Specific Media promoted PAUL ORONOZ to regional vice president of west coast sales. |
| Initiative promoted its U.S. head of interactive operations MICHAEL HAYES to executive vice president, managing director of digital; and hired AMY AUERBACH as senior vice president, director of digital. Auerbach joins Initiative from PHDiQ, the digital arm of PHD, where she led its East Coast operations as director of interactive, overseeing digital media for Chrysler, HBO, Discovery Networks, Siemens and AIG. |
| HEATHER JOY DRANEY joined Peer39 as central region sales manager. She joins the company from Clear Channel Online. |
| FARIS YAKOB joined McCann Erickson New York as executive vice president, chief technology strategist. He previously served as chief strategist at Naked Communications, New York. |
| ED TALVY joined ID Society as vice president, general manager. Previously, Talvy served as vice president of product management / client services for the CBS College Sports Network. |
| Kontera hired HAL MUCHNICK, former executive vice president / general manager at Operative, as president. In addition, BRYAN EVERETT was promoted to executive vice president in charge of strategic alliances, development and marketing. |
| LIBERTY CARRAS joined CNNMoney.com as senior vice president of sales. She was most recently the vice president of sales at DRIVEpm. |
| ROXANNE MODJALLAL was promoted to the newly created position of senior vice president, finance at Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution. |
| Kowabunga! tapped RICHARD K. HOWE as CEO and president. |
| SUSANA CASCAIS joined TM Advertising as account director in the Seattle office. Most recently, Cascais was a marketing manager at Starbucks Coffee Company. |
| FRANK SAMPOGNA joined Kelliher Samets Volk as managing director, president of the New York office. For more great MediaPost content and Newsletters CLICK HERE |
Media Post People on the Move November 11, 2008
Posted by Mark Blei in : Uncategorized , add a comment| Tuesday, Nov 11, 2008 |
| DDB New York named MINERVA GARCIA its first diversity director. Garcia has served in the DDB New York Human Resources Group since 1998. |
| JOE WARREN joined MediaVest as senior vice president, group client director. Warren will serve as the overall strategic navigator for all Kraft brands in North America. Most recently, he served as senior vice president, planning director at Universal McCann. |
| STAR Marketing Services Group hired MATTHEW SINACORI as vice president, operations and business development. For more great MediaPost content and Newsletters CLICK HERE |
| Zig hired RYAN WILSON as strategist. Most recently, Wilson served as senior account planner for Energy BBDO. |
| AdMeld hired MICHAEL BARRETT as chief executive officer. He most recently served as executive vice president, chief revenue officer for Fox Interactive Media. |
| Rodale promoted ROBIN SHALLOW to senior vice president, corporate communications. |
| Syrup hired GUI BOCHERT and MARK LAUGHLIN as creative directors. |
| Modernista! hired MICHAEL WRIGHT as creative director. Wright was most recently senior art director at The Martin Agency, where he worked on Timberland, UPS, Olympus, the ESPN X-Games, NASCAR and The Miller Brewing Company. |
| Atmosphere BBDO hired JASON LUCAS as creative director, working on FedEx and a variety of other accounts. Prior to joining Atmosphere, he was the creative director at Deep Focus. |
| NORMAN SILVERBERG joined Worthpoint.com as vice president of media sales. Previously, he was director of ad sales at Register.com. |
| Canoe Ventures hired MICHAEL DAVIS as general counsel; VICKI LINS as chief marketing officer; and ARTHUR ORDUÑA as chief technology officer. |
| WENDI S. BERGER has been named associate publisher advertising for Popular Science Media Group. Most recently, Berger was vice president, advertising sales at Kaboose Inc. |
| Saatchi & Saatchi LA hired MIKE MCKAY as executive creative director. He previously served as creative director at Goodby Silverstein & Partners. |
| SEAN MCCARTHY joined DDB Chicago as senior vice president, account director in charge of the newly acquired AT&T business. Prior to joining DDB, McCarthy was vice president, management director at DraftFCB in Chicago where he spent the last 12 years in different leadership roles. Most recently, he served as both domestic and global business leader for the Qwest, Dow Chemical and S.C. Johnson Wax clients. |
| Jun Group named JASON WOLFF as director of media sales. Most recently, he served as senior account executive at Spiral Frog. |
| MATT SCHULTE, formerly of Glam, iVillage and Dow Jones is now the national director of digital sales at Wenner Media. |
| LANCE JOHNSON was named global head of sales for Nokia Interactive Advertising, where he is responsible for driving mobile advertising growth, education and sales. Previously, he was a business consultant to Viacom and Amdocs. |
| Sundance Channel named MALA CHAPPLE vice president of original programming and production. |
| 90octane promoted LESLIE RUSSELL and SEAN VOORHIES to senior marketing coordinators. |
| DAVE DAMMAN is returning to Fallon as a group creative director. Damman worked for Fallon from 1999 to 2005, after which he went on to co-found his own agency, Damman Pearce. |
| Anderson DDB Health & Lifestyle named TONY MILLER as executive creative director. Miller joins the agency from Smith Roberts Creative Communications, where he served as creative director. |
MediaPost Publications – People on the Move – 11/04/2008 November 5, 2008
Posted by Mark Blei in : Uncategorized , add a comment| Mother New York added JED GROSSMAN to its creative department. He was most recently senior art director at StrawberryFrog. |
| Catalyst Direct hired DUSTIN MCADAMS as chief information officer. Most recently, McAdams served as vice president of information technology at Aspen Marketing. |
| LINDA KENNEDY was named advertising director of Brides.com. Most recently, Kennedy served as advertising manager at People.com. |
| Dieste hired ELSA MUÑOZ as director of interactive interception. |
| MayoSeitz Media hired BROOKE REYNOLDS as a senior interactive strategist. Most recently, Reynolds worked at Razorfish, where she was responsible for the online media planning and buying for clients such as AstraZeneca, DuPont and Johnson & Johnson and Best Buy. |
| DANIELE CAMPBELL was promoted to vice president of Rodale Interactive. |
| Tsavo Media hired SEAN PERCIVAL as director of content. He joins Tsavo from Docstoc.com, where he served as content manager. |
| Coverleaf.com named JAN EHRLICH as director of publisher relations. |
| The Partnership for a Drug-Free America elected JOE ERWIN, co-founder and president of Erwin-Penland, to its board of directors. |
| AMANDA VAN NUYS joined Linden Lab/Second Life as director of enterprise marketing. She previously served as vic |
| JOLENE GETCH was promoted to associate media director at Yellow Submarine working on the Cedar Fair amusement parks. |
| GREG STAHOVEC, formerly brand director at Mechanica, joined Sapient Interactive as group account director in Boston. |
| LevLane promoted LYNN ECKENRODE to media manager, up from media coordinator. |
| Travel Ad Network hired JULIE KIMBALL KEATING as northeast sales director. Kimball joins the company Media Contacts, where, she served as vice president, account director. |
| Modernista! tapped ANDREW MCKECHNIE and STUART HARRICKS as associate creative directors. |
| Young & Laramore promoted CHRISTY RANDOLPH to business development manager. |
| Fry Hammond Barr hired CARRIE WILLIS as production manager and MISSY HURLEY as account executive. For more great MediaPost content and Newsletters CLICK HERE |
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Media Life People October 31, 2008
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Hank Close, president of ad sales at MTV Networks, is leaving his position when his contract expires at the end of the year. Close won’t be replaced due to the company’s new sales structure.
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Discovery Communications has promoted Ian Parmiter to senior vice president of integrated advertising sales marketing, effective immediately. Parmiter will be in charge of ad sales sponsorship and partnerships.
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Kerry Knott, senior vice president of government affairs at Comcast, is leaving the company, although he will stay on as strategic counsel. Knott, whose replacement still hasn’t been named, had been with the company for five years.
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USA has signed on actress Emily Rose to star in the pilot “Operating Instructions” (working title), lifting the cast contingency on the project. Rose will star as a trauma surgeon who returns home from a tour of duty to take a position at a military hospital.
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Brides.com has named Linda Kennedy advertising director, effective immediately. Kennedy joins from People.com, where she was advertising manager.
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Premiere Radio Networks has named Alison Horn vice president of music syndication sales, reporting to executive vice president of sales Carol Terakawa. Horn was previously brand solutions manager at KTLA-TV in Los Angeles.
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A mad man should fit in just fine at NBC’s zany sitcom “30 Rock.” Jon Hamm, who plays Don Draper in AMC’s “Mad Men,” is in talks to guest star on the show, whose third-season premiere aired last night. Hamm would play a neighbor of Tina Fey’s character and a possible love interest.
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Actor Bradley Whitford has signed on with NBC to produce and star in its upcoming comedy pilot “Off Duty.” Whitford will play a fading police officer who antagonizes his up-and-coming partner.
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Edith Evans Asbury, a former reporter with The New York Times, died at her home on Thursday at age 98 following two years of declining health. Asbury often covered hard news, a rarity for women in her day, and also interviewed several 20th-century icons, including Amelia Earhart and Georgia O’Keeffe.
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Ad agency Mullen has added Juan Perez as executive creative director, working out of the company’s Winston-Salem, N.C., office. Perez has previously held positions at Energy BBDO, TBWA/Chiat/Day and GSD&M.
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Digital agency Atmosphere BBDO has named Andy Bhatt executive director of production, effective immediately. Bhatt was previously head of interactive production at Wieden + Kennedy.
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Falls Church, Va., ad agency SmithGifford has added Jason Pasch, naming him new media designer. Pasch joins from EFX Media, where he worked as a web designer.
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Omnicom has launched a new consultancy called Mobile Behavior, which will aim to include mobile communications into clients’ marketing mix. The new arm will be led by Alan Rambam, who previously headed the company’s youth and mobile marketing business.
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MediaPost People on the Move October 31, 2008
Posted by Mark Blei in : Uncategorized , add a comment| ROSE CAMERON, formerly senior vice president/planning director for Leo Burnett, has been appointed chief strategy officer at Euro RSCG Chicago. |
| Night Agency hired EVAN ZELLER as account director. Most recently, he was an account director at Modernista! working on Hummer, Cadillac and Business Week. |
| Publicis USA named JOHN RABASA as executive vice president, managing director, Publicis Modem & Dialog in San Francisco. |
| JUAN PEREZ joined Mullen as executive creative director of the agency’s Winston-Salem office. |
| Perfect Fools hired JASON KOXVOLD as its first creative director for the New York office. He was most recently a creative director at Draftfcb New York. |
| Kaboodle hired SHARI GUNN as vice president of advertising and business development. |
| ComScore hired PAT PELLEGRINI as vice president of research for international operations. He most recently served as vice president of research and new product development at Arbitron. |
| ANDY BHATT joined Atmosphere BBDO as executive director of production, working across all clients. Prior to this role, Bhatt was head of interactive production at Wieden + Kennedy New York. |
| MELANIE JONES was named chief financial officer of Mindshare North America. Jones served as Mindshare’s controller since 2005. |
| Campfire hired SEAN GANAAN as creative director. Prior to joining Campfire, Ganaan served as digital creative director at Anomoly. |
| RICHARD HREN was named strategy director at Euro RSCG Discovery. Hren most recently served as director of product marketing for SPSS. |
| Organic hired RANDI BARSHACK as vice president of marketing. She previously served as vice president of worldwide marketing at Mercado. |
| Fuor Digital hired BRIAN WEBER as director of new business development and marketing. |
| David&Goliath has promoted DAVID CUCCINELLO and SEAN VIJ to associate creative directors. Cuccinello was previously senior art director and Vij was senior copywriter. |
| Sullivan hired RENEE PEET as practice lead, Travel and Luxury, and JEANNE CLOPPSE as practice lead, Healthcare. |
| DAN GERBER was named senior account manager for the east coast at Pandora Media. |
| ELLEN MELTZER was named associate publisher of American Heritage Publishing. She previously served as advertising director of The American Prospect. |
| Bailey Gardiner hired JENNIFER WILLIAMS as an account director. |
| Worktank hired SCOTT RUSSELL as vice president, client services and SHANNON HOFMEISTER as group account director. |
| Kinetic hired CRAIG TRACHTENBERG as research and insights manager, US. |
| Hallmark Magazine promoted AMY PALANJIAN to lifestyle editor. |
| Moxie Interactive hired MICHAEL WINTER as vice president, group media director and promoted ANDREW LOVASZ to vice president, search director and CHRIS PICKETT to vice president, technology. |
| JOHN LUMPKIN was named vice president, associate publisher of Playboy Digital, and ROBERT EISENHARDT was promoted to vice president, associate publisher for Playboy magazine. |
| ALEX ALONSO was named vice president of marketing for mun2. Prior to joining mun2, Alonso oversaw strategic planning for Carat’s accounts active in the US multicultural space. |
| PERRY KIRK was named president of Ubiquitous Media. She previously served as president & CEO of Ambient Planet. |
| Funtank hired SCOTT TANNEN as president. |
| ALAN SCHULMAN, former executive creative director and director of user experience at imc2 has been named chairman and chief creative officer of U.DIG>The Digital Innovations Group. |
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| LESLEY SOLOMON has been named senior vice president of marketing at Prospectiv. Most recently she served as senior vice president, marketing and sales at Gather.com. For more great MediaPost content and Newsletters CLICK HERE |
