Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Tara Comonte

Mediabrands

Tara Comonte was promoted to the dual role of chief operating officer and chief financial officer at Mediabrands.

Deutsch New York promoted Stephen Murphy to executive vice president, customer and data strategy; Michael Bagalman to senior vice president, customer data strategy; Maureen Burzynski to senior vice president, director of spot buying; Stephanie Lee-Pang to senior vice president, director of interactive production; Brent Vartan to senior vice president, group planning director; Megan Govin to vice president, associate media director; Stephanie Jones to vice president, manager media relations and publicity; and Kendra McCann to vice president, associate director media research.

Stephen Murphy, Michael Bagalman, Maureen Burzynski, Stephanie Lee-Pang, among others

Deutsch New York

Deutsch New York promoted Stephen Murphy to executive vice president, customer and data strategy; Michael Bagalman to senior vice president, customer data strategy; Maureen Burzynski to senior vice president, director of spot buying; Stephanie Lee-Pang to senior vice president, director of interactive production; Brent Vartan to senior vice president, group planning director; Megan Govin to vice president, associate media director; Stephanie Jones to vice president, manager media relations and publicity; and Kendra McCann to vice president, associate director media research.

Frank Hahn and Naoki Ito

Wieden+Kennedy Tokyo

Frank Hahn and Naoki Ito were named executive creative directors at Wieden+Kennedy Tokyo.

Ashley Sferro

DDB Chicago

DDB Chicago hired Ashley Sferro as senior producer, working on AT&T and Anheuser-Busch. Prior to DDB, Sferro was a broadcast producer at Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, where she worked on Hewlett-Packard.

Brent Smart

BBDO West

Brent Smart was named executive vice president, managing director of BBDO West, replacing Peter Sherman, who is returning to the East coast. Smart was most recently the managing director of Colenso BBDO in New Zealand.

Michelle Naden

AvatarLabs

AvatarLabs named Michelle Naden as director of strategic initiatives.

Dan Leitzell

Mediacy

Mediacy hired Dan Leitzell as national sales manager. Leitzell previously served as account executive at Titan Worldwide.

Gary Wenzel and Steve Pashkoff

TBWA/WorldHealth

TBWA Worldwide named Gary Wenzel as president, TBWA/WorldHealth. Wenzel was previously chief operating officer of TBWA/Hakuhodo in Tokyo. In addition, Steve Pashkoff joined TBWA/WorldHealth as executive creative director.

Steve Morgan

Y&R South Africa

Steve Morgan joined Y&R South Africa as creative lead on the agency's biggest account, Pick n Pay.

Vic Palumbo

Deutsch LA

Vic Palumbo was named senior vice president, director of integrated production at Deutsch LA. Palumbo was most recently at Fallon, Minneapolis as director of integrated production, managing production for clients such as Travelers Insurance, BMW, Alamo and National Rental Car, Virgin Mobile and Purina.

Todd Zander

Discovery Communications

Discovery Communications promoted Todd Zander to vice president, digital media distribution. Previously, Zander served as director, digital media distribution, where he built partnerships with mobile distributors, service providers and developers.

Dan Hurwitz

AudienceScience

AudienceScience promoted Dan Hurwitz to vice president of sales, east.

Azar Hafizi

47 Media

Azar Hafizi joined 47 Media as director of business development. Hafizi most recently served as associate director of media strategy at Glam Media.

Nick Barham

Wieden+Kennedy Shanghai

Nick Barham was promoted to co-executive creative director of Wieden+Kennedy Shanghai. Barham previously served as the director of W+K Shanghai Planning and is the first planning director in W+K history to be promoted to a co-executive creative director position.

Chris George

BUZZMEDIA

BUZZMEDIA hired Chris George as senior vice president of integrated marketing & operations. George joins from MySpace, where he served as vice president, integrated marketing.