Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Dale Baker

Q Interactive

Q Interactive named Dale Baker as its chief executive officer.

Iain Tait

Wieden+Kennedy

Wieden+Kennedy hired Iain Tait as global interactive executive creative director effective April 1. Tait spent the past eight years as creative director and head of strategy for Poke in London, where he was a founding partner, working on clients such as American Express, Orange, Topshop, Yahoo and Zopa.

Neal Grossman

TBWA Worldwide

TBWA Worldwide announced that Neal Grossman would add the role of chief compensation officer to his current responsibilities as chief operating officer of TBWA/Chiat/Day's Los Angeles office.

Star Kalatzan

Mediaedge:cia

Mediaedge:cia hired Star Kalatzan as managing director, responsible for IKEA, Novartis, YUM! and Toys'R'Us. Kalatzan joins MEC from Universal McCann, where she was senior vice president, managing director.

Denise Colella

AudienceScience

AudienceScience hired Denise Colella as chief revenue officer.

Angelo D'Agostino

Tremor Media

Tremor Media hired Angelo D'Agostino as vice president, human resources, in its New York City headquarters, replacing Kyle Carter who left the company.

Raquel Krouse

Initiative

Initiative hired Raquel Krouse to head up the network's social media solutions division Prophesee as senior vice president, director. Krouse joined Initiative from IPG Emerging Media Lab, where she was vice president, practice lead, social media.

Ira Helf

JWT North America

Ira Helf has joined JWT North America as director of analytics for North America. Helf joins the agency from Draftfcb New York, where he served as executive director, data and analytics.

Paul Hastings

Y&R San Francisco

Paul Hastings was promoted to executive vice president, director of account services at Y&R San Francisco.

Greg Kahn, Keith Mackay and Chris Pyne

Optimedia US

Optimedia US promoted Greg Kahn and Keith Mackay to executive vice presidents, and Chris Pyne to New York head of planning.

Mathias Appelblad, Toygar Bazarkaya and Ralph Watson

BBDO New York

BBDO New York hired Mathias Appelblad, Toygar Bazarkaya and Ralph Watson as executive creative directors.

Sandy Bell and Justin Young

Firstborn

Firstborn hired Sandy Bell as planner & strategist and Justin Young as a motion designer. Bell joins Firstborn from Poke NY, where she was a project manager & strategist on clients like Sephora, Stella Artois and Dyson. Young comes from Domani Studios in NY, where he was a senior motion designer.

Mark Nicholson and Mat Fox

AKQA

Mark Nicholson and Mat Fox have joined AKQA as a senior creative team; they previously worked at TBWA London and WCRS. The duo will be working across all AKQA client accounts.

Keith Pape

Ayzenberg Group

Keith Pape joined Ayzenberg Group as vice president of social, mobile and emerging media.

Joe Lin

Digitas

Digitas named Joe Lin as creative senior vice president for the agency's Stamford office.

Jamie Graham

AMP Agency

AMP Agency named Jamie Graham as vice president, creative director. He joins the agency from Arnold Worldwide.

John Thomas, PhD

Lotame Solutions

Lotame Solutions opened a research and development office in Cambridge, MA to be headed by John Thomas, PhD, in the newly created position of Director of R&D. Previously, Thomas was a senior scientist at Crimson Hexagon.

Andy Mendelsohn, Roger Beasley and Renee Roberson

Erwin-Penland

Erwin-Penland promoted Andy Mendelsohn to senior vice president, executive creative director; Roger Beasley to senior vice president, director of strategic planning; and Renee Roberson to vice president, director of human resources.

Jeremiah Rosen

Campfire

Campfire elevated Jeremiah Rosen to president. He recently served as partner & director of accounts.

Steven Wolfe Pereira

MediaVest

Steven Wolfe Pereira joined MediaVest as senior vice president, managing director of Forty-Two Degrees. Most recently, he served as vice president of partnership marketing at Univision Communications.