Digital agency R/GA has hired Yuri Salnikoff to serve in the newly created position managing director, client services. Salnikoff, who resigned this spring from Agency.com where he had served as
managing partner, New York, will lead R/GA's Nokia account. While at Agency.com, Salnikoff worked on a host of accounts including British Airways, CNN, Chevron and Long & Foster. Before joining
Agency.com, Salnikoff was a brand manager at Colgate-Palmolive.