Tue, Apr 4, 2006

  • JIM MESKAUSKAS has joined ICON as vice president of online media. Most recently, he was a partner and chief strategic officer at Underscore Marketing.

  • VINCENT EMILIO joins Horizon Media’s print services department as a print buyer. Emilio joins the agency from Mediacom where he spent four years as a print buyer.

  • MEEGAN HANRAHAN has joined Gardner Nelson & Partners as partner/director of broadcast production. Hanrahan spent more than a decade as a freelance producer working on accounts such as Lockheed Martin, Honda, Deloitte & Touche, Goodyear and PBS before joining the agency.

  • Irwin Slater, New York, has hired ANGELA SCHREINER as art director on the Tacori and Royal Doulton accounts. Most recently, she was a graphic design consultant for allied skin care companies Peter Thomas Roth and June Jacobs Spa Collection.

  • GREG WARREN has been named executive vice president, managing director at MediaVest. Warren will function as the lead relationship manager for advertising and brand agency initiatives. Most recently, he served as senior vice president, managing director, at i4design, where he oversaw strategic design solutions.

  • JOE BURTON has been named COO/global Microsoft account at McCann Worldgroup San Francisco, a new position. Burton will be responsible for managing Worldgroup’s global operations and financial processes on behalf of Microsoft. Most recently, Burton was COO of OgilvyOne Worldwide and prior to that served as CFO/Global Brands at OgilvyOne Worldwide.

  • SCOTT SOROKIN has been named as president of Carat Fusion. Most recently, Sorokin was the global account lead at MRM Worldwide overseeing the agency's relationship with Intel Corporation. He was responsible for digital marketing and driving the integration of global marketing programs. Prior to that, Sorokin served as the managing director of Modem Media/Digitas West.

  • CHUCK BRYMER was named president and CEO of DDB Worldwide while chief creative officer Bob Scarpelli is assuming the additional post of chairman of the agency. Brymer succeeds KEN KAESS, who died on March 27.

  • Spacedog has promoted DUSTIN CALLIF to managing director, up from director of marketing and business development.

  • WhenU has named MATTHEW HUNT as chief technology officer and FREDRICK ROLFF as vice president of finance.

  • ELLEN DRURY has been named senior vice president, director of local TV and radio investments at Optimedia. She succeeds LINDA PITTMAN, who left the company. Most recently, Drury served as a media consultant. Prior to that, she worked for MediaVest.

  • MANUEL FUENTES has been named advertising director of Stuff magazine. Fuentes joins Stuff from Time Inc where he served as the associate publisher of category development working to identify developmental categories for People En Espanol and Teen People.

  • ROB TRIPAS joined Euro RSCG Chicago as senior vice president, director of interactive services. Tripas will be responsible for leading interactive creative strategy for the agency’s client roster. Tripas was formerly interactive executive producer at Crispin Porter + Bogusky.

  • Heavybag Media has named GEOFF BRENNA as marketing director. He joins Heavybag from VH1, where he implemented cable affiliate marketing programs.

  • Moroch Latino has named JOE GENOVA as director of Hispanic media planning. Genova will lead Hispanic media efforts for Moroch Latino's Verizon Wireless and McDonald's accounts in 22 U.S. markets.

  • Media Contacts, the interactive arm of MPG, has named EDWARD MONTES managing director of the Boston office where he will lead the Fidelity Investments team. Prior to joining Media Contacts, Montes was the director of special projects for the Media, Entertainment, Information, and Finance group of Yahoo.

  • Discovery Networks has promoted JOCELYN EGAN to vice president, Discovery Solutions and branded entertainment. Most recently, Egan served as sales director for the group. Before joining Discovery, Egan was director of strategy at OMD in New York. In addition, Discovery Channel has named ELLI HAKAMI director of program development for Discovery Channel. Prior to joining Discovery, Hakami worked for Court TV's program development team.

  • Keller Crescent Company has promoted KATHLEEN ALTON to account director, ANNE DUELL to account director, MICKEY WEISS to agency buyer, and GREG MEUNIER to senior account manager.

  • ML Rogers, New York, has hired BETH IRVIN as account executive on the Miracle-Gro and Roundup product lines of Scotts Miracle-Gro. Previously she was assistant account executive at Draft, New York, working on Bank of America.

  • DAVE ACKERT has joined BabyZone as vice president of advertising and sponsorship. Ackert joins the company from BabyCenter.com where he served as director of advertising sales.

  • Refinery has named RON LANKIN vice president of client services. Lankin joined the company in 2001 and will continue to oversee the Merck account.

  • ERIC BADER has been named senior vice president, director of digital connections at MediaVest. Bader will oversee MediaVest's digital investments for its clients including Coca-Cola, Continental Airlines, Kraft, Masterfoods and P&G. Most recently, Bader operated Hound, a consultancy business he founded.

  • Mediaedge:cia has launched MEC Entertainment to handle original entertainment content creation for agency clients. CHET FENSTER has been named managing partner, director of content creation for the new division. Prior to joining MEC, Fenster was head of program development for the FUSE network.

  • JOEL RODRIGUEZ has joined Fallon Minneapolis as a group creative director. Rodriguez most recently worked at TBWA/Chiat/Day, New York, where he was a creative director. Prior to that, he was an associate creative director at BBDO, New York.

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