Tue, Dec 5, 2006

  • ERIN E. RYAN has joined dentsuAmerica as account supervisor on the Canon U.S.A. Imaging Systems Group business, a new position. Ryan most recently was a senior account executive on the Cover Girl account at Grey Worldwide Advertising.

  • REGINA SEBRING has joined Revenue Science as vice president of channel management. Sebring will be responsible for managing post-sales relationships with all U.S. publishers, as well as facilitating strategic relationships between U.S. agencies and Revenue Science’s publisher clients.

  • LAURIE LEVITT has been promoted to associate director of integrated marketing & merchandising for AARP Publications.

  • ALLIE CARSIA has been named director of marketing for Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movie Channel. Carsia previously worked at Reed Television Group as a Regional Sales Manager where she was responsible for managing all West Coast account activity for Multichannel News and Broadcasting & Cable magazines.

  • DON SHELFORD and JOHN KNECHT have signed with HSI Productions for exclusive commercial and music video representation.

  • JOHN SALTNES has joined Travel Ad Network as director, southwest sales and TIMOTHY M. SPRINGSTEAD was named senior product/sales manager.

  • The One Club has announced that director MARY WARLICK will be elevated to chief executive officer; marketing and interactive director KEVIN SWANEPOEL will be named president of The One Club and current One Club board president DAVID BALDWIN will become chairman of The One Club Board of Directors.

  • GARLIN SMITH has joined Time Inc. as the interactive sales manager for the western US for the newly created SI GOLF Group. Smith was previously responsible for online sales for the southwest at FoxSports.com.

  • ELIZABETH DORÉE is taking expanded role at WE tv as vice president, acquisitions and promotional strategy, and GARY PIPA was promoted to vice president of program planning and scheduling.

  • The Bravo Group has named GUSTAVO BARROSO as account director in the Bravo Irvine office and YVETTE PEÑA as account director in the Chicago office. Barroso transitions to The Bravo Group from Young & Rubicam Brands, Bravo's parent company, where he was an account director for Hilton Hotels Corporation. Peña rejoins The Bravo Group after spending eight years on the client side at Sears, Roebuck and Co.

  • Carton Donofrio Partners has named JON GUIDERA as senior art director; REBECCA KANACH as art director; RACHEL KRAUSE as media planner; LAURA VUCINA as interactive producer and KELLY LUCADAMO as accounting associate.

  • One month after launching its new brand, the Havas Media management team has named ROMAIN DESSAL as chief commercial officer. Romain will focus on new business, marketing and client servicing. Romain has worked with Havas both in France and in the US for more than 10 years, having joined Havas-owned devarrieuxvillaret in 1996 as a strategic planner, then moving to Boston where he worked for Havas-owned Arnold Worldwide.

  • Pixel Bridge has named LISA GIROLAMO as director of interactive marketing, a newly created position. Girolamo joins Pixel Bridge from Blitz Media, where she managed its interactive practice for seven years.

  • PJA Advertising and Marketing has named JENNIFER VAUGHAN and LISA SLATER as account managers.

  • Colby & Partners has hired KRISTINA CHAU as a media planner; JUSTINE LYN as an assistant media planner; MATT PRAGER was promoted to media planner; PAUL KINSELLA was named assistant account executive; AKEMI MIYAMOTO was appointed as an account coordinator; and GRACE CHON was named art director.

  •  Chicago HOME magazine has promoted KRISTIN ZIMMER SHEA to advertising director.

  • TIM CHANDLER was named southeastern account executive for GACtv.com, in addition to his current role as national director ad sales for Scripps’ HGTVPro.com builder/remodeling Web site.

  • JASON MILLER has been promoted to senior vice president, advertising sales for fuse.

  • CHARLES W. HOEFER has joined v-Social as vice president of business development.

  • STEPHEN WEINSTEIN has been hired as executive vice president, director of brand management for Kilgannon. Previously, he was vice president, management supervisor at BBDO/Atlanta, where he led several accounts, including ING Financial Services and Bayer Advanced.

  • ERICH LINKER was promoted to senior vice president of sales for ImpreMedia. In addition, J. ALEX GOMEZ was named corporate director of marketing.

  • ROBERT L. BOLTON II has joined the Evening Post Digital division of Evening Post Publishing Co. as vice president for sales and revenue development. Previously, Bolton was director of Internet business development for Raycom Media.

  • Starz Home Entertainment has named MADELINE DI NONNO senior vice president of worldwide marketing. Di Nonno most recently served as the head of marketing for Echo Bridge Entertainment where she was responsible for theatrical and home entertainment releases and establishing their brand marketing strategy.

  • Newsweek contributing editor MELINDA HENNEBERGER will join The Huffington Post in January as political editor.

  • JULIE ROEHM, senior vice president, marketing communications at Wal-Mart and SEAN WOMACK, vice president, communications architecture have left the company.

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