People on the Move
Tuesday, April 22, 2008

  • ML Rogers, New York hired YURI DHARA as account director on the Scotts Miracle-Gro account. Most recently, she was group account director at Faith Popcorn's BrainReserve, New York working on the Pepsi account.


  • ORLENA YEUNG has been named vice president of marketing for Last.fm. Yeung, formerly the global brand manager at Microsoft Xbox, will oversee all aspects of Last.fm's marketing strategy.


  • DAVID VERKLIN will step down as CEO of Aegis Media at the end of the year and SARAH FAY has been named to replace him.

  • TOM DEMPSEY was named director of digital investment for GroupM North America, a new position. Dempsey joins GroupM from his previous role as managing partner, director of national broadcast at Mediaedge:cia.


  • PAMELA HENNING was named senior vice president, integrated and emerging media, for Fox Cable Entertainment Networks. Henning joins the company from The Weinstein Company, having served as senior vice president, global integrated marketing.


  • DONOVAN BATISTE was promoted to research director, up from research manager, for Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movie Channel.


  • JEFFERSON C.M. COOMBS has been named executive vice president at Campbell-Ewald. Most recently, Coombs was vice president of marketing and sales at Planet Out Inc. & RSVP Vacations.


  • gkv promoted ROBIN ROMBRO and JESSICA LOEWE to associate media directors.


  • DAVE DUGAN joined BzzAgent as senior vice president of strategy and partnerships. He joins the company from Digitas, where he most recently served as senior vice president of corporate strategy.


  • EVIE SILVERS was named to the newly created position of manager, technology and business development at the National Association of Television Programming Executives. Silvers joins NATPE from HP EXPO INC, where she was a senior account executive.


  • LevLane, Philadelphia promoted FREDERICK J. LIEBNER III to account coordinator.


  • Euro RSCG Worldwide named JOSE CABACO as chief creative officer, North America. He joins the agency from Wieden + Kennedy, where he served as creative director, first in Amsterdam and more recently in Portland, Ore.


  • Colangelo Synergy Marketing hired PETER HILL as interactive creative director. He joins the agency from Avenue A | Razorfish, Atlanta where he was creative director, responsible for Carnival, Burt's Bees, Lenovo and Southwest airlines.


  • NetPlus Marketing hired JOHN SHANLEY, formerly of G2interactive, as creative director.


  • Story Worldwide named BARBARA RIEHL as New York advertising director. Riehl joined the company from AdweekMedia, where she served as account manager.


  • LinkedIn hired DALE DURRETT as eastern region sales manager. Most recently, Durrett was at FiLife, where he served as the company's vice president of advertising sales.


  • AIMEE CAMPBELL joined CBS Radio in Chicago as digital account executive.


  • MICHAEL NEVINS was named director of mobile for GroupM North America, a new position. Nevins most recently worked as vice president of sales at Crisp Wireless.


  • SEAN MILLER joined R/GA as associate planning director. Most recently, Miller worked at The Integer Group, part of the TBWA Marketing Services portfolio, serving as director of insight and strategy.


  • Euro RSCG Chicago elevated BERNARDO GOMEZ to group creative director on the Sprint account. Additionally, he will continue to oversee general creative duties for EFFEN Vodka. Previously, Gomez was creative director on Citi.


  • Javelin Direct hired JIM NEWELL as associate creative director, responsible for managing branding and marketing for Roche ACCU-CHEK products and Spear Cosmetics. Most recently, he worked at Rapp Collins as vice president, group creative director, where he oversaw all direct marketing for Mercedes-Benz.


  • Red Tettemer hired ANNIE HECKENBERGER as community trailblazer. Most recently, she served as social media director for the Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation, a client of the agency.