Tue, Apr 29, 2008

  • Zig promoted MARTIN BEAUVAIS to executive creative director; AARON STARKMAN and STEPHEN LEPS to creative directors; and ANDREW BRADLEY and MICHAEL CLOWATER to associate creative directors.

  • Marcus Thomas hired MIKE STRAUSS as vice president, interactive. Previously, Strauss was group account director at Whitmanhart Interactive.

  • LinkedIn hired DREW CALIN as a southwest territory account executive.

  • MONICA KARO was promoted to president of integrated accounts for OMD USA, up from managing director of OMD West.

  • OMD North America hired ALAN COHEN as CEO of OMD USA. Cohen previously served as president of worldwide innovation and president of Initiative West.

  • HORIZON MEDIA promoted JENNA BEATTY and JOHN POOR to interactive senior media planners.

  • IAN BEAVIS joined Carat as executive vice president, executive client director. Most recently, Beavis was vice president of marketing, public relations & product planning for Kia Motors America, where he was responsible for all aspects of marketing operations including advertising, research, pricing, product planning and public relations.

  • MATT BARASH joined Traffic Marketplace as director of publisher development. Most recently, he was business development manager at 24/7 Real Media.

  • Beyond Interaction hired STACEY DEZIEL as director of client services. Prior to joining MediaCom, Deziel was executive vice president, media director for FCBi, the digital division of DraftFCB.

  • TAYLOR COOK joined Phillips Design Group as account director.

  • Toth Brand Imaging promoted DEREK MCCARTY to account executive.

  • R/GA hired JIM MOFFATT as managing director of its London office. Moffatt joins the agency from AKQA London where he served as director of integration.

  • Nielsen Business Media promoted ALISON FAHEY from editor of Adweek, to publisher/editorial director. MIKE CHAPMAN succeeds Fahey as editor.

  • The VIA Group hired ANDREA VECCHIO as an account supervisor responsible for the LoJack account. KENDRA JARRATT was named as an account supervisor, responsible for working on Maidenform.

  • KEVIN DAVIS joined Ripple TV Networks as senior account executive, focusing on advertising sales to West Coast agencies and clients. Most recently, Davis worked at Premier Retail Networks.

  • MICHELLE MUKHERJEE joined Godfrey Q and Partners as associate media director overseeing the Freescale Semiconductor and Insight brands. She joins the company from Universal McCann where she served as associate media director on the Microsoft server and tools business.

  • Red Tettemer named MICHAEL BARKER as executive creative director.

  • [x+1] appointed PAUL DAVIS as vice president, analytics.

  • ERIC HARRIS joined BuzzFeed as general manager. Harris comes to BuzzFeed after previously serving as the vice president of product management at Operative Media.

  • BrightRoll hired LEWIS ROTHKOPF as vice president of network development; MIKE BELLER as a sales director; and BRAD PIGGOT as sales director.

  • Rodale promoted CHRIS LAMBIASE to vice president and group publisher for Running and Cycling. He joined Rodale in 2004 as vice president and publishing director of Bicycling. Lambiase replaces ANDREW HERSAM, vice president and publishing director of the Runner's World Media Group.

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