People on the Move
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
  • Jim Rossman
    AKQA
    AKQA tapped Jim Rossman as president & chief operating officer. Rossman is currently the chief operating officer at Digitas.
  • Piper Lemons
    OLSON
    Piper Lemons joins OLSON's creative team. She previously worked at Ameriprise Financial as creative director on accounts including Allina Hospitals & Clinics, Target and General Mills.
  • Nick Bailey and Nick Strada
    AKQA
    AKQA has appointed Nick Bailey to the role of creative director at its Amsterdam office. He was previously creative director for the London office. In San Francisco, the agency hired Nick Strada as associate creative director to work on the Nike Account. Strada joins AKQA from Glue London.
  • Ellie Date
    Horizon Media
    Horizon Media hired Ellie Date as a brand group director of the brand strategy group.
  • Michael Duffield
    Erwin-Penland
    Erwin-Penland hired Michael Duffield as director of public relations.
  • Scott Savitt
    Molecular
    Molecular hired Scott Savitt as senior vice president, sales and marketing, replacing Darryl Gehly, who was named executive vice president of Molecular parent company, Isobar.
  • John Lowell
    Starcom
    John Lowell was tapped to lead Starcom USA's redesigned Research & Analytics team as vice president/director of research & analytics.
  • Tom Straszewski
    Comcast Spotlight
    Comcast Spotlight promoted Tom Straszewski to vice president, interactive sales.
  • Thomas Tafuto
    Digitas
    Thomas Tafuto joined Digitas as senior vice president, creative. He joins the agency from Tribal DDB Worldwide where he served as executive creative director.
  • Frazer Jelleyman, Ben Callis, Justin Barnes and Kevin Doyle
    David&Goliath
    David&Goliath's London office hired Frazer Jelleyman as executive creative director, Ben Callis and Justin Barnes as creative directors, and Kevin Doyle as senior account handler.
  • Vincent Legg
    Dentsu America
    Dentsu America hired Vincent Legg as chief operating officer.
  • Bryan Noguchi
    T3
    T3 elevated Bryan Noguchi to vice president, executive media director.
  • Andrew Bast
    Purple@Epsilon
    Andrew Bast joined Purple@Epsilon as senior vice president, general manager. Most recently, Bast worked at Saatchi & Saatchi Healthcare Communications and its sibling agency Glow Worm on brands such as Nexium, Prilosec, Seroquel, Enbrel, and Amitiza.
  • Jim Eschrich
    Barkley
    Barkley hired Jim Eschrich as director of research and Janet Rose as vice president, senior planner.
  • Long Nguyen and Tom Nguyen
    JVST
    JVST hired Long Nguyen as media coordinator and promoted Tom Nguyen to media planner on the Eidos business.
  • Alex Swander
    Rosetta
    Rosetta hired Alex Swander as manager of digital media. Swander most recently served as associate digital media director at Deutsch.
  • Stephanie Warner
    Kelliher Samets Volk
    Kelliher Samets Volk hired Stephanie Warner as interactive producer.
  • Dana C. Hayes, Jr.
    Travel Ad Network
    Travel Ad Network hired Dana C. Hayes, Jr. as chief revenue officer.
  • Russell Zingale
    Media Storm
    Media Storm hired Russell Zingale as managing director. Zingale joins Media Storm from Carat USA, where he held the dual roles of director of business development and managing director of Carat Affiliates.
  • Robert Cleary and Melissa Yearta
    Mediasmith
    Mediasmith hired Robert Cleary as group media director and Melissa Yearta as media supervisor.