Tuesday, August 31, 2010
- SapientNitro
SapientNitro hired Jake Benjamin as a creative director in New York. Prior to joining SapientNitro, Benjamin was a senior copywriter for Goodby Silverstein & Partners. - AKQA
AKQA named Rachel Lawlan as planning director; Sebastian Kemmler, Simon Wassef, James Filmer and Gabriella Petter as senior strategic planners; Sarah Waite as strategic planner and David Prentell as associate strategic planner. - Time Inc.
Kate Solinsky joined Time Inc. as account director representing the Fortune brand across all platforms including print, online, ipad and conferences. - Bonfire
Bonfire hired Mark Coleran as design director. Previously, Coleran spent three years as director of human interaction & visual design at Gridiron Software. - AMC
AMC hired Nancy Kane Leidersdorff as vice president of media planning. Leidersdorff joins AMC from Nickelodeon Networks where she was vice president of media planning in the Programming Department. - Barker/DZP
Barker/DZP hired Zach Kelly as account manager and promoted Arielle Kepler to account executive on the IDB Bank and Garden City Group accounts. - Buddy Media
Buddy Media hired Myles Kleeger as general manager, strategic brand partnerships; Eric Lituchy as vice president, digital marketing; and Joe Ciarallo as director of communications. - LevLane
LevLane promoted Jake Hancock from account manager to senior account manager, handling strategic planning for Beneficial Bank, Fairmount Park Conservancy, and Support Center for Child Advocates, among other accounts. - Carton Donofrio Partners
Carton Donofrio Partners named Ellen Moore as chief executive officer. Moore, previously the agency's chief operating officer, succeeds Chuck Donofrio, who will remain chairman of the company's board of directors. - Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness
Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness promoted Jennifer Shirley to executive vice president, director of client services. - Young & Laramore
Young & Laramore named Carolyn Hadlock as executive creative director and promoted Trevor Williams and Bryan Judkins to creative directors. - TBWA/Chiat/Day Los Angeles
TBWA/Chiat/Day Los Angeles hired Neil Saunders, Catherine Heath and Clyde McKendrick as group planning directors. - Wieden+Kennedy Amsterdam
Jeff Kling has resigned as executive creative director of Wieden+Kennedy Amsterdam to pursue several independent creative opportunities. - Eleven
Rob Bagot joined San Francisco-based Eleven as group creative director. Bagot joins from McCann Worldgroup in San Francisco where he was chief creative officer since 2005. - Mullen
Mullen hired Kevin Grady, the former director of design at Crispin Porter + Bogusky, to lead Superfine, Mullen's newly-branded design group. The original name of Mullen was Superfine Productions.
