Tuesday, May 26, 2015
- Carat
Carat named Navaneeta Das as international client president for Mondelez International. Based out of Singapore for Asia Pacific, Das will head up the Carat media strategy and planning operations for Mondelez, with responsibilities for the wider Dentsu Aegis Network offering. In the long term she will move into a global role within Carat. Das reports to Sean O'Brien CEO of Carat Asia Pacific. She joins Carat from Johnson & Johnson where she was director of digital analytics and marketing analytics. Prior to that, she worked at Mindshare. "Nav's balanced exposure to digital and traditional media and her knowledge of strategy, data and trading makes her the right fit for us as we continue to redefine the business value we deliver to our clients through media," said O'Brien. "Mondelez International is an innovative business, looking to drive significant growth, and with Nav's expertise now within Carat we are in a great position to continue to support them on this journey."
- R/GA
R/GA promoted Andrea Ring to senior vice president, planning, charged with overseeing the agency's planning group. Joining the group is Graham Phillips as managing director of communications planning. Ring is based in New York and reports to Bob Greenberg, CEO, chairman and founder, and Seth Solomons, executive vice president, chief global client services officer, managing director of New York. Ring has worked at R/GA for the past nine years, helping brands such as Nike, Google, and Samsung rethink their businesses and develop relationships with consumers. Previously, she worked as a brand planner with Bigchalk.com, J. Walter Thompson and Digital Pulp Advertising. Phillips worked at BBDO, JWT, BBH, BSSP and Ogilvy and Mather over the course of a 19-year career. He worked on campaigns for brands such as SAP, Kraft, RitzCarlton, SAB Miller, Axe, LG, Microsoft, Nestle, Kimberly Clark and ExxonMobil. "The core tenants of planning are more relevant than ever, but R/GA's marriage of storytelling and systematic thinking gives us a unique perspective to better understand and reach consumers in the connected age," said Ring. "I'm excited to have Graham join the team as his combination of classical training and technical experience is strongly suited to break the rules, getting beyond the expected to the unexpected." - U.S. Interactive Media
U.S. Interactive Media (USIM) named Brad Johnson as vice president of business development, responsible for establishing long-term partnerships with ad agencies and clients. Prior to USIM, he led sales efforts at Greenwood Hall where he helped create and drive the education division. Prior to that, Johnson led sales efforts at ACP Interactive, which supported a variety of advertising campaigns for Procter & Gamble. "Brad shares our company views and knows what it takes to drive new growth," said Eran Goren, president of U.S. Interactive Media. "His experience uniquely positions him to lead our business development efforts, and he is a great addition to our senior leadership team." - Partners + Napier
Ted Florea joined Partners + Napier New York as chief strategy officer. The move reunites Florea with agency president Matt Dowshen; both previously worked together at JWT on the global De Beers business. Most recently, Florea was a brand strategy consultant. Prior to that, he spent three years as head of brand strategy at Droga5 NYC and five years prior as group strategy director at Goodby Silverstein & Partners. Florea has delivered brand and business strategies for companies such as Activision Blizzard, Dun & Bradstreet, Kraft, Intel, UNICEF, The Coca-Cola Company, Chevrolet, PepsiCo-Frito Lay, Hyundai, Saturn and Netflix. "Ted is one of the best minds in the business and is responsible for some of the most thoughtful and compelling work I've seen in recent years," said Dowshen. "Saying I'm pleased that Ted is joining PNYC as my strategic partner would be an extreme understatement." - Compass Point Media
Mithun’s in-house media planning, buying and analytics unit, Compass Point Media, hired Melissa Schoenke, former director of media strategy of Target Corporation, as managing director where she will lead client media strategy, partnerships, investments and content integration. - National CineMedia
Kendra Cassidy joined National CineMedia to run the Detroit office as a national account director. - Didit
Didit promoted Adam Steinberg from strategist to account director in its client services department. - Crown Media Family Networks
Crown Media Family Networks promoted Lisa Barroso to senior vice president of distribution. - International Business Times
International Business Times hired Murray Waas as senior investigative reporter. - Station Film
Director Andrew Wonder joined Station Film for global representation. - Media Horizons
Media Horizons hired Heather Fogarty as director, digital marketing. - Entercom Communications
Entercom Communications tapped Stephanie Callihan as vice president/general manager of Entercom Austin. - Mirum Minneapolis
Mirum Minneapolis hired Bridget Charon as executive producer; Eric Schafer as business director; Shawn Bielefeldt as senior user interface designer; Levi Lowell as senior visual designer; and Joe Hrabe as visual designer. - bueno
Millie Munro and Bryan Shrednick have joined forces in the launch of their new talent management company, bueno. - SOASTA
SOASTA added Ann Sung Ruckstuhl as chief marketing officer. - Zealot Networks
Former Google creative director Jeben Berg joined Zealot Networks as head of creative and marketing solutions. - PopCrush
Bradley Stern joins PopCrush as editor-in-chief and Samantha Vincenty joins as managing editor. - CBX
Tonya Garrett joined CBX as vice president, client services group director. - McGraw-Hill Education
McGraw-Hill Education hired Catherine J. Mathis as chief communications officer. - NBCUniversal's Hispanic Enterprises and Content
NBCUniversal's Hispanic Enterprises and Content named Ana Salas Siegel as general counsel. - Spark
Spark hired Tony Telloni as general manager of its New York Office. - Entercom Communications
Entercom Communications promoted Louise Kramer to chief operating officer. - Smarty Pants
Smarty Pants hired Amie Turrill Owens as head of syndicated research. - NCC Media
Yasmin Mitchell joined NCC Media as vice president of research. - Toth + Co
Maggie Smith joined Toth + Co as senior vice president, director of brand & marketing. - XO Group
XO Group promoted Kristin Savilia from executive vice president of local enterprise to president, local marketplace. - MJD
Lindsey Harris joined MJD as chief creative officer to run the San Diego office. - Verve Mobile
Verve Mobile hired Nada Stirratt as chief executive officer, succeeding Tom MacIsaac. - Fuhu
Fuhu hired Rob Palmer as chief creative officer. - Switch
Switch promoted Nicole Phillips to vice president, business development and account management and hired Lori Ryan as group account director. - Geto & de Milly
Kelly Ferraro joined Geto & de Milly to handle media relations and press placement for the firm’s real estate, corporate and nonprofit clients. - Questus
Questus hired Larry Miller as director of business development. - Tocquigny
Tocquigny hired Matt Rand as executive creative director. - VOLT Studios
VOLT Studios made Pete Olson partner of the Minneapolis-based post studio. - ModOp Films
ModOp Films added Juergen Bollmeyer to its directorial roster. - NYLON
Hayden Manders was named staff writer of NYLON. - GMR
GMR promoted Sarah Como to vice president, up from senior director. - HZDG
HZDG opened its first West Coast office. Ted Holladay, most recently head of Studio Holladay, will lead the agency as vice president, creative director. - Icontrol Networks
Icontrol Networks hired Letha McLaren as chief marketing officer and Corey Gates as chief technology officer. - Trozzolo Communications Group
Paul Behnen joined Trozzolo Communications Group as senior vice president/executive creative director.
