Tuesday, June 23, 2015
- Publicis New York
Andy Bird joined Publicis Worldwide North America as chief creative officer of the New York office. Bird currently serves as executive creative director of Publicis London. He will now report to Andrew Bruce, CEO of Publicis North America. Bird has been working on Publicis Worldwide global clients including Nestle, P&G and Cadillac, and will permanently relocate to New York in September. Prior to joining Publicis, Bird was creative director at Ogilvy&Mather, where he oversaw accounts including Europcar, Expedia, The Spectator, Castrol, World Wildlife Foundation, Kraft, Comfort and MTV. "In Andy resides a leader who cares deeply about the brand and business impact of the work. And the people whom contribute to its development," said Bruce. "His collaborative and open-minded spirit will make working alongside him incredibly inspiring and rewarding. He is the missing piece in our North America team and we're thrilled to welcome him aboard." - Innocean
Innocean Worldwide named Jeremy Craigen as global chief creative officer, a new position at the agency. Craigen will be based in the UK and start work on June 22. Prior to Innocean, Craigen was global executive creative director at DDB, focusing on the Volkswagen account. He was also a global executive committee member and chair of DDB's European creative council. Craigen joined DDB in 1990 as a junior creative director. At Innocean, he will oversee the executive creative directors in the agency's U.S., Asia and European offices. "We've been working towards building Innocean as a leading creative agency on a global scale," said Kun Hee Ahn, global CEO of Innocean Worldwide. "As the leader of our global creative department, Jeremy will be able to develop the big creative ideas to move the needle on our clients' core businesses." - Wieden+Kennedy
Wieden+Kennedy Portland (W+K) named Patty Brebner as director of integrated production, a new role at the agency. Brebner will oversee all production disciplines, including: broadcast, interactive, art (production), business affairs, studio and content services. Brebner joined W+K in 1996 as a broadcast producer working on Microsoft and Nike. In 2000, she was asked to serve as executive producer for JOINT, a post-production house that operated independently, yet was housed inside the W+K building. Today JOINT is a fully integrated creative post-production company, with offices in Portland and New York City, specializing in video content for TV, online, mobile and live experiences. "The demand for content, the myriad storytelling platforms, and the need to produce quickly has changed our production realities," said Mark Fitzloff, executive creative director of W+K. "What hasn't changed is our desire to tell rich stories and create effective work. We realized we needed to reframe the production department internally." Added Brebner: "I love to make things, to build things, innovate, imagine and dream big. Production is a creative discipline at its core; there have never been more ways for production to support and express a creative vision." - Red Tettemer O'Connell + Partners
Red Tettemer O'Connell + Partners (RTO+P) hired Hilary Craven as chief marketing officer, a new position at the agency. She will be based in the agency's Los Angeles office and report to Steve Red, president and chief creative officer of RTO+P. In addition to working across the agency's roster of clients, Craven is also charged with developing overarching strategies for the RTO+P brand including events, branded entertainment, partnerships and products. Prior to joining RTO+P, Craven was head of experiential and head of earned media at 72andSunny, where she worked on Activision, Anheuser Busch, Google, PacSun, Samsung, Smirnoff, Sonos, Target, Tillamook and Truth. She was also responsible for launching and managing the agency's music discovery platform, as well as creating the agency's event series. "Hilary's background in experiential marketing, entertainment and partnerships will be invaluable as we continue to expand our client offerings and make RTO+P an agency of influence," said Red. - MacLaren McCann Canada
MacLaren McCann Canada named Mary Chambers as chief strategy officer, where she will oversee planning across all disciplines and offices. In addition to leading planning, Chambers' duties will extend to MacLaren McCann's new data and analytics practice. Under her direction clients will have access to services encompassing digital strategy, analytics, content, social and branding. She joins the agency from Publicis Canada where she was vice president, national head of strategic planning. While there, Chambers led strategy for Nestle, CIBC, and Home Depot, and helped the agency win the WestJet and Rogers accounts. Prior to Publicis Canada, Chambers was a strategic planner at Young & Rubicam in Toronto. She worked on the Robax and Advil brands for Whitehall Robbins, V8 and Chunky Soup for Campbell's and Kool-Aid for Kraft, to name a few. "We are thrilled to welcome Mary to the team," said Suzanne Powers, global chief strategy officer of McCann Wolrdgroup. "She is driven by finding those powerful truths that help unlock creativity for our brands. Her strategic chops and passion for the business will be a wonderful addition to our new leadership team in Canada and our global strategic community at large." - Univision Communications
Univision Communications hired Jessica R. Herrera-Flanigan as executive vice president, government relations and public policy. - Whistle Sports
Whistle Sports hired Bob Ciosek as chief creative officer. - Medialets
Medialets promoted Richy Glassberg to chief executive officer. Former CEO Eric Litman succeeds to the role of chairman. - TELEMUNDO
TELEMUNDO promoted Glenda Pacanins to senior vice president, programming and content and Leonor Sotillo to senior vice president, programming strategy. - Drumroll
Drumroll hired Olivia Clark as account supervisor and Meredith Darling as account executive. - GSD&M
GSD&M hired Derek Dollahite as director of experience. - Young & Laramore
Young & Laramore hired Dan Shearin as art director. - NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution
Scott Stemmermann has been named vice president, digital marketing, NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution. - Red Peak Branding
Susan Cantor joined Red Peak Branding as president. - PubMatic
PubMatic named Frederic Lequient as vice president of customer success and Evan Krauss as vice president of emerging solutions. - Pogo Pictures
Pogo Pictures added director Sean Mullens to the company's roster. - Paramore | the digital agency
Paramore | the digital agency named Buddy Butler vice president of client development. - Patrick West
Patrick West recently left Zoom Media & Marketing to launch BE THE MACHINE, serving as founder and CEO. - Kwittken
Kwittken named Adam L. Snyder as chief digital officer, a new position at the agency. - Mirum
Mirum (formerly Twist Image) hired Paul Allamby as chief marketing officer. - Beehive PR
Beehive PR added Abigail Greenheck and Ericka Webb as account directors and Maggie Pendleton as account coordinator. - Blippar
Blippar hired Omaid Hiwaizi, the former UK chief strategy officer at Geometry Global, as president of global marketing. - Tribune Broadcasting
Tribune Broadcasting, a division of Tribune Media, named Michael Page as vice president, digital local sales, responsible for driving digital revenue growth at the local station level. - Sage Communications
Sage Communications has just announced the launch of an Employment Marketing division (Sage EM), to be led by John Swirchak and Dana Pyles. - MediaBrix
MediaBrix promoted Magali Merat from vice president of east and midwest sales to senior vice president of national sales. - Wibbitz
Wibbitz hired Jonas Abney as director of sales and Yaron Bloch as head of product. - FileThis
FileThis hired Gary Zuckerman as vice president of business development. - Adaptly
Adaptly promoted Tim Page to vice president, revenue and hired Simon Eaton as sales director. - LANE
LANE has hired Shane Stafford as digital strategist, Erin Tassey Krug as account director, Jason Ginenthal as senior account executive and Samantha Chulick as account executive. Amber Roberts was promoted to senior vice president; Lisa Heathman, Shannon Brewer Riggs and Jill Williams to vice president; and Rachael Ka’apu to senior account executive. - Viacom's Music and Entertainment Group
Meghann Wu was promoted to senior vice president, strategy and business development, Viacom's Music and Entertainment Group. - Turner Broadcasting System
Deborah Bradley was promoted to executive vice president of networks and programming optimization, content strategy and commercialization for Turner Broadcasting System. - Scout
Scout named Mark Goldman as president of Scout Atlanta. - Turner Broadcasting
Turner Broadcasting promoted Sandy Padula to senior vice president of research for TBS and TNT. - Hunter Douglas
Hunter Douglas promoted Ron Kass to chief executive officer. - Empower MediaMarketing
Empower MediaMarketing hired Mark Sancrant as senior vice president of corporate strategy. - Elevator
Elevator has acquired Copper Blue Creative. Brian Haffeman will become senior account strategist for Elevator. His agency, Copper Blue Creative was established in 2008. - American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network
The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network named Michael Davoli as New York metro government relations director. - PROMINENT Brand +Talent
Global brand management and development company, PROMINENT Brand +Talent has launched, headed by veteran branding and licensing vets, Dan Levin, Michael Catalano, Paul Flett and Andrew Greenberg. - Crowdtap
Crowdtap hired Peter Storck as senior vice president of research and analytics. - JUICE Mobile
JUICE Mobile named Ambles Kwok as chief technology officer. - crush+lab
crush+lab hired Scott Butzer as head of editorial. - The Atlantic
James R. Gaines joined The Atlantic as director of content for Atlantic Re:think, the company's creative marketing group. - Believe Entertainment Group
Believe Entertainment Group hired Brian Hunt as executive vice president, head of development to lead a new studio division. - MediaDC
MediaDC, parent company of Washington Examiner, The Weekly Standard, and Red Alert Politics, hired Elizabeth Sheldon as national account director. - NetSeer
NetSeer named Brian McAllister as vice president of media operations.
