Tuesday, August 11, 2015
- Cutwater
Cutwater hired Ciaran Rogers as senior digital strategist, responsible for enhancing digital strategy and analytics across all of the San Francisco-based agency's accounts and integrated teams. Most recently, Rogers was a planning director at KBS where he lead work for investment company, Vanguard. He also held positions at Hanft Raboy and Partners, Night Agency, Euro RSCG and freelanced for DDB and Razorfish. Rogers began his advertising career at McCann Erickson, working on the global management of MasterCard's "Priceless" campaign. Following a few years in account management, Rogers made the jump to planning where he continued working on MasterCard as well as contributing to planning for Wendy's and Major League Baseball. "As we expand our client base and the type of work we do, people like Ciaran will help drive our ideas and business," said Christian Hughes, president and principal of Cutwater. "He has a strong pedigree and will strengthen our left brain as we navigate the complex a more data centric media landscape." - Y&R New York
Y&R New York added three employees to its creative department. Christian Carl was named global executive creative director, overseeing Dell; Hamish McArthur joins as head of design; and Greg Lotus as executive director of integrated production. All report to Leslie Sims, chief creative officer of Y&R New York. Carl will work mainly on Dell and contribute to business development efforts for the agency. He joins the agency from Havas New York, where, as executive creative director, he led creative on Dos Equis and other clients, and helped to secure new business. McArthur will be responsible for setting the design vision for the agency, overseeing a team of designers and working across agency's clients like Campbell's, Dell, Hillshire Brands, Pepperidge Farms, the U.S. Navy and Xerox. Lotus will oversee production across all clients at Y&R New York. Lotus has producing award-winning work for global brands, including MasterCard, Sony, Nikon, Verizon and General Mills. For nearly 20 years prior to joining Y&R, he held successive roles at McCann New York, working from assistant producer to senior vice president/executive producer. - Ron Foth Advertising
Robert Fradette was promoted to senior vice president, media director at Ron Foth Advertising, in Columbus, Ohio. Fradette has worked at the agency for more than 20 years, most recently as vice president, associate media director. Working with Larry Row as co-director of the department, he will continue to oversee day-to-day operations and long term planning, and help expand Foth's digital and social media capabilities. Agency clients include Wendy's, MGM Resorts International, Safelite AutoGlass, Santa Monica Travel & Tourism and The Columbus Zoo. - Leo Burnett Chicago
Leo Burnett Chicago named Catherine Davis as executive vice president and account director, charged with overseeing the agency's McDonald's account in the U.S. She will lead the brand's marketing programming and report to Rich Stoddart, CEO of Leo Burnett North America. Most recently, Davis was president of Vizeum U.S. since its launch in 2011. Davis previously worked at Leo Burnett for 10 years, rising from account executive to vice president, account director. During her first stint at the agency, she oversaw brands such as Allstate and Green Giant. She then took on senior level marketing roles at Morgan Stanley, HARRISdirect and Diageo, each based in New York. She led her own consultancy before joining Vizeum U.S. "Cathy's deep and diverse experience - digital, creative and media - is a rare marketing trifecta," said Stoddart. "Having spent time on the client side, she completely understands the challenges modern brands face today." - iCrossing
iCrossing hired David Santos as chief talent officer. Most recently, he held the same role at Interbrand and prior to that worked in human resources for Jack Morton Worldwide, Oven Digital, Accenture and Phillips. Mark Mulhern joined the agency as regional president, east, following 15 years managing brand relationships at various global agencies. Mulhern will head the New York and Reston offices where he will be responsible for driving strategy and creative. "I'm excited to see the energy and expertise that Mark and David will bring to our team," said Nick Brien, CEO of iCrossing. "Mark's creativity and big brand experience will build game-changing client relationships in an important region and David's forward-thinking approach to talent management will unleash the full potential of our people at all levels." - Airbnb
Brian Irving joined Airbnb as global marketing director. - Crown Media Family Networks
Crown Media Family Networks tapped Jill Underhill as senior vice president of on-air promotions. - Canopy Brand Group
KSV, a Burlington, Vermont-based integrated agency, merged with Canopy Brand Group in New York City.The merged agency will do business as KSV. Marc Sampogna, founder of Canopy Brand Group, will serve as president/principal of KSV | New York. Rob Niccolai will serve as president/principal of KSV | Vermont. - Cars.com
Cars.com tapped Colette LaForce as chief marketing officer. - NBCUniversal
NBCUniversal tapped Ian Trombley as president of NBCUniversal’s Operations and Technical Services. - Screenvision
Screenvision promoted Katy Loria to chief revenue officer. - NATPE
Beth Braen, senior vice president of marketing at NATPE, is leaving the organization to start a strategic marketing and communications consultancy. - The New York Times Company
The New York Times Company named Clay Fisher as senior vice president, consumer marketing. - The Republik
The Republik tapped Dylan Bost as director of emerging technology. - NBCUniversal
Dan Goodwin was named executive vice president, corporate financial planning and analysis for NBCUniversal. - Discovery Networks International
Marjorie Kaplan was named president of content for Discovery Networks International. - Stinkdigital New York
Stinkdigital New York hired Will Adams as creative director. - Firehouse
Amanda Driggers joined Firehouse as an account director. - Turner Broadcasting
Turner Broadcasting promoted Justin Williams to senior vice president of digital ventures for TNT and TBS. - Spike
Spike added Erin Mechanic as the network's development producer. - Dentsu Aegis Network
Saravanan Murugiah was named vice president, global digital media operations, empowering media for Dentsu Aegis Network.
- The Nerdery
The Nerdery promoted Fred Beecher to director of user experience design. - New Republic
The New Republic added Corby Kummer as a contributing editor. - Smartypants Pictures
Smartypants Pictures added three directors to its roster: David Metzler, Anna Martemucci and Justin Lerner. - Fake Love
Fake Love tapped Omer Shapira as lead VR visualist. - Extractable
Esther Scanlan joined Extractable as chief financial officer. - People Pattern
People Pattern tapped Doug Wolfe as chief operating officer. - PRETTYBIRD
PRETTYBIRD signed filmmaker Jason Zada to its roster. - Cornerstone
Cornerstone added Joe Dawson as group director and Avril Nunez as account director. - Yieldbot
Yieldbot named Joel Hall as vice president of product. - CraveOnline Media
CraveOnline Media added Andrew Pogany as executive editor. - Fyber
Fyber tapped Jim Schinella as chief business officer and Henrik Basten as chief technology officer. - PlayOn! Sports
PlayOn! Sports promoted Christopher Young to senior vice president of sales and Owen Shull to senior vice president & general manager. - LittleThings.com
LittleThings.com hired Boris Park as vice president of product and Lara Klein as vice president of sales. - Rhea + Kaiser
Rhea + Kaiser added Monica Hennessey as assistant account manager and Brittany Lantry as a media assistant. - @LArge Productions
@LArge Productions hired Ashley Hydrick as executive producer and partner. - HLK
HLK hired Bob Sherron as technology director, Aaron Davis s a senior application developer, James Finley as a front-end developer and Elizabeth Steele as a junior developer. - Newsweek Europe
Matt McAllester has been named editor of Newsweek Europe. - The Dalton Agency
The Dalton Agency named BA Albert as vice president, director of creative strategy. - Gurucul
Gurucul tapped Tom Clare as vice president of marketing. - Turing Pharmaceuticals
Turing Pharmaceuticals added former longtime Johnson & Johnson communications executive and branding specialist Craig Rothenberg as the company's first chief communication officer. Rothenberg spent more than 20 years at J&J, most recently as vice president and senior communication leader. - Animal Planet
Animal Planet promoted Andy Weissberg to senior vice president, programming, and Erin Wanner to vice president, production. - TubeMogul
TubeMogul named Matthew Dybwad as head of political and public affairs. - UJA-Federation of New York
UJA-Federation of New York named Graham Cannon as chief marketing officer.
