Tuesday, October 13, 2015
- Team One
Kathryn McFarlane was elevated to creative director at Team One, leading creative on the global Haagen-Dazs account and aiding on the agency's Lexus work. Her previous experience includes multiple creative positions within Team One, and time at Secret Weapon Marketing, where she crafted social and broadcast campaigns for Honda and Jack In The Box. - DigitasLBi
DigitasLBi promoted Doris Chung to senior vice president, creative. Chung will expand her creative leadership role, developing work for clients like American Express. She will continue to be based in New York and report to Atit Shah, executive creative director of DigitasLBi New York and Atlanta. Chung has worked at the agency for ten years. As vice president, group creative director, she created award-winning work for American Express, Harley-Davidson, Lenovo, Buick, GMC and P&G Oral Care Brands. Prior to DigitasLBi, Chung was a creative director at Arnold Worldwide, working with brands like Fidelity Investments, Royal Caribbean, Volkswagen and Teradata. "Doris is a fearless creative leader at the forefront of the digital space," said Shah. "During the course of my career I've rarely seen the level of passion that Doris brings to the work each and every day. She's amazingly gifted at her craft, and a beloved leader of our teams. She will thrive in this expanded role and we're lucky to have her." - Arnold Worldwide
Arnold Worldwide tapped Mathew Jerrett and Tim Flood as executive creative directors on the Hershey&'s account, tasked with overseeing all day-to-day creative work across the entire Hershey portfolio of brands. The pair are based in New York and will report to Jim Elliott, global chief creative officer. Jerrett and Flood join Arnold from Translation, where they worked as group creative directors on Champs Sports, Google and Budweiser’s "Made in America." Prior to Translation, Jerrett served as creative director on the Converse account at Anomaly New York. Prior to that, he was as a creative director at Sid Lee, overseeing work for Adidas Men’s Training. At Translation, Flood pitched and won the NBA account and launched campaigns for Bud Light and Beats Music. Prior to Translation, he held strategy roles at London’s Beattie McGuinness Bungay, Bartle Bogle Hegarty New York, Ogilvy & Mather New York and TBWA\Chiat\Day Los Angeles. "After an exhaustive search, we're thrilled to have Tim and Mat join our agency and the Hershey team," said Elliott. "They are risk takers and forward thinkers, and we're excited to see what they'll bring to a portfolio of brands as iconic as Hershey's." - Droga5 London
Droga5 London named David Kolbusz as chief creative officer. The move follows the recent announcement that Bill Scott was named CEO of Droga5 London, beginning November 2. Kolbusz joins Droga5 from Wieden + Kennedy, New York, where he currently serves as executive creative director. Kolbusz joined W+K from BBH London in 2014. While there, he served as deputy executive creative director and partner. "David has proven himself over and over to be truly one of the world's best creative leaders," said David Droga, creative chairman and founder of Droga5. "In fact, I have been trying to find a way to work with David for years, and now, with both David and Bill, I couldn't be more excited about our future in London and beyond." - BSUR Shanghai
BSUR Shanghai promoted Qin Guo to managing partner, up from senior brand strategist. She succeeds Wilbert Kragten who left the company in June to start his own business consultancy. She worked in London and New York before moving back to Shanghai in 2009 to focus on marketing, art and branding, mainly as business analyst and then exhibition manager at Pearl Lam Galleries in Shanghai. She joined BSUR Shanghai shortly after the office's launch in 2012. - Deep Focus
Deep Focus promoted Kara O'Neill to president of the agency’s New York office. O'Neill, who previously served as managing director, is responsible for overseeing Deep Focus’ growth and development and will report to founder and CEO, Ian Schafer. - Arnold Worldwide
Arnold Worldwide promoted Sean McBride and Andy Clarke to executive vice president, executive creative directors. - VH1 & Logo
Amy Doyle was named executive vice president for VH1 & Logo. Doyle will oversee Live Programming, Tent-pole Events and Specials, Network Talent Development and Celebrity Relations. - Mono
Mono promoted Erin Keeley to chief marketing officer and Julie Vessel to director of talent. - Sparks & Honey
Sparks & Honey named Mike Lanzi as chief client officer and Paul Butler as chief operating officer, both new positions. - Wongdoody Seattle
Wongdoody Seattle tapped Mishy Cass as associate creative director. Cass has previously worked with Wongdoody on a freelance level on campaigns including Amazon Fire TV and Amazon Kindle Voyage. - ESPN
ESPN named Mary Sheehan as vice president, marketing investment and performance; Sophie Coleman as vice president of data strategy and program management and Marcella Regniault as vice president, digital sales planning and client services. - MobileFuse
MobileFuse named Dan Wittmers as vice president of strategy and advertising solutions. - Rain
Rain, a New York City-based digital agency, added Tim Xumsai as senior producer where he will work as one of the leads on the Campbell's and L'Oreal USA accounts. - Brainshark
Brainshark named Mike Kunkle as senior director of sales enablement. - Variety
Variety named Dea Lawrence as chief marketing officer. - Hootsuite
Penny Wilson was named chief marketing officer for Hootsuite. - Trusted Media Brands
Trusted Media Brands named Vincent Errico as chief digital officer. In this new position, Errico will be responsible for growing digital audiences and revenue across TMBI brands including Reader's Digest, Taste of Home, The Family Handyman and the entire TMBI portfolio. - Newsweek
Newsweek hired Kevin Dolak as executive editor of digital; Seung Lee as a technology reporter and Helen Russell as a production manager. - Fluent
Fluent opened an office in Washington, DC., to be led by Jeff Pavelcsyk, general manager, political and advocacy solutions. - Resignation Media
Resignation Media hired Andrew Hogan as regional vice president of sales for the central region; Justin Traina as regional vice president of sales for the east region; Albert Briggs as director of sales of the west region; and Ian Huxley as national vice president of integrated marketing. - Not to Scale
Not to Scale added Kris Merc to its directorial roster. - PushSpring
PushSpring added Preston Hillman as principal data scientist. - Williams Helde Marketing Communications
Williams Helde Marketing Communications in Seattle hired Sue Boivin as creative director. - Nice & Co SF
Doug Finelli joined Nice & Co SF as executive creative director, to lead and manage all creative. - Verve
Verve named Kevin Arrix as chief revenue officer. Arrix joins Verve from SFX Entertainment, where he was executive vice president of worldwide brand partnerships. - Interbrand
Interbrand promoted Antoine Veliz to chief experience officer of North America. - Ace Metrix
Ace Metrix hired Mark Bryant as vice president and general manager, politics & advocacy. - Fenton
Fenton named Ben Branham as managing director of the New York office. Branham joins Fenton from the New York City Economic Development Corporation, where he served as the executive vice president and chief strategy officer under Mayors Michael R. Bloomberg and Bill de Blasio. - Gannett
Gannett hired Kelly Andresen as vice president, branded content. Prior to Gannett, she was director, WP BrandStudio & Planning for The Washington Post. - Invoca
Invoca hired Chris Schulz as senior vice president of customer success. - Innovid
Ken Markus joins Innovid as senior vice president, global client services. Most recently, Markus served as Head Scale Operations of gTech Ads at Google, where he developed and grew the services team in support of the entire DoubleClick stack and display strategy. - Niche Media
Niche Media tapped Maureen Schafer as publisher of Vegas magazine. - Tapad
Tapad named Morgan Rigsbee as senior director of sales for technology licensing, based in Los Angeles. - Joinery
Joinery added Alex Grossman to its directorial roster. - Epoch Films
Epoch Films has signed director Michael Lawrence for U.S. representation. - Yieldbot
Yieldbot named Elissa Reiling-Gray as vice president of brand marketing and Veronica Mendoza as vice president of product marketing. - Open Road Integrated Media
Open Road Integrated Media promoted Philip Rappaport to vice president, director of publishing partnerships; Jennifer Jackson to editorial director, community sites; Matthew Thompson to editor of The Lineup and Jack Palmer to senior analytics manager. - Graylog
Graylog tapped Chris Smith as vice president of marketing.
