Tuesday, November 24, 2015
- Tribal Worldwide
Steffany Carey rejoined Tribal Worldwide New York as group creative director. Carey will report to Kinney Edwards, executive creative director of Tribal New York, where she will be responsible for leading the agency's specified content network as well as its digital business. Most recently, Carey was creative director at Threshold Interactive in Los Angeles, where she led the creative group on Nestle brands in confection and bottled waters. In her first stint with Tribal Worldwide, Carey was as an associate creative director in New York, working on J&J Beauty, NBC Universal, Diageo, Phillips, Unilever and Pfizer consumer. "Steff is contagious," said Edwards. "You can't help but feel inspired around her. Having her here strengthens our commitment to challenging convention to push creativity forward." - 180LA
Dan Kroeger and Wilson Mateos joined 180LA as creative directors. Kroeger was most recently was a creative director at Wieden+Kennedy Portland where he launched Powerade's largest advertising campaign, "Just A Kid" and TurboTax's, "The Year of the You." While at W+K he also worked on Target, Chrysler, Nike, Facebook, Sony and EA. Mateos joins the agency from Brazil where he has been working for more than 20 years. Most recently, he was a vice president, executive creative director at Fischer America in Sao Paulo where he also served as a juror at the Cannes International Festival of Creativity. Before that, Mateos was chief creative officer at CuboCC, a digital IPG Group agency. - Havas Worldwide New York
Havas Worldwide New York tapped Jonas Wittenmark and Tobias Carlson as creative directors working across the agency roster. The pair will report to Jason Musante, group executive creative director and managing director of Havas Worldwide New York. Previously, Wittenmark and Carlson were creative directors at Mother NY, where they produced work for Stella Artois and Stella Artois Cidre. The pair first teamed up at Mother London in 2003 and went on to StrawberryFrog Amsterdam. They also worked together at CP+B Scandinavia in Stockholm, Sweden, where they led the Scandinavian Airlines and Sony Mobile accounts. "Very few people in this business think like Jonas and Tobias," said Musante. "As partners, I'm excited to see them bring creative ideas to life for our clients. We can't wait to apply that best-in-class thinking to our biggest challenges and opportunities." - 360i
Fabio Seidl and John Heath joined 360i as group creative directors, based in New York. The pair reports to Pierre Lipton, chief creative officer of 360i. Seidl most recently served as executive creative director at Leo Burnett in Chicago, working on global, national and multicultural marketing for brands with the Lapiz team, including P&G, Kellogg's, Purina, Allstate Insurance and Mexico Tourism Board. Prior to that, he was creative director at Ogilvy Brazil in Sao Paulo, and has also held positions at AFRICA Sao Paulo and McCann throughout South America and Europe. Heath most recently worked at BBDO New York as creative director, where he helped build an in-house social media center and led digital and social media work for AT&T, FedEx, Splenda and Snickers. Heath also worked at Goodby, Silverstein & Partners on Sprint's award-winning "Now Network" campaign, Deutsch, Euro RSCG, Publicis and Kenneth Cole Productions. - DDB & Tribal Worldwide, Amsterdam
DDB & Tribal Worldwide, Amsterdam tapped Stephen Joss as creative director, joining fellow creative director Bram Holzapfel in forming the agency's newest creative duo. Joss has worked for the agency since 2013 as a senior art director, partnering with Holzapfel on award-winning global campaigns, including #ChampionTheMatch for Heineken International. He also worked on clients like McDonald's, adidas, KLM and TomTom. Before joining DDB & Tribal Worldwide, Joss worked in Australia at DDB Sydney and GPY&R Melbourne. "In his years of working at our agency Stephen has shown that he has an exceptional mind and skill," said Joris Kuijpers, Executive Creative Director at DDB & Tribal Worldwide, Amsterdam. "We're confident that working together with Bram as a creative duo he will solidify the agency's position in creating great work." - Giant Spoon
Giant Spoon promoted Caleb Smith and Adam Wiese to associate directors of strategy, and Corbin Brown and Albert Kugel to senior strategists. - POSSIBLE
POSSIBLE hired Martha Hiefield as global chief talent officer; John Simpson as global chief marketing officer; Rebecca Bedrossian as global content director; and Gareth Jones as managing director. - The community
The Community, part of SapientNitro, named Tyler Witkin as a senior strategic planner. - We Are Social
We Are Social hired Lori Dolinger as director, based in New York. - BBDO New York
BBDO New York hired Tina Allan as executive vice president, director, data solutions. - Goodby Silverstein & Partners
Goodby Silverstein & Partners promoted Patrick Knowlton and Jon Wolanske to creative directors. - MRM//McCann East
Sung Chang was named chief creative officer, MRM//McCann East. He was previously executive creative director at AKQA. - Campbell Ewald
Campbell Ewald named Wojtek Szumowski as director of invention strategy, a new position. - Milner Butcher Media Group
Milner Butcher Media Group hired Zachary Rosenberg as president. Most recently, Rosenberg was executive vice president, chief growth officer at Horizon Media in Los Angeles. - Quixey
Quixey tapped Tamar Elkeles as chief people officer. - TriPlay
TriPlay named Matt Downing as chief marketing officer. - Trueffect
Trueffect named Eric Rosenfeld as chief technology officer. - TBS and TNT
TBS and TNT marketing promoted Jeff Gregor to chief catalyst officer and hired Michael Engleman as executive vice president of entertainment marketing and brand innovation. - Zumobi
Zumobi hired Chris Maly as vice president of product management. - PRoPS
Pat Stern and Ken Hamm left iCrossing to launch PRoPS, an online marketplace that connects creators with brands and consumers by combining publishing, portfolio ecommerce and social functionality in one platform. - The Africa Channel
The Africa Channel hired Suzan Jorgensen as director, promotions & scheduling. - WebbMason
Brooke Jones, former CEO of Spry, was named president, of WebbMason's new Analytics Group. - Verndale
Verndale named Deb Grant as vice president, creative director. - Pixability
Pixability named Norman Rohr as vice president, global operations and strategy. - Ovation
Ovation hired John Malkin as executive vice president of content distribution. - Smarty Pants
Smarty Pants hired Julie Katz as insights Jedi. - GA Communication Group
GA Communication Group hired Chris Weber as senior vice president, group account director. - Capstrat
Capstrat announced that Karen Albritton, currently president, will assume the role of CEO/president, effective Jan. 1, 2016. Ken Eudy, founder and current CEO, will become chairman. - Kinetic UK
Kinetic UK promoted John Davidson to chief operating officer, up from chief commercial officer. - Luma
Luma hired Ella Keeven as head of marketing. - Centro
Centro promoted Grace Briscoe to vice president to lead the company's new Candidates and Causes business unit. - Click 3X
Click 3X launched a live action division, X3 Films, to be led by Michael Flexner as executive producer. - Delta Media
Linda Miranda joined Delta Media’s Miami Office as senior account executive. - Kepler Group
Kepler Group hired Morgan Petti as director of client solutions and mobile strategy. - Commerce Signals
Commerce Signals hired Adam Paulisick as chief product officer. - J. Walcher Communications
J. Walcher Communications promoted Jenna Brossman to senior account executive and Ashley Weaver to assistant account executive. - IBT Media
IBT Media hired Marc Perton as editorial director, tech. - ScoreBig
ScoreBig hired Scott MacDonell as senior vice president of marketing. - Univision Communications
Univision Communications named Isaac Lee as chief news and digital officer. - Blue Fountain Media
Blue Fountain Media named Yoni Ben-Yehuda as chief marketing officer. - Generator Media + Analytics
Generator Media + Analytics hired Megan Gilmartin as communications strategy assistant and Vince Itz as marketing data analyst.
