Tuesday, March 22, 2016
- Camp + King
Camp + King San Francisco hired Kristin Johansen as social media manager, a new position, and Michael Ng as senior copywriter. Johansen began her career working in analytics at WCG, where her clients included P&G and Verizon. She moved on to FleishmanHillard, served as the lead research analyst for L'Oreal and also spent time freelancing in Brooklyn and the Caribbean. Ng moved to New York after graduating from VCU Brandcenter and began freelancing at Wieden + Kennedy and Johannes Leonardo. Eventually, he settled in at The&Partnership (formerly CHI & Partners), where he worked on TELUS, Direct Energy, WSJ and Bulleit. - Gyro
Gyro UK hired Fran Caplan as marketing director, a new position. Most recently, Caplan spent three years as marketing director at krow. Prior to that, she was at St Luke's, Brothers & Sisters and McCann London as a new business consultant. "As a B2B agency, we are rather unique in the marketplace and needed someone that understands that and also shares our culture and values," said Kate Howe, managing director. "Fran will be a breath of fresh air to the agency and will help us in our ambition to unravel this new world of communication and technology. With her on board, we are now ready to talk about the agency and the momentum that we have built in the last 18 months." - Johannes Leonardo
Johannes Leonardo hired Bryan Yasko as president, reporting to co-founders and chief creative officers, Jan Jacobs and Leo Premutico. Yasko joins the agency from Droga5, where he was global business director and a member of the executive management team. While there, he repositioned the Prudential brand with the "Day One" and "Challenge Lab" campaigns, which earned numerous awards, including Gold and Titanium Integrated Lions at Cannes and TED's Ads Worth Spreading prize for innovation, ingenuity, and intelligence in advertising. He also led accounts and new business wins for Google, Motorola and Chase. Prior to Droga5, Yasko served as senior vice president and group account director at Publicis One Team, where he worked on Citigroup's US and global advertising initiatives. Prior to that, he spent seven years at Ogilvy & Mather New York as partner and worldwide management supervisor, leading brands like IBM, BP, Gillette Globa, and J&J. "Bryan completes our management team built for what we believe the industry will need over the next decade," said Jacobs. "I have always admired the pure creativity of Johannes Leonardo's work," added Yasko. "I see immense potential in the next phase of the agency, and couldn't pass up the opportunity to partner with Jan and Leo. I can't wait to work together." - MDC Partners
MDC Partners hired Stephanie Nerlich as chief marketing officer, managing director, in Canada, beginning in April. She will oversee marketing and business development across all MDC Partners agencies in Canada and report to Bob Kantor, chief marketing and business development officer, and Andre Coste, executive vice president and chief operating officer. Nerlich joins the agency from Grey Canada, where she was president and CEO for five years. While there, she led a national network of agencies, expanded Grey Canada's digital capabilities and drove new business growth, winning Post Foods USA, HSBC North America, Procter & Gamble, Brown Forman, ATCO and Volvo. Prior to Grey, Nerlich was president and CEO of Lowe Roche in Toronto, where she oversaw all operational and financial duties. She led a series of brands including Audi, Johnson & Johnson, Nestle Purina and Unilever. "Stephanie has achieved the highest levels of success in our industry by taking the helm of an esteemed group of agencies and accelerating them to win an enviable list of clients while creating award-winning work," said Kantor. - Havas London
Havas London named Xav Rees as CEO, reporting to Chris Hirst, European and UK group CEO. Rees joins the agency from adam&eveDDB, where he served as group managing director, a role he held for the last two years. While there, Rees helped oversee the merger of DDB and adam&eve, and was the only member of the original DDB leadership to earn a place on the new management team following said merger. Alongside his group managerial duties, Rees ran the agency's Diageo and Volkswagen accounts. "Xav is a true powerhouse who can energize and propel an agency forward," said Hirst. "As well as being a brilliant practitioner, he will be transformational for our culture. I've wanted to work with again him for a long time and am delighted to have the chance to do so now." - Martin Garde Abildgaard
Martin Garde Abildgaard joined Blink's directorial roster. - LIDA
LIDA, M&C Saatchi's CRM and direct marketing agency, has acquired a majority stake in MCD Partners, a digital customer experience agency. The US offering will be led by MCD Partners co-founders Ian Magnani, John Caruso, and Wasim Choudhury. LIDA, based out of London, will continue to be led by Matthew Heath, chairman, and Victoria Fox, CEO. - OpenSlate
OpenSlate named Matt Kopit as chief technology officer. - Biscuit Filmworks
Director Isaiah Seret joined the commercial roster at Biscuit Filmworks. - Wrapify
Wrapify tapped Scott Elliot as vice president of sales. Most recently, Elliot served as vice president, sales, for Branded Cities Network. - Neustar
Neustar hired Denise Hayman as vice president of sales. - SOASTA
SOASTA promoted Matt Solnit to chief technology officer and senior vice president of engineering and Buddy Brewer to senior vice president, products. - Grupo Gallegos
Grupo Gallegos hired Lindsay K. Reilly as account director in the Brand Activation Group. - Mac's List
Jenna Forstrom joined Mac's List as community manager. - Beepi
Beepi hired Alex Lloyd as head of content. - SafetyCulture
SafetyCulture named Sara Rohlfing as vice president of marketing. - Tapad
Tapad named Joanna McNeil as vice president of global brand & agency strategy. - SixSpeed
Minneapolis-based brand experience agency SixSpeed hired Andy Zetzman as senior copywriter. Zetzman joins SixSpeed from Wingnut Advertising where he was a senior copywriter, helping create content for FairVote Minnesota, Bremer Bank and the University of Minnesota, Morris. - RevTrax
Jim Tobolski joined RevTrax as executive vice president, sales & customer success. - ESPN
ESPN named Wanda Young to the newly created position of senior vice president, marketing and consumer engagement. - Framestore
Spencer Cook joined Framestore as animation supervisor. - Pantone
Pantone hired Kathryn Shah as vice president of global marketing. - Deluxe Entertainment Services Group
Deluxe Entertainment Services Group named Stefan Sonnenfeld as chief creative officer. - EMO Unlimited
EMO Unlimited appointed Merry Scott Jones as client services director. - CloudGenix
CloudGenix named Matt Hickey as vice president of worldwide sales. - Univision Communications
Univision Communications tapped Jed Meyer as executive vice president, Corporate Research. - Leanplum
Leanplum hired Mark Stanbury as director of strategic partnerships; Bob Garcia joins Leanplum as vice president of business development and Alok Damireddy as vice president of engineering. - Troll Pictures
Troll Pictures added Julien Rocher to its directorial roster. - Outbrain
Outbrain promoted Christopher Ross-da Silva to global head, partner marketing. - MKTG
Jay Verna joined MKTG as executive vice president, managing director, New York, a new position. Kamau Akabueze was named senior vice president, creative strategy, NYC Studio. Paul Fitzpatrick was named vice president, business development, based in Chicago. - Harris Publications
Jonathan A. Rheingold has been named chief revenue officer of Harris Publications. - Tremor Video
Tremor Video named Andy Morley as managing director, UK. - New Frontier
New Frontier named Justin Mink as chief marketing officer. - Quantcast
Quantcast promoted Stephen R. Collins to president and chief financial officer. - Gravity
Gravity tapped Hernan Ibanez as creative director and Alex Andreyev as vice president of digital. - S4M
S4M hired Pierre Gauthier as head of publisher management & development. - Cohesity
Nikolaus Oberhuber was appointed vice president of sales for Cohesity's U.S. east division, Canada and United Kingdom, and Mike Kim will serve as vice president of field marketing. - Therapy Studios
Therapy Studios added Steve Prestemon to its roster. - Peppercomm
Mike Friedin joined Peppercomm as managing director of digital. - Signature Card
Signature Card hired Cliff Brunson as vice president, sales and marketing.
