People on the Move
Tuesday, July 19, 2016
  • MC Martin
    Gyro

    Gyro is naming MC Martin as its first global chief talent officer to ensure the agency's culture continues to be strong and unique, or what it calls 'Uno.' Her responsibilities include attracting and retaining the best talent in the industry, amplifying gyro’s global culture and enhancing the agency’s benefits and other employee offerings. Although she will be based in New York City, she will manage more than 600 workers across 14 offices. 

    Martin has more than 20 years experience working in human resources. Most recently, Martin served as senior vice president, people and talent at the 4As and has spent time at BBH, Interbrand, Ogilvy and TBWA. She will report to gyro's CEO/CCO Christoph Becker. 

  • Rasmus Bjurstrom
    Perfect Fools
    Rasmus Bjurstrom will join Perfect Fools this August as head of strategy. He will report to Ann Ysten, CEO of Perfect Fools, and sit on the agency management team. He is tasked with developing new strategic tools and processes with the creative and technical teams. Bjurstrom joins the agency from OMD Sweden where he was creative director for PepsiCo, Orkla and Disney. Prior to that, he was chief digital officer for OMG working with both OMD and PHD across all teams and clients. He also served as global partnership director at Hyper Island. "Rasmus brings valuable knowledge both from the digital and media world, which is timely given that more clients look to us for their overall communication strategy," said Ysten. "Rasmus fits well into the Perfect Fools culture of talented and ambitious creative thinkers with a makers mentality."
  • Jim Cunningham
    DDB Worldwide
    Omnicom Group's DDB Worldwide promoted Jim Cunningham to general counsel. In his new role, Cunningham will oversee the agency's global legal department, and advise DDB's senior leadership in all aspects of its business, including commercial, employment, litigation and intellectual property matters. Cunningham will report to Keith Bremer, worldwide chief financial officer of DDB. He has served as assistant general counsel at DDB since 2005. Prior to that, he was a senior associate in the corporate department of Ropes & Gray LLP, where he advised private equity clients in the areas of leveraged buyouts, venture capital investing and fund formation.
  • Conor Duignan
    barrettSF
    barrettSF hired Conor Duignan as head of production. He will be leading the production charge for the agency's roster of clients including Rubio's Coastal Restaurants, 2K Games, Bleacher Report, goSeek, AliveCor, Golf Channel, the Redwood Association and Exchange Bank. Duignan spent the last nine years at Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, where he produced award-winning campaigns for the NBA, Xfinity, the California Milk Processor Board ("got milk?"), and Chevrolet, to name a few. "Conor is an amazing producer who has learned under the best producers at one of the best agencies in the world," said Jamie Barrett, founder and executive creative director. "But that's only the second reason we hired him. The first reason is he's an awesome guy who will lead and influence this place in ways that go far beyond department titles."
  • John Mohr
    Jellyfish

    Jellyfish is promoting John Mohr to serve as the newly created senior director, web content strategy. He will direct the digital marketing agency's overall digital content strategy and user experiences for the shop's U.S. clients. He will be based in Baltimore and report to Kevin Buerger, executive vice president, managing director, Jellyfish's U.S. Agency.

    Since joining Jellyfish in June 2014, Mohr has helped to build Jellyfish’s U.S. content strategy team, leading a team of web content strategists, digital content editors and a director of email marketing. Prior to joining Jellyfish, Mohr was director of content strategy at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore as well as other agency roles at Systems Alliance and The Berndt Group. 

    This promotion underscores the agency's focus to grow its content strategy expertise in light of several new client wins including Samsung Display, Total Wine, and Maxim Health, as well as the expansion of services for longstanding client, Walden University

    "John has been in the digital space for more than 15 years and very quickly demonstrated his broad skillset that spans technical knowledge and client management," said Buerger. "From digital consulting to project management and HTML/CSS development, John brings a unique value proposition to our firm that allows us to improve the client experience."

  • Robin Fitzgerald
    BBDO Atlanta
    BBDO Atlanta named Robin Fitzgerald as executive vice president, chief creative officer. She was most recently vice president, executive creative director at CP+B in Los Angeles.
  • Cristie Anderson
    MeringCarson
    MeringCarson added Cristie Anderson as a brand manager in its San Diego office.
  • Mike Federle
    Forbes Media
    Forbes Media promoted Mike Federle to president and chief operating officer. 
  • Kimberly Bates
    Gyro
    Gyro named Kimberly Bates as chief strategy and innovation officer of its New York office.
  • Steve Reinmuth
    Collins
    Collins hired Steve Reinmuth as creative director.
  • Karen Raidel
    MARC USA
    Karen Raidel joined MARC USA as vice president/director of account planning.
  • Mari Uyehara
    Thrillist
    Mari Uyehara is joining Thrillist as its first executive food & drink editor.
  • Alex Flores
    Ignition by Razorfish
    Alex Flores joined Ignition by Razorfish as GVP of client engagement in its Los Angeles office.
  • Patrick Brice
    GenPop
    Patrick Brice joined GenPop's directorial roster.
  • Mattathias Schwartz
    The Intercept
    The Intercept added Mattathias Schwartz as a national security reporter based in Washington, D.C.
  • Steve Nesle, Adam Kasper and Stacey Karagiannis
    Bob's Discount Furniture
    Bob's Discount Furniture added Steve Nesle as chief marketing officer, Adam Kasper as vice president of marketing and Stacey Karagiannis as vice president of eCommerce.
  • Matt Ogens
    Bullitt
    Bullitt added Matt Ogens to its directorial roster.
  • Brendan Lyall
    AppLift
    AppLift opened a New York City office, to be led by former CEO and co-founder of Growmobile, Brendan Lyall.
  • Marc Stone
    Lucky Post
    Marc Stone has joined Lucky Post as editor.
  • Luis Ribeiro
    Lobo
    Lobo opened its first US office in New York, to be led by Luis Ribeiro as partner and executive producer.
  • Ming Fang and Tony Chia
    IRIS.TV
    IRIS.TV hired Ming Fang and Tony Chia as DevOps engineers.
  • John Paulson
    Deluxe
    John Paulson has joined Deluxe as president and general manager, features and advertising post services.
  • Josh Rubin
    BitTorrent News
    Josh Rubin joined the production team at BitTorrent News.
  • Kiva Kolstein
    Handshake
    Handshake hired Kiva Kolstein as chief revenue officer.
  • John Herman
    Movable Ink
    Movable Ink tapped John Herman as chief financial officer.
  • Nate Elliott
    Simply Measured
    Nate Elliott joined Simply Measured as a product advisor.
  • Paul Woods and Christian Titze
    Edenspiekermann

    Berlin-based Edenspiekermann has opened its first U.S. headquarters, based in Santa Monica, CA. The new office will be led by creative director Paul Woods and business director Christian Titze.

  • Michael Cieply
    Deadline.com
    Penske Media Corporation's Deadline.com will be hiring Michael Cieply, the journalist who has covered Hollywood for the Los Angeles Times, the Wall Street Journal and most recently the New York Times.
  • Casey Steele
    Metamarkets
    Metamarkets added Casey Steele as vice president of sales.
  • Dr. Ken Rona
    IgnitionOne
    IgnitionOne added Dr. Ken Rona as chief data scientist.
  • Rick Tarvin
    Viamedia
    Viamedia promoted Rick Tarvin to executive vice president of sales.
  • Troy Graham, Justin Desjardins and Christine Clark
    Thinkingbox
    Thinkingbox promoted Troy Graham to executive creative director, Justin Desjardins to associate director and Christine Clark to senior producer.
  • Mette Stannow
    Wire Stone
    Digital marketing agency Wire Stone named Mette Stannow as executive director of Europe.
  • Kara Bingham Regan and Rorie Norton
    The Hedge Fund Law Report
    The Hedge Fund Law Report hired two attorneys, Kara Bingham Regan and Rorie Norton.
  • Lauren O'Shea
    Burkhead Brand Group
    Burkhead Brand Group hired Lauren O'Shea as account director.
  • Stacey Sedbrook and Kelly Benish
    SalesFuel
    Stacey Sedbrook was named vice president of strategy & business development for SalesFuel and Kelly Benish was named director of business development.
  • Megan Kelly and Becky Tucci
    Sandbox
    Sandbox hired Megan Kelly as account director and promoted Becky Tucci to account supervisor.
  • Kerry Oslund
    Tribune Broadcasting
    Tribune Broadcasting named Kerry Oslund as vice president, strategy and business development.
  • Jonathan Dakss
    EPIX
    EPIX named Jonathan Dakss as chief digital officer.
  • Joon Ra
    GMR Marketing
    GMR Marketing opened a new office in Seoul, South Korea, to be led by Joon Ra.