• by Amy Corr  @MediaPostOTL, August 4, 2014

Starcom USA hired Jake Rice as vice president, search director of its Los Angeles office, leading all accounts,with a focus on Disney, Mattel, Del Monte and Big Heart Pets. Rice joins the agency from Starcom from Gifts.com in Los Angeles where he ran the company's SEO program for the past year. Rice began his career as a systems analyst and technical writer for Amoco Corp. in Chicago. He then moved to Resolution Media in Chicago as an associate director working on Dell Computers, Discovery Channel and Sirius-XM Radio. In 2009, he joined Starcom USA as an SEO director, working on Anheuser-Busch, GM, Blackberry and Novartis. "We are so thrilled to welcome Jake back to Starcom in this new role," said Kathy Ring, president Starcom LA. "Jake will help advance the agency's industry leading vision and approach to search."