• by Amy Corr  @MediaPostOTL, October 3, 2014

John Wells was tapped to lead the Los Angeles office of R&R Partners in the new role of vice president of brand management/managing director. Wells joins the agency from Live Nation Entertainment, where he served as senior vice president of direct marketing for Ticketmaster, in charge of strategic management and development of its digital direct marketing and CRM program, including email, social media and mobile efforts. Prior to that, Wells was senior vice president for RAPP, working on campaigns for Bank of America, Toyota and DIRECTV. Mark Meissner joined R&R Partners as senior director, strategic communications in the firm's Washington, D.C. office. He will provide high-level communications strategy and public affairs guidance for R&R Partners' clients as well as help grow the firm's Washington D.C. office. Meissner worked for former U.S. Rep Tim Roemer (D-IN) and Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN) and was a candidate himself in 2002 for Indiana's then open 2nd Congressional District seat, finishing second among five Democratic candidates. Prior to R&R, he served as a senior strategic communications advisor at Holland & Knight.