• by August 19, 2003

Playboy has named TATIANA VERENICIN to the position of Fashion Manager and MARIE GRAVES to the position of Senior Account Executive-New Business. Both will be based in Playboy Enterprises, Inc.'s Publishing Group headquarters in New York and report to eastern advertising director Jeff Kimmel. Verenicin will manage all style-related business including fashion, footwear and watches/jewelry. She joins Playboy from RAMP Media, where she was the associate publisher/co-founder of RAMP magazine. Prior to RAMP Media, Verenicin served as a senior account manager for Dennis Publishing's STUFF magazine handling a variety of categories including packaged goods, food and beverage, and consumer electronics. Graves will oversee the development of new categories for the magazine. She comes to Playboy from Terra Lycos, Inc., where she was senior account manager for the last two years. Prior to Terra Lycos, Graves served as AVP of sponsorship sales at Sothebys.com and as account executive at 24/7 Media Inc. She also held sales positions at FortuneCity.com and Workstation Direct.