Online video search engine blinkx this morning announced an expansion of its advertising sales organization that doubles its sales workforce with new hires in San Francisco, London, Los Angeles and
New York. Kat Kashefi, formerly an account director for Euroclick, will join the London office as advertising sales manager. Erik Esfandiary, who worked for five years in TV sales for Sky Media, will
also join the London team. Darrin Porter, who previously worked for Ziff Davis, will join the San Francisco office as director of advertising sales. Jason Whidby, who was with the advertising sales
department for MTV, will be a sales manager for blinkx based in Los Angeles. Maximiliano Ramirez, who has worked around the country for a number of online publishers and created the successful
advertising networking event "Digital Wednesdays," will join blinkx as director of advertising sales. He will be based out of New York.
