by on Sep 23, 12:00 AM
Organic, a web development and marketing services firm, announced the appointment of ADAM TURINAS to Vice President and Managing Director of the New York office. Turinas will oversee all sales and operational duties in New York. He began his career in interactive marketing in 1995, joining Grey Interactive as an Account Director. He also held account leadership positions at Ogilvy & Mather and DMB&B.
by on Sep 16, 12:00 AM
Horizon Media has named JUDY CULLEN Broadcast Group Manager in the firm's West Coast Buying operation. Cullen comes to Horizon from Palisades Media where she was most recently a broadcast media buyer. Cullen's duties included buying the New York, Memphis, Miami and Seattle markets for clients Miramax Films, Fox Searchlight, Paramount Classics and others. Horizon also hired TODD GLICK as a planning supervisor, overseeing the media planning for the agency's $50 million Earthlink account. Glick joins from Lowe, formerly Bozell New York, where he was most recently a media supervisor on the John Frieda account, responsible for developing national plans …
by on Sep 16, 12:00 AM
Leo Burnett Worldwide announced that STEVE GATFIELD, Burnett's Chicago-based Chief Operating Officer, is leaving the company and that his job will be eliminated. Gatfield joined Leo Burnett in 1987 in London, where he ran the U.K. office from 1993 until 1997, and moved to Chicago in 2001 to join the agency's global management team.
by on Sep 16, 12:00 AM
Emerging Interest has promoted HEIDI E. LEHMANN to Chief Operating Officer. Lehmann, previously VP, managing director, will assume all responsibilities surrounding EI's Marketing Technology Road Show as well as assist in launching the companies' new e-mail technology offering. Prior to joining Emerging Interest, Lehmann was director of marketing applications at "smart bot" technology developer, Artificial Life. She also held positions as VP business development at Kaon Interactive and as director of business development at Autosite.com.
by on Sep 16, 12:00 AM
MPG, Havas' media arm, has promoted three employees in its Chicago office. KAREN RUSHING has been elevated to Vice President/Media Director, while JENNIFER DEVENS becomes Vice President/Account Director and CARRIE BARLEY becomes Account Director. Since arriving at MPG in May 2002, Rushing has worked on a host of accounts and helped fuel the firm's new-business efforts. Before her stint at MPG, she was a Communications Director at Brand Expression and a Senior Vice President/Group Media Director at J. Walter Thompson. Devens started her career in the media department of Tatham RSCG (now Euro RSCG Tatham Partners). Barley boasts nine years …
by on Sep 16, 12:00 AM
Business 2.0 magazine, announced that LIZ BROOKING, most recently of Intuit, will join the magazine as Director of Marketing. Brooking will be based in the magazine's San Francisco headquarters.
by on Sep 16, 12:00 AM
ANTHONY FLACK has been named regional director of affiliate sales for TV One, the new cable television network targeting adult African-American and urban viewers scheduled to launch in January 2004. Flack comes to TV One from Atlantic States Bank in Atlanta, where he was a community mortgage banker. Before that, he was director of sales for Project Homestead, Inc., where he managed the sales staff and oversaw marketing and advertising for the non-profit residential developer.
by on Sep 16, 12:00 AM
BILL AYLESWORTH has been elected to serve on the Board of Directors at the Chicago Association of Direct Marketing (CADM). As part of the thirteen-person, volunteer Board, Aylesworth will work to advance direct marketing education, serve as an industry advocate, and oversee the Association's operation.
by on Sep 16, 12:00 AM
Experian, a global information solutions company, announced that BEN ISACCSON has joined the company as Privacy and Compliance Leader. Prior to joining Experian, Isaacson launched The Isaacson Group following a six-year role with the Direct Marketing Association /Association for Interactive Marketing. The Isaacson Group served clients by providing e-policy and marketing development services, including traditional advertising agencies, marketing data providers, marketing fulfillment companies, technology services, publishers, and marketers.
by on Sep 16, 12:00 AM
MARY ELLEN HOLDEN has been named Senior Vice President of Marketing and JERRY FRAGETTI has been named Senior Vice President of Media and Operations for the Newspaper National Network. Holden's experience included positions as Senior Vice President of Marketing at USA Network, Vice President of Marketing at MSNBC, and Vice President, Consumer Products/New Business Promotions at Nickelodeon. Most recently, she was consulting for Discovery Networks on strategic media partnerships. Fragetti has 25 years of experience at News Corporation where his roles included Executive Vice President of New America's FSI Division, CFO of the New York Post, and CFO and General …