Mediaedge:cia has charged managing partner MARGARET LEWIS with the agency’s overall total communications effort. Lewis will work with key clients and agency personnel to identify brand marketing opportunities. To assist Lewis, JENNIFER FUTOL was hired as manager, channel planning. Prior to joining Mediaedge:cia, Futol spent eight years at Accenture.

Wunderman has made a series of high-level promotions. BARRY KESSEL takes on a global role as chief client development officer to help U.S.-centric companies grow their business globally. Kessel was previously head of the New York office. STEVE ZAMMARCHI, who led Wunderman Chicago for the past seven years, returns to Wunderman New York as its president. Lastly, RICK SCHREUDER, who has been with Wunderman for eight years, has been promoted to president, Wunderman Chicago. He was the agency’s client lead on the Burger King business and served as director of client services since 1999.

GlobalFluency has named BEVERLEY BIRD as its Pan-European director of agency network operations based in the United Kingdom. Bird previously held senior positions at Microsoft International, Schlumberger, Applied Materials, and Businessland. She will coordinate business development and client communications for GlobalFluency’s 13 European offices, which specialize in strategic communications for technology and telecommunications companies.

RICK BRUNER has joined DoubleClick as a research manager and HAL MUCHNICK has been named vice president, advertising solution sales, North America. Bruner is a marketing strategist with 15 years experience helping businesses develop results-focused marketing programs, define customer-driven products, hone competitive intelligence, and train staff in e-business. He has worked as a private consultant for the past several years. Prior to joining DoubleClick, Muchnick was chief operating officer of Lowermybills, where he was responsible for day-to-day operations of the company, including technology, sales, product development, and marketing.

The Parenting Group named LISA SINGER MORAN as executive editor of BabyTalk magazine. She has been a member of the BabyTalk editorial team since 2000, when she joined the magazine as senior health editor.

Cronin and Company has promoted two employees. DIANE WOODRUFF has advanced from manager of business development to director of business development. Woodruff has been with Cronin for two years and spearheads the agency’s new business efforts. JEANNE CORCORAN WIGGIN has been promoted from account executive to senior account executive in Cronin’s public relations division.

Meredith Corporation has named JULIE PINKWATER vice president/publisher of Ladies’ Home Journal magazine. Pinkwater, who previously worked at Ladies’ Home Journal and More, re-joins Meredith from Fitness magazine, where she had served as publisher since 2001. She will replace LYNN LEHMKUHL, who is leaving to become publisher of Yoga Journal.

Ecount, a provider of electronic payment solutions, has named MARK HARRINGTON, a co-founder of Half.com, senior vice president of marketing.

ImpreMedia has named ERICH LINKER to the newly created position of senior vice president national advertising sales. Linker was most recently senior vice president, sales director at Newspapers First, managing national advertising sales for 42 newspapers through five regional sales offices. Linker also spent twenty years at The New York Times, including six as senior vice president, advertising director.

LISA KELLER has joined Mountain Sports Media as western sales manager. Keller will be responsible for all aspects of western regional Mountain Sports Media sales. Prior to her role as account manager with Newsweek, Keller served as west coast manager for the New York Daily News.