StarLink Worldwide, a unit of Starcom MediaVest Group, has added ALLISON BARNES, vice president and media director to the company. Barnes will oversee clients including American Laser Centers, Cole Taylor, Colby and Partners (Suzuki), Score! Education Centers, and Hewitt, to name a few. She will guide supervisors in managing their portfolio and direct client assignments and will develop and monitor 2004 group business plans. In addition, Barnes will aid in the integration effort with the newly transitioned StarLink IP team.

BigSplash, the search and agency services unit of Markettrix, Inc. has named JIM CLARK as the director of East coast sales. Prior to joining BigSplash, Clark was director of strategic sales for FAME Information Services, a market data solutions provider.

BILL WIEMANN, formerly director, strategic accounts for StudentAdvantage, has formed Q1Media.com and will serve as its president and director of online media sales.

Search Engine Marketing company icrossing has hired SHARON SMITH as senior director of business development. Smith will manage icrossing's Business Development teams in New York and Scottsdale, Arizona. Most recently. Smith was vice president of account management for 24/7 Real Media.

MediaCom U.S. has promoted ANNE ELKINS from senior vice president to executive vice president, director of local broadcast. In her current position, she oversees 45 buyers and market specialists. Prior to that, Elkins supervised several pieces of business within MediaCom's national broadcast buying group including GlaxoSmithKline, Hasbro, Reebok, Slim-Fast, Upjohn and Warner Bros.

Horizon Media has promoted DAVID CAMPANELLI to director of national broadcast and MAJA MIJATOVIC to manager of national radio. Previously national broadcast senior buyer, Campanelli began his media career as an assistant buyer at Horizon six years ago. Mijatovic previously served as national radio senior buyer, and began her media career when she joined Horizon Media in October 1998.

Weather.com has promoted RUSS BLEY to sales director for the Detroit territory. Previously, Bley served as an account manager in the company's Chicago office. Additionally, DAN MAUCH has joined the company as sales director of its West Coast region. Mauch comes to weather.com from USA Today and USAToday.com, where he most recently served as director of advertising sales for website.

interTrend Communications, Inc. has named TANYA RAUKKO as director of strategic planning of the full-service advertising agency. In addition, ALYSSA HU has been named assistant account executive. Raukko comes to the agency from NextLeft, where she served as a strategy manager. Hu was previously a feature editor with Marie Claire Taiwan/China Times Weekly.

National Cable Communications, a spot cable advertising rep firm, has named ANNIE MCGUIRE as senior vice president of sales. McGuire will oversee the day-to-day operation of NCC's sales division, along with the company's political sales and sports sales units. Most recently, McGuire worked at Greater Media in Boston, where she spent the past four years as vice president/director of sales.

BBDO Detroit announced that GARY TOPOLEWSKI has been named co-chief creative officer at the agency. He will work with BILL MORDEN on all three of the agency’s Chrysler Group brands (Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep). Topolewski was most recently chairman and chief creative officer at Chemistri, the Publicis agency dedicated to serving General Motors business.