While interviews are being conducted for an editorial director to oversee Budget Living Media's magazine, book and syndication properties, ALEX BHATTACHARJI was promoted to editor, up from executive editor. Founding editor SARAH GRAY MILLER recently resigned from the magazine. Bhattacharji joined Budget Living as part of its original launch team in July 2002.

McCann Erickson San Francisco (McCannSF) has hired five executives in conjunction with its expanding Microsoft relationship and recent new business. Joining the agency are SCOTT DUCHON and GEOFF EDWARDS as group creative directors, working on Xbox. Prior to McCann, they were both ACD's at TBWA/Chiat/Day, San Francisco, working on Adidas, Fox Sports Net, Ask Jeeves and Playstation. GERALD LEWIS joins as group creative director from Ogilvy & Mather, New York, where he served as ACD on IBM, Yahoo! and Motorola, among others. CHRIS TOLAND joins as group creative director from Fallon/West Wing in Los Angeles, where he was senior art …

MARISA FARINA has been promoted to publisher of Time Out New York. Fariña was previously associate publisher of marketing. She replaces ALISON TOCCI who was recently promoted to president and group publisher of Time Out North America.

Mediaedge:cia has created three new managing director roles and the chief operating officer position at its London-based global client management division, Worldwide Client Services and Solutions (WCSS) to take on current client responsibilities. EAMONN STORE has joined Mediaedge:cia from Starcom in one of the three managing director roles. SCOTT SMITH has been appointed to take on the COO role and will be joining Mediaedge:cia from Modem Media. Managing partners FRANCES O'NEIL and CAROLINE FOSTER KENNY were promoted to managing directors. Also, Mediaedge:cia (MEC) has named NATHALIE ALFRED as partner, marketing and communications. Formerly manager of marketing for MEC, Alfred will …

SIRIUS Satellite Radio has hired two regional advertising directors and one New York account manager to expand its advertising sales efforts on its non-music channels. MARK KALLEN joins as Western regional sales director; STEPHEN SCHEU joins as Midwest regional sales director, and KEVIN ZOBACK joins as New York account manager. Kallen was most recently vice president of sales for Infinity Radio Sales. Scheu was most recently national sales manager for Infinity's WCKG- FM/Chicago. Previously, Zoback developed customized sales and marketing strategies for national advertisers, agencies and clients at Disney/ABC Inc.

Carton Donofrio Partners has named former MindShare senior partner SHARON GALLACHER to vice president, director of media services. In her new role, Gallacher will oversee media strategy, measurement, buying and planning for clients in the consumer, business-to-business, higher education and technology practice areas. At Mindshare she managed all aspects of international media for the IBM International account and lead a global team of media directors based in London, Sydney, Toronto and New York.

WebMD Health appointed LEE HOFFMAN to the new position of vice president, pharmaceutical agency sales. Hoffman joins WebMD Health from AJInteractice, a division of Ask Jeeves, Inc., where he was vice president, East coast sales.

National youth media and marketing agency Campus Media Group Inc. has opened a Plano, Texas, area sales office. CHRIS TOBIAS, former director of affinity sales & marketing for Vanguard Car Rental has been tapped to oversee youth marketing campaigns for CMG's Plano area office.

Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia named LIZ KOMAN to the post of vice president, advertising sales. Koman will be responsible for spearheading the sales effort in support of all Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia television programs, including the new daytime series, Martha, launching September 2005. Most recently, Koman was senior vice president, general sales manager for AMC (American Movie Classics) and WE: Women's Entertainment.

MPG has appointed SUZIE WARNER as global director of marketing. She joins MPG after a three-year stint with WPP's Burson-Marsteller. She will be based in MPG's London office.