Blender magazine has made various hires throughout its offices. In advertising sales, AMY ELISEI has been named account manager in the New York City office, THECLA GLUECK has been appointed Northwest account director out of San Francisco, while VINCE AMALFI has been named Southern California director and will be in the Los Angeles office.

PRIMEDIA Enterprises, the worldwide licensing merchandising division of PRIMEDIA Inc., has named JULIE SMARTZ as director of retail development. Smartz will be responsible for building and supporting the PRIMEDIA brands across all categories. Prior to PRIMEDIA, Smartz was senior manager at Mattel brands consumer products division.

Jones MediaAmerica Inc. has named ROSE TENEYCK to the position of manager talk radio sales. TenEyck returns to radio sales, having most recently held the position of account manager at NBC Universal, where she represented the Paxson-owned TV stations. 

McCann Worldgroup San Francisco has hired ROB BAGOT as executive vice president and executive creative director, MRM Partners for the Western Region. Bagot joins the agency from OgilvyOne New York where he has been co-group creative director, IBM Worldwide.

The Hub, a magazine for senior-level marketing executives, has named BRIAN MCMAHON as associate publisher. McMahon previously was vice president, relationship management for Prudential Financial.

Mailnet Services has named MIKE MANCINI as its vice president of sales. Mancini was most recently senior vice president of sales and marketing for SalesLink Corporation.

Sonic Corp. has named TODD TOWNSEND chief marketing officer. He joins the company from Yahoo!. Prior to that, Townsend spent nine years at The Leo Burnett Company.

RONALD WAINER joined InsightExpress as senior account executive, dedicated to the consumer packaged goods sector. RYAN PRICE joined the company as account executive, emerging markets, and JASON TIFFER has been named account manager, servicing clients in the Technology Sector.

Al Roker Productions Inc. has named LISA SHARKEY as its president. AL ROKER, the founder of the multimedia company, will retain his role as CEO. Sharkey will oversee day-to-day operations and will be intimately involved with production, development, and sales. She was a senior producer at Good Morning America since 2000.

Fathom Online has named STEVE GILLAN chief financial officer and MIKE GOOS to the position of vice president product management.