GIANT magazine has named SCOTT POULSON-BRYANT editorial director.

DoubleClick has named MARIANNE CAPONNETTO chief sales and marketing officer. Caponnetto most recently served as vice president, publishing, global media & entertainment at IBM.

McKinney has named JEFF JONES, former executive vice president of global marketing for Gap, as president. He succeeds BRAD BRINEGAR, who will remain chief executive officer and also become chairman of the agency.

Universal McCann (UM) has named STEVE SOLDANO global managing partner for Microsoft, a new position. Soldano joins UM from MindShare in New York where he served as worldwide strategic planning director since 2004. Soldano will lead media services for Universal McCann on the global Microsoft account within the context of McCann Worldgroup’s larger relationship with Microsoft across 29 countries.

JIM MESKAUSKAS has joined ICON as vice president of online media. Most recently, he was a partner and chief strategic officer at Underscore Marketing.

Heavybag Media has named GEOFF BRENNA as marketing director. He joins Heavybag from VH1, where he implemented cable affiliate marketing programs.

Moroch Latino has named JOE GENOVA as director of Hispanic media planning. Genova will lead Hispanic media efforts for Moroch Latino's Verizon Wireless and McDonald's accounts in 22 U.S. markets.

Media Contacts, the interactive arm of MPG, has named EDWARD MONTES managing director of the Boston office where he will lead the Fidelity Investments team. Prior to joining Media Contacts, Montes was the director of special projects for the Media, Entertainment, Information, and Finance group of Yahoo.

Discovery Networks has promoted JOCELYN EGAN to vice president, Discovery Solutions and branded entertainment. Most recently, Egan served as sales director for the group. Before joining Discovery, Egan was director of strategy at OMD in New York. In addition, Discovery Channel has named ELLI HAKAMI director of program development for Discovery Channel. Prior to joining Discovery, Hakami worked for Court TV's program development team.

Keller Crescent Company has promoted KATHLEEN ALTON to account director, ANNE DUELL to account director, MICKEY WEISS to agency buyer, and GREG MEUNIER to senior account manager.