Dawn Bridges, senior vice president, corporate communications and press relations at Time Inc., is leaving the company, following a transition.

Sally Kennedy has been named CEO of Publicis Dallas. Most recently, Kennedy was president of Cossette in New York, where she oversaw all operations, including office management, client relationships and business development.

Harvey Goldhersz was named chief executive officer of MediaCom North America. Goldhersz is replacing Doug Checkeris, who resigned his post to pursue other interests. Since 2004 Goldhersz has served as vice chairman, worldwide chief operating officer of MediaCom Worldwide.

Ramesh Bulusu joined SMG Search as senior vice president, responsible for providing leadership on agency assignments across client accounts. In addition, Kim Thiel was named vice president, director, overseeing Search Marketing across clients.

MEC North America hired Carol Lansen as managing partner, account director. She will be responsible for the Activision account.