by Amy Corr on Jun 17, 10:44 AM
Millennial Media hired Marc Theermann, former head of mobile platform sales at Google, as executive vice president of business strategy.
by Amy Corr on Jun 17, 10:41 AM
72andSunny tapped Matt Murphy as partner. He will continue to serve as lead on the company’s Google business.
by Amy Corr on Jun 17, 10:39 AM
Bloom Ads promoted Janice Alpeche to vice president of digital media.
by Amy Corr on Jun 17, 10:37 AM
Two new creative teams have joined TBWA\Chiat\Day LA. Marco Monteiro and Ana Carolina Reis join the agency from AlmapBBDO in Sao Paulo, Brazil; Guy Helm joins from Mistress; and Chris Rodriguez joins from FCB LA.
by Amy Corr on Jun 16, 1:58 PM
Organic elevated Keith Pine to chief delivery officer, a new position created to strengthen the client service and delivery teams. Pine previously held the title of senior vice president, head of delivery management. In addition, Audrey Melofchik, general manager of Organic's New York office, was promoted to executive vice president, client services. Pine and Melofchik will report to Organic CEO, David Shulman. "Keith is a driving force within our executive team, who challenges his colleagues in healthy ways and has streamlined the agency's delivery operations while driving the quality of our output," said Shulman. "Audrey has done a terrific job …
by Amy Corr on Jun 13, 2:03 PM
Ansible, the full-service mobile agency of IPG Mediabrands, hired Maile Krauss as director, client relations and business development, North America. In her new role, she will be responsible for client service excellence, as well as deepening existing relationships with clients and partners while driving new business growth. Krauss will be based in both San Francisco and New York. Krauss joins Ansible from AOL where she served as director, mobile monetization for the past two years. While there, she led mobile education, adoption and revenue across properties such as Huffington Post, TechCrunch, Engadget, and Moviefone. Prior to that, Krauss served as …
by Amy Corr on Jun 12, 1:50 PM
TBWA promoted Luke Eid to global innovation director at TBWA Worldwide. Eid has been with the TBWA network for six years, starting at Whybin\TBWA Australia and then most recently at TBWA Hong Kong where he held the role of managing partner. While in Hong Kong, Eid launched TBWA\Digital Arts Network's first specialized social media offering in Asia. As global innovation director, a new role at the network, he will be collaborating with Nissan United to lead the brand's development in digital. In addition, Juuso Myllyrinne was named global strategy director for TBWA\Digital Arts Network, in addition to his leadership of …
by Amy Corr on Jun 11, 3:26 PM
Saatchi & Saatchi Los Angeles has named Jason Schragger as chief creative officer, a new role. A native of Zimbabwe, Schragger joins Saatchi LA after nearly two decades of experience, including work for Ford, Mercedes, BMW Mini, Mitsubishi and Nissan. The creation of the Saatchi LA chief creative officer position was designed in December 2013, when Toyota announced a more cohesive marketing approach to paid, earned and owned media -- whereby previously separate agencies were placed into a total market model referred to as Total Toyota or T2. Saatchi LA was selected to spearhead the new model, which also includes …
by Amy Corr on Jun 10, 1:07 PM
Jamie McGarry was named vice president, director of business development at DDB Chicago. In her new role, McGarry will be responsible for pursuing new business with a focused, strategic approach to growth for the agency. She will report to Paul Gunning, chief executive officer of DDB Chicago. McGarry joins DDB from O'Keefe Reinhard & Paul (OKRP), where she was responsible for building the start-up agency's brand roster by winning and onboarding clients including Big Lots, Orbitz and Turtle Wax. Prior to that, she spent more than 10 years at FCB Chicago. McGarry is part of a new executive team at …
by Amy Corr on Jun 10, 11:28 AM
Doug Cox has launched Misfit, an editorial creative boutique to be led by founder and editor Cox and executive producer Kelly Koppen.